What is the society you want to see take shape in Singapore in the years ahead? How can we ensure it will be a society where there is gender equality, where every person can live the life they want? A diverse group of writers — women and men, teenagers and octogenarians, artists. academics, caregivers, journalists, doctors, lawyers, and many others — offer their thoughts about these questions and more, their vision of the ideal Singapore. Their essays will make you think, and you too may begin to say 'Why not?'.
Contents:
- Editors' Note
- Foreword by Halimah Yacob
- Review. Rewind. Revise.:
- Ordinary People Dream(Teo You Yenn)
- Time to Sacrifice the Sacred Cows of Conventional Economics(Audrey Chin)
- Transformative and Inclusive Boards: A Vision for the Future(Su-Yen Wong)
- Women Leadership in Singapore Business, Politics, and the Community: The Next Bound(Lin Suling)
- Want to Shift Mindsets? Put a Value to Household Work(Euston Quah & Tan Jun Rui)
- In My Singapore Galaxy(Cheng Puay Koon)
- Regardless of Race, Language, or Religion:
- The Maze and Minefield of CMIO Multiculturalism(Lai Ah Eng)
- The Multiracial Society I Want to See in Singapore(Mysara Aljaru)
- Is There Space for Faith-based Values in the Modern World?(Stefanie Yuen Thio)
- The Promise of Islamic Feminism as Religion-based Advocacy for Gender Justice and Equality(Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib & Nurul Fadiah Johari)
- Learning to Chart their Own Paths:
- A Future School Where Children Can Enjoy Learning(Kho Ee Moi)
- Uncharted Paths(Danelle Tan)
- The Science of Inquiry:
- We Need More Women in Scientific Research(Ding Jeak Ling)
- Why I Want to be a Biomedical Researcher Rather than a Doctor(Shakti Vijayakumar)
- From Being Inspired to Inspiring Girls in Science(Isabel Ho Si En)
- Body, Mind, and Globe: The Female Factor:
- Women Hold the Key to the Success of Healthier SG(Jeremy Lim Fung Yen & Nurul Amanina binte Hussain)
- The Gender Gap in Mental Health(Kamini Rajaratnam)
- What Fuels Gender Inequality is What Fuels Climate Change(Woo Qiyun)
- The Ties that Bind:
- The Future of Families in Singapore(Paulin Tay Straughan & Mindy Eiko Tadai)
- Love in a Stash of Peanuts — Defying the Odds: The Selfless Journey of a Single Mother before the #MeToo Era(Ken Jalleh Jr)
- Who is Free to Love? Queer(ing) Life in Singapore after The Repeal(Shobha Avadhani)
- Outsiders Within: Female Migrants in Singapore(Shailey Hingorani)
- A Grandmother's Wish(Aline Wong)
- Where To #MeToo:
- Gender Violence Will Not End if We Do Not Redefine Masculinity(Corinna Lim and Kelly Leow)
- Gender, Sexuality, Masculinity: What Two Young Men Have to Say(Ho Ren Chun and Liu Ray Chun)
- Teaching Children about the Birds and the Bees(Tan Joo Hymn)
- The Language of Change:
- Brands, Language, and Gender in the Age of Technology(Linda Locke)
- Censorship of the Letter(Matilda Gabrielpillai)
- The Machine is Us(Nurul Jihadah Hussain & Nurul Amillin Hussain)
- Woman. Artist. Citizen: Running with Her Dreams(Dana Lam)
- Ageing to Perfection:
- Ageing in Place with Dignity: That is the Challenge before Us(Constance Singam)
- An Older Woman's Story(Mary Ann Tsao)
- I am Caring for My Mother, But Who will Care for Me?(Patricia Ng)
- Reimagining Care f...