This post was originally published as a press release on 17 January 2017.
Gender equality group AWARE submitted its seventh annual set of recommendations for the National Budget through the public consultation portal REACH on 13 January.
“The Budget will be announced on 20 February, the...
By Chong Ning Qian, AWARE Research Executive
Key recommendations from the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons:
State should be main entity providing eldercare in Singapore
Pension should be available to all, even though who cannot contri...
This post was originally published as a letter in The Straits Times on 24 September 2016
Recent discussion about collective support for retirement have led to concerns that society may incur a tax burden to create a “culture of helplessness” or coddle the personal failure of individuals to wo...
This post was originally published as a press release on 27 August 2016.
There is nothing wrong with single parent families
Children of single parents speak up in AWARE’s #asinglelove campaign
27 August 2016 – Two children of single parents are going public with their stories to help sh...
This letter was first published in The Straits Times, on 8 April.
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The Association of Women for Action and Research welcomes the move to cap the amount of personal income that worki...
This article was first published on Mother's Day at The Online Citizen.
Mother’s Day is especially significant this year. It comes shortly after news that equal maternity leave and a $3,000 Child Development Account grant will be available to all new mothers of citizen children, regardless o...
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12 April brought good news - unmarried mothers will receive 16 weeks of maternity leave, just like married mothers. Their children will be eligible for Child Development Accounts and receive the $3,00...
We are delighted to share our Fair for All Families highlights video below! Capturing the best parts of the carnival, the video was filmed and put together by Sun Koh and Fazrin Affendi. We want to thank every single one of you - partner, volunteer, speaker or attendee - for making this happen! To ...
This letter was first published in The Straits Times, 4 April.
Implementation of the Silver Support scheme has sparked debate on the merits of greater financial support by the state for the elderly poor ("Excessive social security may erode filial piety" by Mr Leslie Fong ; last Tuesday).
We...
