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...
By Jolene Tan
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has a simple mandate: "to build a nation of healthy people". As a government agency, its responsibility is to promote the physical and mental health of all members of society equally, regardless of sexual orientation.
The publication of factual, n...
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...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Mr Chong Zi Liang suggests that a prudish drive to stamp out "lewd lyrics", "swearing" and "dirty talk" in the military would be misplaced ("Aware missed an opportunity to engage"; last Sunday).
He might be surprised to he...
(Thanks to all who have come out in support of the move against the problematic Purple Light lyrics. Please take the time to read Fikri’s post and Nicholas Liu’s letter on this subject.)
Note: the post below contains examples of abusive language.
“Booking out, see my girlfriend
Saw her ...
Sex education is a controversial and hotly debated issue around the world. AWARE’s latest roundtable discussion took this topic on, focusing on the harmful constructions of young women in some sex education curricula.
Twenty participants gathered on the evening of 19 September to share their vi...
AWAREs next roundtable is coming up on 19 September! The theme this month is Harmful Constructions of Young Women in Sex Education.
Sex education programmes that focus on promoting abstinence rather than providing accurate information on sexual health not only fail to adequately equip teens...
by Tan Jian Xiang and Catherine Smith
Sex education in Singapore is currently values-based, with abstinence as the main approach in keeping youth from premarital sexual activity. However, they can get information about sex from the Internet and their friends, without the supervision of parents or...
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...
