By Sumedha Jalote, Communications Executive, Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
Recently, a letter sent by the Housing Development Board (HDB) to a single mother appealing to buy a flat has struck a chord with many on social media, having been shared by over 1,600 people.
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By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Ms Shelen Ang is right to suggest that we should value childcare – and other caregiving – performed by men (“Fathers deserve more recognition”, 14 June).
The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) has ...
By Teo You Yenn
2014 is the International Year of the Family. In the first days of the new year, there have been news stories about young couples welcoming newborns into the world and older ones renewing marital vows.
This year we will no doubt bear witness to photogenic nuclear families cyc...
19 August, 2013
AWARE is heartened by the policy shifts outlined by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the National Day Rally speech 2013. We applaud the government’s commitment to invest in every Singaporean to reach their full potential, through much needed reforms in housing, education, and h...
A Roundtable Dialogue on the housing challenges faced by unmarried people in Singapore was held at the AWARE Centre on 29 July.
Entitled ‘Housing Singaporeans – Should unmarried people be lesser citizens?’, the roundtable began with a thought-provoking presentation by the Singles Sub-commit...
Date: Monday, July 29 (updated)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: AWARE Centre
Speakers: AWARE's Singles Sub-committee - Chew I-Jin, Ailin Mao, Chu Hoi Yee, Aziza Sheerin, Chang Rui Shan and Raudah Abdul Rashid
Register for this event here.
The Singles Sub-committee of the Association ...
By Corinna Lim, Jolene Tan and Kokila Annamalai
Population engineering and the policing of women’s bodily autonomy in the name of demographic goals go against the principles of equality and human freedom, and cannot be tolerated.
AWARE welcomes Minister Chan Chun Sing’s recent statements on ab...
"We shouldn't get our women into jobs where they cannot, at the same time, be mothers...You just can't be doing a full-time heavy job like that of a doctor or engineer and run a home and bring up children." (Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in The Straits Times, 1983)
Thirty years later, it is imp...
Access to childcare subsidies, motherhood benefits and housing benefits should be granted to all parents, without discriminating against unwed parents or stay-at-home parents. To build a truly inclusive society, our policies must evolve to embrace different types of families.
AWARE applauds the S...
