This commentary was originally published on Channel News Asia on 4 November 2019.
by Shailey Hingorani, Head of Research and Advocacy
Surrounded by rape myths that undermine the seriousness of sexual assault, some survivors may hesitate to call their experiences sexual assault, disc...
Digital technology and sexual violence seem to elide more and more in our hyper-connected, hyper-visual world. Here in Singapore, it feels like a new case of technology-facilitated sexual violence breaks in the newspapers every week. There’s the distribution of explicit materials by intimate p...
Participate in a study on the career effects of sexual harassment on working women in Singapore!
Who can join?
We are currently looking for individuals who identify as women, aged 20 to 65 years.
They must have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years.
Preferably,...
This post was originally published as a press release on 25 September 2019.
To provide more comprehensive support to individuals facing harassment and discrimination at work, gender-equality organisation AWARE has today launched a new Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Advisory (WHDA) se...
"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 further their feelings of doubt, guilt and shame.
First response that is sensitive to the survivor's needs and cho...
Understand trauma reactions and learn tangible skills to support sexual violence survivors at this workshop by AWARE's SACC.
We can use our own words and actions to convey zero tolerance for sexual assault. But while we can all agree that sexual assault should never happen to anyone, we may n...
“Are you sure that happened? Why didn’t you fight back? You should have known better.”
One experience of sexual assault is one experience too many. We may not always know the right words to say, but we can all agree that sexual assault should never happen to anyone. One way to show ze...
"This was valuable... it made me reflect on my own values regarding sex and what I may project onto my children."
"It opens up our inhibitions and gives us real opportunities to put [our thoughts into] words."
"Often boys are let off the hook, but I think they should be mindful and learn a...
“Are you sure that happened? Why didn’t you fight back? You should have known better.”
One experience of sexual assault is one experience too many. We may not always know the right words to say, but we can all agree that sexual assault should never happen to anyone. One way to show ze...
