From Sumedha Jalote, Communications Executive, Association of Women for Action & Research
The recent Committee of Inquiry and subsequent public discussions have addressed the possibility of enhancing Singapore’s police capability in areas requiring specialised skills, including by...
By Moana Jagasia, Research and Advocacy Coordinator, Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) and Vivienne Wee, Research and Advocacy Director, Aware
We refer to the article "Greater peace of mind when S'poreans retire" (May 17), which reported on the Government's plans to impro...
Today, AWARE is proud to launch the Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC), Singapores first specialised drop-in centre supporting women who have been sexually assaulted.
Popular F&B outlets including Artistry and the restaurant and microbrewery, Brewerkz, will help to spread the word about SAC...
By Jolene Tan and Teo You Yenn
In our society, families come in many forms. Every person has family, at least at some point in their life. The same individual’s family can look quite different at different times. These are empirical facts, not ideological positions.
It follows that the w...
On 29 January, AWARE submitted its fourth annual set of recommendations for the national budget, emphasising the issues of: 1) poverty and income inequality, 2) support for caregivers, 3) healthcare financing in Singapore, and 4) transparency and inclusiveness in the budget process.
With the announ...
On 29 January, AWARE submitted its fourth annual set of recommendations for the national budget through the public consultation portal REACH. This year we question some of the fundamental approaches that underlie budget making and call for the budget process to be more transparent and inclusive, so ...
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...
By Vivienne Wee And Sarah Hill
Eradicating poverty remains at the core of the United Nations (UN) development agenda. Indeed, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed by the UN each year on Oct 17. In Singapore, however, poverty often appears to be a peripheral issue.
Singa...
By Teo You Yenn
People who care about Singapore should reject this cheap thrill. Americans who care about reform in their case, on the other hand, should not be thrown off by the use of a case that is in fact closer to theirs than to genuinely desirable alternatives.
Joseph Stiglitz’s commentary...
