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The 51st anniversary of Earth Day will be observed on 22 April 2021. Originating from the modern environmental movement in 1970, it raises awareness for environmental protection and care for the planet. Sustainability and environmental protection have been at the forefront of Singapore’s development. The city-state has maintained a conscious effort to incorporate greenery into […]
Professor Jean Yeung (NUS Centre for Family and Population Research and Sociology) was featured in Zaobao, where she discusses how COVID-19 affects the labor market for young people. She remarks that early unemployment in one’s career has a “scarring effect” that leads to poor career trajectories. Young people are more likely to be unemployed again […]
World Social Work Day, usually celebrated on the third Tuesday of March, was commemorated on the 16th of March 2021. The celebration aims to raise awareness about the contributions of social work and to highlight the importance of social services. The 2021 commemoration of World Social Work Day was especially momentous for the Singapore Association […]
Singapore’s baby bonus scheme was first implemented on 1 April 2001 by then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. It aimed to improve Singapore’s declining birth rate through monetary incentives intended to cover part of the costs of educating and rearing children. More recently in 2015, enhancements were made to provide even greater benefit to parents. […]
The K-shaped recovery from the depths of COVID-19 has highlighted significant inequalities. Whereas stock markets and Big Tech have thrived, job losses and social impacts have worsened living conditions. In ‘Looking to 2021: The pandemic’s impact on society’ in NUS News, Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Department of Social Work) reflects on four inequalities that […]
World Autism Awareness Day is observed on 2 April, and aims to recognise the rights and needs of people with autism. The study ‘Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Treatment Outcomes in a School-Based CBT Intervention Program for Adolescents with ASD and Anxiety in Singapore’ (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017) responds to the concern that […]
Qing Ming festival will be held on 4th April in 2021. On the day, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to pay their respects and make ritual offerings. This practice is still observed in Singapore each year. Most visits, however, are to government-owned columbaria. Cemeteries occupy precious space in land-scarce Singapore, and a handful […]
Singapore’s total fertility rate fell to an alarming 1.1 births per female in 2020. In an interview with CCTV-13, Professor Jean Yeung (NUS Sociology; Centre for Family and Population Research) shares insights as to how the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused couples to delay marriages and children. The loss of income and jobs undoubtedly played […]
In an article in the Straits Times Invisible Asia series, Professor Jean Yeung’s (NUS Sociology; Centre for Family and Population Research) landmark study on marriages between Singaporean men and non-resident women was highlighted. Specifically, the research, part of the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) uncovered the following insights: -The age gap between couples averages […]
Dear NUS Staff/Students, You are invited to a Roundtable Discussion titled ‘Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Lives’. In this roundtable discussion, we invite six speakers who identify as transgender and gender-nonconforming and/or have worked closely with trans and gender-nonconforming people to share their stories and experiences with us. This will be followed by a Q&A session where […]