In early January 2013, in response to a horrific gang rape of a young woman in Delhi, artist Shilo Shiv Suleman made an online call for entries of posters to affirm women's right to be fearless and free to share public space. Within a short space of time, Shilo was flooded with close to 180 creation...
By Sahar Pirzada and Asiyah Arif
One Billion Rising is a global strike - encouraging men and women around the world to take to the streets on V-day, singing, dancing, lighting a candle, to demand an end to violence against women. We wanted to stand up and be counted too.
At 1:00pm on Valenti...
As part of our International Womens Day celebration, AWARE and Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) are holding a screening of Miss Representation. Miss Representation is a highly acclaimed US documentary that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was the winner of the Audience award at the 2011...
By Wong Pei Chi and Jolene Tan
Media coverage and popular discussion of rape give disproportionate weight to concerns over false reports - to the point where the default response for many is to assume that a woman is lying if she discloses that she was a victim of rape or sexual assault. It is exac...
Few Singaporeans may intend to be sexist or think of themselves as such. But some instances show that sexism and violence against women have become so normalised that when people joke about rape, others accept it as funny.
By Corinna Lim, Vivienne Wee and Kokila Annamalai
THE brutal gang rape on...
Your Excellency
The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) of Singapore is horrified by the brutal gang rape of the young Indian woman who died in Singapore on 29 December 2012. We add our voice to the many calling for urgent and decisive action by your Government to tackle the enor...
Last month, AWARE released a 70 page report on workplace sexual harassment highlighting the inadequacies of the current system in protecting employees from harassment and providing due recourse to victims.
The report is based on the experiences of victims who approached AWARE for support. Some ...
Speech by Winifred Loh, AWARE President @ SlutWalk 2012
Good evening. Many thanks to everyone for being here, taking a stand against sexual violence.
In a patriarchal society, there are only two kinds of women good and bad. Those of us who are deemed "bad women" are subject to the lab...
The Singapore Penal Code accords legal immunity to husbands who rape their wives. The assumption is that by getting married, a woman loses her right to say ‘no’ to any sexual demand imposed by her husband, including violent rape. But sexual penetration without consent is rape.
By Wong Pei Chi,...
