Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Once again, we’d like to thank everyone who supported No To Rape during last year’s petition drive. Some of you are probably wondering what has happened since then. Unfortunately, more than six months have passed, and we have yet to receive any reply from the Prime Minister to our petition.
We are disappointed that there has been no response to the voices of more than 3,600 citizens and permanent residents, speaking up for the basic right of women to be protected from violence.
Nevertheless, No To Rape continues to work at a grassroots level to build community support for legislative change. If you are involved in social work, any community organisation including religious groups, or have experience of any kind – practical, academic or any other – that you would like to contribute to the prevention of sexual violence, please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you’re not sure what sort of experience you have, but simply wish to contribute in any way you can, let us know too. No To Rape is a civic movement composed entirely of volunteers, and any connections we can make will help.
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Earlier today, the petition was submitted to the Prime Minister by email. A hard copy of the signatures – standing at 3,609 after we went through them to remove spam – was also sent through the post. Thank you to everyone again for your work to spread the message. We will keep you updated on any responses that we receive.
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
We would like to thank everyone who has given his or her support to the No To Rape petition to abolish marital rape immunity in Singapore. Twenty minutes ago, our petition has officially come to a close with over 3,600 signatures.
Over the next few days, we will be putting together the data collected before presenting it to our Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, by email and in hard copy. We will keep everyone updated on the progress of the campaign, so please continue to follow us by either signing up to our mailing list, joining our Facebook group, following us on Twitter, or simply returning to this blog from time to time.
This website will also undergo an overhaul to pave the way for future awareness raising and related issues that we will be working hard to bring to you. Stay tuned!
Once again, thank you very much for supporting our call to repeal marital rape immunity in Singapore.
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
It is the final weekend for the No To Rape petition drive. Please take some time to remind friends and family to sign before the deadline on midnight 30 November. We know there are many more people who oppose sexual violence within marriage, and support giving everyone the full protection of the law. But we need your names on the petition to make sure the government knows it too.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
No To Rape is excited to announce that we were represented at “Women in the World: Progress, Challenges & Opportunities”, a session hosted by Valerie Jarrett, White House Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama of the United States and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. We are very grateful for our inclusion in this session and the recognition that it represents of the importance of the issues raised by our campaign.
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
The No To Rape petition was originally to close in October. However, we are very pleased to say that we have decided to extend it to midnight 30 November, so that the petition will remain open during the period around 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. So we’ll be working hard for the next three months on getting the word out – and hope you can help us too!
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
If you can’t attend tonight’s Seminar in person, there are other ways to catch up with the discussion. We will be using Twitter to send live updates – simply follow @notorape or use the hashtag #notorape to tune in to what’s going on.
We will also be filming the presentations and discussions, and hope to make these available to everyone through our website in due course.
Finally, thanks to the kindness of volunteers, No To Rape has a number of film ads in the pipeline. The first will premiere at the seminar tonight, but you should be able to watch them all soon right here.
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Thanks to the generosity of volunteers, the Tamil language version of the No To Rape Petition is now up! You can access this as a webpage or download it as a PDF file which you can send on to friends and family. Don’t forget that Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Bahasa Melayu translations are available too.
p.s. Be sure to register for tomorrow’s seminar – spaces are still available!
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
No To Rape is very pleased to announce that our public seminar on 7 August, Towards Criminalising Marital Rape, will be moderated by the campaign’s celebrity ambassador, Anita Kapoor. She will facilitate what we expect to be an insightful and informative discussion on the issues raised by the call to abolish marital immunity for rape. If you want to find out more or have any questions – about experiences of marital rape, about the legal nuances of the subject, and about how we can make this reform a reality – this is a unique opportunity to speak to those in the know. More details, and a registration form, can be found here.
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
No To Rape is very pleased to announce, and to welcome you to, Towards Criminalising Marital Rape: A Public Seminar, organised with the kind assistance of SMU Law Society.
Do you want to know what domestic violence in Singapore is really like? Are you interested in how to make the No To Rape objective a legislative reality? Or would you like to put your doubts about and disagreements with No To Rape to the experts? This is your chance.
Look no further than the Seminar on 7 August from 6.30pm. Hear from – and direct your questions to – Dana Lam (AWARE), Benny Bong (Society Against Family Violence), Chan Wing Cheong (NUS Law Faculty), Braema Mathi (MARUAH) and former NMP Siew Kum Hong.
More details, as well as a registration form, can be found here. Spaces are limited, so please do register!
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