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AWARE and Civil Society

AWARE and Civil Society. What’s AWARE?. The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) is a Non-Governmental Organisation registered in 1985. It is the first and only advocacy group working at securing women's rights & gender parity in Singapore. It is feminist. What’s AWARE?.

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AWARE and Civil Society

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  1. AWARE and Civil Society

  2. What’s AWARE? The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) is a Non-Governmental Organisation registered in 1985. It is the first and only advocacy group working at securing women's rights & gender parity in Singapore. It is feminist.

  3. What’s AWARE? AWARE works at securing women's rights in a patriarchal system. AWARE – bringing women’s perspectives to national issues. AWARE facilitates women's learning, growing and sharing; supports women's full participation in society; contributes to societal transformation into a gender sensitive, just and democratic model and to sustainable development.

  4. What does AWARE do? 2 pronged approach Advocacy Community work The community component seems independent of advocacy but in many cases, the former plays a hand or helps the latter.

  5. What does AWARE do? Advocacy and Research Advocacy and work on CEDAW, domestic violence bill, gender in constitution Research to support advocacy and to further awareness of women’s issues Community Programmes Welfare services – Helpline, Legal clinics, Counselling, Shirin Fozdar Trust etc. Outreach programmes – talks, seminars, special events to raise awareness (Women @ Work)

  6. ‘Writing Women back into History’ Research Work on the archival materials of AWARE AWARE Helpline 10th Anniversary Attendance at talks, seminars and meetings Our work at AWARE

  7. Women’s Movement in Singapore: History & Perspectives 1952 Singapore Council of Women Formed SCW proposed Monogamous Marriage Bill 1953 1956 PAP Women’s League was formed, led by Chan Choy Siong Shari’ah Court formed 1958 PAP campaigned on “One Man, One Wife”, with the support of SCW 1959 1961 Women’s Charter Bill passed for non-Muslim Civil Service adopted policy of equal work equal pay 1962 1971 SCW deregistered

  8. Women’s Movement in Singapore: History & Perspectives The United Nations declared on International Women’s Decade with the theme, “Equality, Development and Peace” NCW formed, and claimed to be “the voice of Singapore women” 1975 The Singapore Council of Women Organisation (SCWO) formed as an umbrella body for women’s groups 1980 Population Policies mooted 1983 SDU set up 1984 AWARE formed 1985

  9. AWARE Helpline 10th Anniversary

  10. vs How has AWARE done? Treads the fine line between Confrontation Consensus Limitations Non-tax exemption issues, Lack of manpower - reliance on volunteers for everything Very small full time staff

  11. How has AWARE done? Successes Starting to be accepted, accepted as women’s voice Domestic violence bill - not pushed through but included in women' charter Braema Mathi as an AWARE nominated NMP Seen and recognised as a credible NGO

  12. AWARE and Civil Society

  13. (Civil Society) State Community Market Civil Society as the intersection

  14. AWARE and Civil Society What role do you see AWARE playing in Singapore Civil Society? Where in Civil Society would an organisation like AWARE stand?

  15. Women’s Organisations Do women’s organisations have a place in Civil Society? Is Singapore ready for an organisation like AWARE?

  16. Civil Society Market State Community Civil Society as a broad area

  17. (Civil Society) State Community Market AWARE’s paradigm

  18. (Civil Society) State Market Community Our view of AWARE’s paradigm

  19. AWARE and the SCW Is AWARE a modern version of the SCW? Has the women’s movement changed appreciably since the high in the 1960s? Should there have been a change?

  20. Debate

  21. Debate This house believes that the equality that AWARE is pushing for is possible and desirable.

  22. Role in Civil Society Successes and Limitations Interaction within and without Civil Society AWARE

  23. Thank You For participating in our discussion. You are now

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