Note: Thanks to everyone who has signed up for this Sexual Assault First Responder Training! Hopefully you have received our notification that the training will be held ONLINE-ONLY this month (and for the foreseeable future). More details will be emailed out shortly. This month's session i...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 15 February 2020.
Sexual violence is a complex topic, involving power dynamics that can be hard to parse. As such, the language we use to depict sexual violence needs to be up to the task.
We appreciate the efforts o...
IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have regretfully decided to postpone our 26 February Sexual Assault First Responder Training. A new date will be advertised as the virus situation becomes more clear. We are working to refund those who have already signed up. Our deepest apologies for this inconvenience.
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This commentary was originally published on Channel NewsAsia on 9 January 2020.
by Shailey Hingorani, Head of Research and Advocacy
SINGAPORE: Myths and stereotypes about manhood, masculinity and male sexuality abound in online comments to the news of an Indonesian man Reynha...
At AWARE's Taking Ctrl, Finding Alt 2019 event on Monday, 25 November, the audience submitted dozens of excellent questions about technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) for the panel, many of which had to go unanswered that night. We've compiled the top six questions as upvoted by attendees...
This post was originally published as a press release on 25 November 2019.
25 November 2019 - Gender-equality group AWARE announced today that its Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) has seen an overall rise in cases across three years involving technology-facilitated sexual violence, from 47 i...
AWARE posted a brief comment on social media on 14 November about two new “outrage of modesty” posters by the Singapore Police Force.
Our intentions were to contribute constructively to the ongoing public conversation about sexual violence in Singapore. Our earlier comments did not fully spel...
Digital technology and sexual violence seem to elide more and more in our hyper-connected, hyper-visual world. Here in Singapore, it feels like a new case of technology-facilitated sexual violence breaks in the newspapers every week. There’s the distribution of explicit materials by intimate p...
Participate in a study on the career effects of sexual harassment on working women in Singapore!
Who can join?
We are currently looking for individuals who identify as women, aged 20 to 65 years.
They must have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years.
Preferably,...
