Civil Society Community “I hope there’s a bigger space for civil society input and not big Government,” says community worker Ranganayaki Thangavelu Beyond Social Services’ deputy executive director, Ranganayaki Thangavelu highlighted three keywords, “context,… 00304 August 2020
Community Environment GE2020 shows encouraging start but political parties need to articulate more comprehensive plans on climate crisis, says activist Tim Min Jie This year’s General Election (GE) showed an encouraging start on the climate… 00304 August 2020
Civil Society Community Labour GE has not fought for migrant workers’ rights but advocacy groups have made progress, says activist Jolovan Wham The General Election (GE) has not fought on the rights of migrant… 00304 August 2020
Civil Society Community No significant improvements on income and wealth inequality but there’s progress in public conversation, says Dr Teo You Yenn While there does not seem be any significant improvements in the outcomes… 00304 August 2020
Community People now have greater sensitivity when race are weaponized for political ends, says activist Imran Taib The issue of race has been at the forefront of the General… 00303 August 2020
Housing Several GE manifestos focus on housing issues, but other proposals by activists have not been “seriously considered”, says Asst Prof Ng Kok Hoe Housing has emerged as an issue in the recent General Election (GE)… 00303 August 2020
Community GE2020 demonstrates how far Singapore achieved in gender equality, but violence against women remains a major issue, says AWARE President This year’s General Election (GE) has demonstrated how far Singapore has achieved… 003031 July 2020
Community LGBT No political parties took on LGBT issues in GE manifestos, but party candidates might have different views, says Prout’s Ching SC None of the political parties had taken on LGBT issues in their… 003031 July 2020
Arts & Culture Only four political parties have mentioned arts and culture in their GE manifestos, says playwright Alfian Sa’at Only four political parties have mentioned arts and culture in their General… 003030 July 2020