Maybe you received a bad performance appraisal after announcing your pregnancy at work. Or perhaps you were excluded from important meetings or social events at the office after you came out to a close colleague. Maybe you were even turned down from a job because an employer assumed that your disabi...
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...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on September 29 2021.
I agree with Forum writer Kristine Lam that more needs to be done to tackle family violence in Singapore (More can be done to deal with issue of family violence here, Sept 22).
Enhancing societal support and laws w...
This letter was originally posted in The Straits Times on September 17 2021.
While the newly announced anti-discrimination legislation is a significant and much-needed step for Singapore, recent comments in Parliament indicate a continued lack of understanding about what it takes to truly tackle ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 July 2021.
29 July 2021 - Implement comprehensive sexuality education covering consent, violence and gender roles in all schools in Singapore. Place a legal obligation on employers to address workplace harassment. Impose a temporary,...
The Singapore Alliance for Women in Ageing (SAWA) is an alliance of four organisations (AWARE, Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations and the Tsao Foundation), established in 2018 to raise awareness about the gendered nature of ageing in Singapore.
SAWA...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on July 15 2021.
Recent figures published by the Ministry of Manpower and Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) show more employment-related appeals (More locals sought help on salary disputes, wrongful dismissals, July 10).
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This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on April 15 2021.
A recent survey by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry had a significant and alarming finding: two in five female respondents have experienced gender discrimination in the workplace compared with o...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on April 15 2021.
Eldercare has rightly been discussed as a matter of national concern.
Research by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) in 2019 found that many women experience a change in work situation because of ...
