The reaction to Chia Boon Teck’s LinkedIn post was a reminder of how far we’ve come with gender equality, and how much further we have to go.
Essays
So many causes, so many activists, so many challenges. And, looming over them, always, the ominous shadow of a seemingly omnipresent and omnipotent state. Can solidarity exist in Singapore?
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Newly arrived in the capital of Ontario, a Singaporean couple grapple with the migrant experience as they figure out the contours of the puzzle that is Canada.
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Another general election, another impartial boundary report.
Jom’s arts editor wanders through Yee I-Lann’s stunning survey show at the Singapore Art Museum. The Sabahan artist may insist she’s a poor weaver of mats, but she’s certainly a powerful weaver of worlds.
The Women’s Charter 1961 can be further improved, a lawyer argues, by awarding spousal maintenance based on fairness and not gender; and by using a gender neutral name for the Charter. But, contrary to popular belief, the maintenance provision to wives has evolved and is fair and relevant today.
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