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According to the 2011 article Women's Rights Situation in Singapore, these discrepancies can be mainly attributed not to gender discrimination or gender inequality but instead to the women's lower educational qualifications and fewer job experiences than men, the women's focus and dedication to their role in family life, and the paternalistic ...
The Women's Charter 1961 is an Act of the Singaporean Parliament passed in 1961. The Act was designed to improve and protect the rights of women in Singapore and to guarantee greater legal equality for women in legally sanctioned relationships (except in the area of Muslims marriages, which are governed separately by the Administration of Muslim Law Act).
The Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) is an umbrella organisation founded in 1980 in order to coordinate the efforts of women's groups in Singapore.The organisation represents many diverse women's groups and advocates for women's rights in the country.
Singaporean women's rights activists (13 P) V. ... Pages in category "Women's rights in Singapore" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
According to Amnesty International, Singapore has signed the following international agreements relating to human rights: [51] Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Optional Protocol to the CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict in 2008
AWARE has kept the rights of foreign spouses on Singapore policy-makers' agendas. AWARE worked with members of parliament to highlight the lack of rights and support for migrant spouses, particularly foreign wives of Singaporean citizen men, as a key women's rights matter at the UN Human Rights Council in June 2016.
Lobo served as the vice-president of the Singapore Council of Women. In 1957, the government appointed her as an official delegate to the Asian Women's conference held in Bangkok. After returning to Singapore, she delivered an eight-page report on how women had more rights in Singapore than in many other Asian countries. [18]
Since 1984, Singapore has seen an increase in female representation as more women have run for political office. Notable female politicians include the two former ministers: former Acting Minister for Community Development Seet Ai Mee and former Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua ; Minister of State Yu-Foo Yee Shoon ; and Amy ...