This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on October 4 2021.
The recent allegations made against BooksActually's founder Kenny Leck have foregrounded the many structural issues that make start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) vulnerable to workplace harassment an...
"Are you sure that happened? Why didn't you fight back? You should have known better." These are some common responses survivors of sexual assault have heard, which may further their feelings of doubt, guilt and shame.
It is not always easy for survivors to tell someone about what happened; i...
This letter was originally published in ChannelNews Asia on 2 March 2021.
SINGAPORE: Experts have long maintained that workplace sexual harassment is rooted in power imbalances.
The stereotypical perpetrator holds a powerful leadership position - for example, as a CEO or the head of a st...
This is in response to a 19 February statement made by Viswa Sadasivan on Facebook. Refer to that statement here, as well as our previous comments (7 Feb, 11 Feb) on his behavior with Sharul Channa and Kiran Kandade.
Viswa has, in his latest statement, denied that his verbal comments to Sharul an...
written by Antara Dasgupta and Daneel Jannae Shih
On 10 February 2021, AWARE and Catalyse hosted the virtual event “Are Our Workplaces Safe Spaces?”, with the support of Otis Elevator Company and The Asia Foundation, and more than 90 people attending over Zoom.
The event commenced with...
This op-ed was originally published in The Business Times on 5 February 2021.
Ask any company how it plans to combat workplace sexual harassment, and it will likely mention “anti-harassment training”. Sounds great in theory. But, in practice, are anti-harassment training programmes really e...
Just how prevalent is workplace sexual harassment in Singapore?
A new survey by AWARE and market research company Ipsos—the first-ever nationally representative survey on workplace sexual harassment in Singapore—has revealed a shocking statistic: Two in five workers in Singapore (both women a...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 26 January 2021.
A growing number of people are speaking out publicly about sexual harassment in the workplace. But many individuals continue to be deterred.
A recent survey by gender equality group Association of Women for Acti...
This post was originally published as a press release on 14 January 2021
Two in five workers in Singapore have been sexually harassed at the workplace in the past five years. This is the sobering key finding from a survey by market research company Ipsos in collaboration with gender-equality ...
