"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 alwa...
This post was originally published on Channel NewsAsia on 24 April 2019.
by Corinna Lim, Executive Director of AWARE
Sometimes, it just takes one brave woman to speak up to make the world fairer and safer for all.
Monica Baey did that when she spoke up last week about her experienc...
"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...
Like many around the nation, AWARE was distressed to hear about the experiences of Monica Baey, as she suffered first a voyeuristic violation in her National University of Singapore hall, then received unsatisfactory recourse to justice from school and police officials.
As with all sexual vio...
"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 zero tol...
[caption id="attachment_40679" align="alignnone" width="550"] (L-R) Shailey Hingorani, Robert McPhedran, Siti Noor Mastura and Philip Chua[/caption]
Written by Alissa Baer, AWARE research consultant
"The #MeToo movement is about having a conversation on core issues, wherever we are. It’s abo...
This post was originally published on TODAY on 12 March 2019.
by Laika Jumabhoy, senior case manager at AWARE's Sexual Assault Care Centre
In February, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam announced transformative amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA) to make it ...
By Shailey Hingorani, Head of Advocacy and Research, AWARE
Congratulations: We’ve made it to International Women’s Day 2019. Let’s take a breath, pat ourselves on the back, put our feet up… and bask for a while in joyful appreciation of how far women have come.
After all, in man...
8 March 2019 is International Women's Day! But we celebrate IWD throughout the whole month of March. Here is our line-up of events and activities over the next few weeks.
Wednesday, 13 March
Hashtags, Harassment and Hope: the State of Gender Relations in Singapore
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