This commentary was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on 14 June 2020
SINGAPORE: One morning in January 1972, early risers at Raffles Hall, the all-male dormitory at the University of Singapore campus at Bukit Timah, found the flagpole at the front of their building festooned with pant...
Written by Nur Atiqah Mohamad
On Saturday, 28 March 2020, AWARE’s Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) organised the first-ever online session of its Sexual Assault First Responder Training, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore.
Make that first and second. SACC held two online session...
Please note this workshop will be online only. Participants will be emailed the Zoom link shortly before the session date.
"Are you sure that happened? Why didn't you fight back? You should have known better." These are some common responses survivors of sexual assault have heard, which may furth...
Note: Thanks to everyone who has signed up for this Sexual Assault First Responder Training! Hopefully you have received our notification that the training will be held ONLINE-ONLY this month (and for the foreseeable future). More details will be emailed out shortly. This month's session i...
IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have regretfully decided to postpone our 26 February Sexual Assault First Responder Training. A new date will be advertised as the virus situation becomes more clear. We are working to refund those who have already signed up. Our deepest apologies for this inconvenience.
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This commentary was originally published on Channel NewsAsia on 9 January 2020.
by Shailey Hingorani, Head of Research and Advocacy
SINGAPORE: Myths and stereotypes about manhood, masculinity and male sexuality abound in online comments to the news of an Indonesian man Reynha...
At AWARE's Taking Ctrl, Finding Alt 2019 event on Monday, 25 November, the audience submitted dozens of excellent questions about technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) for the panel, many of which had to go unanswered that night. We've compiled the top six questions as upvoted by attendees...
This post was originally published as a press release on 25 November 2019.
25 November 2019 - Gender-equality group AWARE announced today that its Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) has seen an overall rise in cases across three years involving technology-facilitated sexual violence, from 47 i...
AWARE posted a brief comment on social media on 14 November about two new “outrage of modesty” posters by the Singapore Police Force.
Our intentions were to contribute constructively to the ongoing public conversation about sexual violence in Singapore. Our earlier comments did not fully spel...
