The way that we talk to those around us about HIV, marriage and sex can put women’s health at risk.
This insight lies behind ‘This is your life. Get tested.’, a new video released today by the We Can! campaign to mark World Health Day. The video depicts a woman sitting at a doctor’s offi...
The proposed anti-harassment legislation announced today reflects the government’s increased awareness that sexual harassment and stalking are serious problems. AWARE regularly assists victims who experience severe harm when their lives are disrupted by such conduct. We welcome the decision to...
By Jolene Tan for the Straits Times
Until recently, Morocco allowed rapists of minors to escape charges by marrying their victims.
Many of us recoil from such laws, because we recognise rape as a crime against a person, whose bodily autonomy has been attacked. We see instinctively that pushi...
Today is Safer Internet Day. While the Government is planning new legislation this year to address harassment, it is essential to remember that online harassment often specifically targets women and girls.
Women and girls often receive sexist messages online. These range from threats of rape and ...
By Sumedha Jalote, Communications Executive, Association of Women for Action and Research
We read with interest of psychologist Professor Aldert Vrij’s visit to Singapore and his statement that law enforcement agencies often rely too much on mechanical methods of lie detection (“Busting the myt...
The We Can! campaign held its inaugural arts festival on 8 December 2013, a rainy Sunday afternoon that did not deter more than 250 people from attending and squeezing into the rooms and corridors of Aliwal Arts Centre to break the silence of violence.
The We Can! Arts Fest aimed to start a dialogu...
By Jolene Tan
By adopting and enforcing codes of conduct, backed up with formal processes for handling complaints, employers can set the right tone for inclusive working environments.
The case of cyber-stalker Colin Mak Yew Loong shows the need for better legal protection against harassment ("Sing...
By Jolene Tan
The proposed consent requirements will thus have the greatest effect in cases where there is the danger of family violence.
Recent calls for parental or spousal consent when minors or married women seek abortions overlook some troubling potential consequences ("'Don't ask, don't tell...
Most discussions of HIV/AIDS in Singapore focus on men, as new infections affect mostly them.
However, a qualitative study, commissioned by the Association of Women for Action and Research, of women with HIV or living with HIV-positive husbands or partners shows that married women are at risk fro...
