Join us at a public forum to discuss the recent SMRT strike, and its impact on human rights in Singapore.
Date & Time: 21 April 2013, 2.30pm
Location: conclave, 40 Tras Street [map]
RSVP at the Facebook event page here.
Seating is on a first come first serve basis and subject to capacity. Please arrive early for best seating.
Hosted by: Maruah Singapore, Think Centre, Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) & Workfair Singapore
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MARUAH sent a letter to the Straits Times Forum following a news article on abortion. Our letter was published in the Sunday Times on 24th March 2013.
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Pre-abortion counselling: Access should be equal for all
As a human rights group, Maruah objects to the conditions for offering counselling services to women and girls seeking abortions (“Abortions in Singapore“; last Sunday).
Though we recognise that having an abortion is a personal choice, counselling is a means to help women and girls cope with their decisions.
On that premise, we find the Government’s conditions for offering pre-abortion counselling – a minimum Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) qualification, being a mother to fewer than three children, not being a rape victim or a foreigner – appalling as they deny some women and older teens access to counselling. Read the rest of this entry »
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