Two high-profile cases of sexual assault involving prominent financial leaders have increased scrutiny of how vulnerable certain professions are to sexual harassment.
On May 14, International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a maid a...
Personal Protection Orders
The most common form of a Protection Order is the Personal Protection Order (PPO).
Under the PPO, the court may make one or both of the following orders:
The offender cannot use family violence against the family member;
The offender cannot incite or assist any...
By Kylie Goh
In April, AWARE welcomed visitors from two overseas womens organisations - South Koreas Womenlink and Macaos Womens Commission. The purpose of their visits: To learn more about AWAREs activities as Singapores leading gender equality advocacy group.
On April 11, a d...
This piece has been modified for length by the author from its original version on cedaw-seasia.org, a website about CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) by UN Women.
Eight women sit cross-legged on straw mats in a circle talking animatedly while they drink tea a...
Singapore, 15th December – Some men do it in just one sentence; others make a little speech; a few of them burst into song. Some stand in front of the camera alone; but the majority are accompanied by their wives, daughters, colleagues, sisters, cousins, or friends. Most speak in English, but Mala...
AWARE is pleased to announce our four Champions for The Because I Love Her Project: US Ambassador to Singapore David I. Adelman, distinguished actor Lim Kay Siu, Former Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong and Reverend Dr Yap Kim Hao.
Chosen because they are upstanding members of the comm...
Tania De Rozario contemplates the issues raised in AWARE's recent Round Table discussion - violence against women in Singapore.
When Associate Professor Chan Wing Cheong announced that only 9.2% of women in Singapore had suffered physical or sexual violence over the course of their lifetimes,...
Executive Director Corinna Lim encourages men to get involved with The Because I Love Her Project, AWARE’s online video campaign where good guys speak up about violence against women.
To not condone violence against women includes not being quiet in the face of a culture which makes j...
In The Because I Love Her Project, guys make their personal video pledge to "never condone violence against women". In the videos they include their favourite female - their mother, wife, sister, niece, girlfriend, best friend, colleague, daughter, grandmother, teacher.... whoever it is that moves...
