On 13 October 2018, AWARE held a launch party for A Place To Call Home – a photo-essay exhibition by single-parent families. The exhibition is the powerful, heartfelt result of months of creative work by five individuals from single-parent families.
Shots of messy, colourful bedrooms, of stainless steel cleaning appliances and of post-it notes from daughter to mother on a kitchen wall – these images are part of A Place To Call Home, a photo essay exhibition currently on showcase at Intermission Bar and organised by gender equality group AWARE. The exhibition explores the idea of home, and all five photo essays were put together by individuals from single-parent families.
An edited version of this piece was originally published as an op-ed in The Straits Times’ Opinion section on 23 September 2017. The print…
Rachel is a divorced mother who attended AWARE’s dialogue on 17 May, “Single parents need homes, too”. She penned the following blog…
Single parents in Singapore grapple with a myriad of problems and restrictive rules when it comes to meeting a basic need –…
Sam feels that he does not have many options. He can only apply for a flat under the singles scheme, which will only be a two-room flat. However with his children growing up, he does not feel that there would be enough space for them in the available flats once they are a bit older, as they will still be spending the same amount of time living with him.
Rosa is estranged from her father and siblings. When she revealed her pregnancy in late 2016 to her family, she got into a fight with them and her father used denigrating words to describe her. Rosa described her siblings as “one year one time siblings”. Her family – save for one sister – has not reached out to offer support or check in on her at all since the birth of her son six months ago.
This post was originally published as a press release on 27 August 2016. There is nothing wrong with single parent families Children…
N is a single mother who is attempting to adopt her own son in order to make him “legitimate”.
Renemarlina shares about her struggles with re-entering the workforce, and how the Confidence Curriculum has helped her.
