International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was started as a day of vigil and memorial for the sex workers who were murdered in the U.S. Today, Dec 17th has become an international day of solidarity to end violence against one of the most vulnerable parts of society. This photoset aims to call out… [Read More]
Archives for December 2015
Project X forms coalition with 9 other CSOs, submits Shadow Report for Universal Periodic Review
Download the full report here: ALMOS UPR Report 2015 MEDIA STATEMENT BY ALMOS ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW As Singapore prepares to engage other United Nations member states on its human rights record at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2016, it is clear that much more needs to be done by the government… [Read More]
An open letter to the Straits Times on their discriminatory representation of trans people.
On the 7th of December 2015 the Straits Times published this article, contained in which were a slew of discriminatory remarks and representations of the trans community. In response, Pavarne Shantti wrote an open letter to the Straits Times to clarify some of the offending points in the article. Her open letter was not published… [Read More]