The following are excerpts of debates on unwed mothers, sex education, pregnant employees, paternity leave, domestic violence, and the role of the new Ministry of Social & Family Development. These took place during the Aug 13, Sept 10 & 11 sittings of Parliament.
UNWED MOTHERS
Acting Mi...
The national conversation should not be dominated by fertility rate. Focus instead on the kind of Singapore we want.
By Corinna Lim & Vivienne Wee
In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong envisioned Singapore as 'a home with hope and heart'.
As members of the Assoc...
As we celebrate the International Day of Families on May 15, it is time to recognise the increasingly important role singles in Singapore play when it comes to caring for a rapidly greying population.
The annual International Day of Families on May 15 was established by the United Nations in 1993 t...
The following is an excerpt of the debate on single-parent families, paid paternity leave and the rights of foreign spouses, which took place during the Feb 29 and March 1, 2 and 5 sittings of Parliament.
PAID PATERNITY LEAVE
Seah Kian Peng
Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC
Let me d...
The following is an excerpt of the debate on how to support women who want to re-enter or remain in the workforce, which took place during the Feb 28-29 and March 5 sittings of Parliament.
Ang Wei Neng
Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC
Many women who stopped work to take care of their fam...
Workplace support for women, boosting the fertility rate, and help for single mothers and caregivers were some of the issues discussed during the Oct 17 to 21 Parliamentary debate. Here's a summary of the key points.
MORE SUPPORT FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State ...
This Opinion Editorial was published in the 8th March 2011 edition of Today. View the story as it was published here. The writer recently joined AWARE as Research and Advocacy Executive.
Siti Nadzirah Samsudin, a 23-year-old Singaporean woman and AWARE employee finds herself asking some tough que...
AWARE welcomes commitment to building inclusive society
Media Release: SINGAPORE BUDGET 2011
18 February 2011 - AWARE welcomes the strong focus in the 2011 Budget on strengthening our society. We are heartened by the Minister’s assurance that steps will be taken to ensure an inclusive society....
The following position paper was submitted by AWARE to Singapore’s policy-makers in February 2011 before the budget was released. Our response to the government's budget allocation is here.
AWARE has for 25 years sought to bring to the attention of policy-makers and the public issues related t...
