Teo You Yenn about Singapore's record low fertility rates.
This Opinion Editorial was published in the Straits Times on 27th January 2011. A PDF is available for download here. Teo You Yenn is assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University Department of Socioloy and is on AWARE's Board...
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The emotional and psychological scars of sexual harassment run deep. One victim, Tessa* reveals her struggle to cope and how she contemplated suicide after two incidents of harassment.
"Imagine talking to people whom...
By Kerry Wilcock
In 1910 at an international conference for working women in Copenhagen, a woman named Clara Zetkin tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day to press for their demands for equalit...
By Kerry Wilcock
Demand for AWARE’s direct services jumped sharply last year. Calls to the Helpline grew by 40%, while the number of counselling cases increased by more than 200%.
The increases were undoubtedly due to the extensive publicity for AWARE following the attempted takeover in April ...
AWARE recently ran a radio ad promoting our Helpline services.
As a member of the National Council of Social Services, AWARE was eligible to run the radio ad for free under MediaCorp’s community outreach programme.
The only cost AWARE had to bear was that of producing the 30-second radi...
2006 - AWARE-TSAO addresses issues faced by older women who are outliving their male counterparts, but have less financial security, health care and are more dependent on children. They make recommendations in the areas of employment policies, CPF and social protection policies, healthcare financing...
