Why Not? Thinking about Singapore's Tomorrow
Margaret Thomas, Kanwaljit Soin
Paperback, 572 pages
9789811292798
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
1: Ordinary People Dream
2: Time to Sacrifice the Sacred Cows of Conventional Economics
3: Transformative and Inclusive Boards: A Vision for the Future
4: Women Leadership in Singapore Business, Politics, and the Community: The Next Bound
5: Want to Shift Mindsets? Put a Value to Household Work
6: In My Singapore Galaxy
7: The Maze and Minefield of CMIO Multiculturalism
8: The Multiracial Society I Want to See in Singapore
9: Is There Space for Faith-based Values in the Modern World?
10: The Promise of Islamic Feminism as Religion-based Advocacy for Gender Justice and Equality
11: A Future School Where Children Can Enjoy Learning
12: Uncharted Paths
13: We Need More Women in Scientific Research
14: Why I Want to be a Biomedical Researcher Rather than a Doctor
15: From Being Inspired to Inspiring Girls in Science
16: Women Hold the Key to the Success of Healthier SG
17: The Gender Gap in Mental Health
18: What Fuels Gender Inequality is What Fuels Climate Change
19: The Future of Families in Singapore
20: Love in a Stash of Peanuts: Defying the Odds: The Selfless Journey of a Single Mother before the #MeToo Era
21: Who is Free to Love? Queer(ing) Life in Singapore after The Repeal
22: Outsiders Within: Female Migrants in Singapore
23: A Grandmother's Wish
24: Gender Violence Will Not End if We Do Not Redefine Masculinity
25: Gender, Sexuality, Masculinity: What Two Young Men Have to Say
26: Teaching Children about the Birds and the Bees
27: Brands, Language, and Gender in the Age of Technology
28: Censorship of the Letter
29: The Machine is Us
30: Woman. Artist. Citizen: Running with Her Dreams
31: Ageing in Place with Dignity: That is the Challenge before Us
32: An Older Woman's Story
33: 1 am Caring for My Mother, But Who will Care for Me?
34: Reimagining Care for the Elderly
35: When I'm Sixty-Four: A Love Letter to the Future
36: Aged to Imperfection?: Stop Worrying about Our Ageing Society: What We Need is an Age-integrated Longevity Society