By Nabilah Mohammad Raising a child is no easy feat. We often hear about the sacrifices a parent makes and the time and energy it takes to care for a child. A single mother’s responsibilities are no different, except that she is on her own. She has to be both a mother...
By Nurshirah Tabrani Singapore society is plagued with incidences of intimate partner violence[1] (IPV). From 2012 to 2018, more than 70% of those who filed for Personal Protection Order (PPO) or Expedited Order (EO) or Domestic Exclusion Order (DEO) in Singapore are...
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid For the average Singaporean, it is far easier to believe that the drug problem exists far away—in another country, another neighbourhood, amongst another community, an alien and invisible segment of our society. Many of us learnt about drugs...
By Nabilah Mohammad You know them as the ‘T’ in ‘LGBTQ+’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer), but how much do we really know about the transgender community in Singapore? Transgender people, especially among the Malay/Muslim community, are rather...
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim The Singapore Budget 2019 outlined a strategic plan to allocate resources to build a “Strong, United Singapore”. To realise this vision, among other objectives such as keeping Singapore safe and secure, transforming our economy into a...
Source: The Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/relapse-figures-down-for-malay-drug-abusers
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim In discussions on poverty, conventional knowledge is that income redistribution will only have limited impact in alleviating poverty if the behavioural attributes that contribute to adverse socioeconomic outcomes are not tackled. In...
By Nabilah Mohammad Polygamy is a topic of discussion that is often open to contentions among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The domestic lives of polygamists are usually kept private and closely guarded, making it quite a challenge to understand what actually goes on...
By Nabilah Mohammad Not everyone dreams of becoming a parent but, for those who do, failing to conceive is an agonising realisation. There are couples who spend a portion of their married lives attempting to avoid unplanned pregnancies and assume that, once they are...
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Singapore is bracing itself for an ageing population. By 2030, about one in five residents would be 65 years of age or older. A point worth noting from Chart 1 is how steeply the red line is climbing. It raises questions about whether...