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The popular AWARE Alamak! Awards are back!
Every year, the AWARE Awards celebrate individuals and organisations that have promoted gender equality in Singapore. At the same time, the Alamak! Award is given out to the most jaw-dropping instance of sexism, as decided by you...
This post was originally published as a press release on 10 August 2016.
AWARE statement on the Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill
AWARE would like to express our support of the general intention and principle behind the Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill. However, we have...
On Friday 24 June 2016, AWARE took part in the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session in Geneva which adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report for Singapore. The UPR is a process where UN member states offer recommendations to one another on matters of human rights.
This i...
Sexual assault can be traumatic and survivors sometimes feel isolated, confused and even unable to get on with their lives. Does it feel like you are the only person going through this? Do you find yourself thinking that what happened was your fault? Or do you worry that family and friends blame you...
This article was first published in The Straits Times, on April 15.
The Association of Women for Action and Research is deeply dismayed by the recent High Court decision on the sexual penetration of minors under Section 376A(1)(b) of the Penal Code ("Woman acquitted of sexual penetration of a min...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager
I read with dismay that a man extorted large sums from a male teacher by threatening to reveal their sexual relationship to the Ministry of Education and the teacher’s school (“Man pleads guilty to extorting S$197k, gifts from male...
We are deeply saddened by the death of Benjamin Lim. We offer our best wishes and condolences to his family and friends at this difficult time.
While we cannot ultimately know why this young boy ended his life, the case raises troubling questions about the treatment of minors who come into cont...
A guest blog post by Camille Neale
On 10 December 2015, in celebration of the annual international human rights day, the Delegation of the European Union to Singapore hosted a seminar on “Progress and Perspectives for Women’s rights in Singapore and ASEAN”. The seminar explored the progress...
AWARE strongly applauds the newly issued Tripartite Advisory on Managing Workplace Harassment (the Advisory) from MOM, NTUC and SNEF, as well as the consultative approach of the Tripartite Workgroup in developing it.
“Workplace harassment is against the law,” said Corinna Lim, Executive Direc...
