Tag: Women’s Voices
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A mother’s awkward first period talk with her daughter: What she learnt from fumbling through it
Her first period talk with her daughter – unexpectedly in a supermarket aisle – was awkward and far less reassuring than she had imagined. But experts say open, ongoing conversations about puberty and menstruation matter more than getting them perfectly right.
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They help survivors of image-based sexual abuse feel seen: ‘It’s not content, it’s people’s digital likeness’
After experiencing image-based sexual abuse, Yiu Xin Yin felt isolated and frustrated with the reporting process. She later teamed up with three women to start The Moxie Collective – a Singapore community supporting survivors and pushing for greater awareness and understanding of IBSA.
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Fashion wasn’t designed for people with special needs or disabilities – this designer wants to change that
For people with muscular dystrophy, stroke, autism and other conditions, getting dressed can mean struggling with buttons, zippers or sensory sensitivities to fabric. At Will and Well, Singapore designer Elisa Lim creates adaptive clothes for people – even though she has earned little to no salary for the past nin
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‘Don’t just stare, give us a smile’: A mother’s plea for families living with autism
For Seri Amalia Khairil, mother to a 13-year-old son with autism, family outings require careful planning and can be stressful when strangers mistake her son’s meltdowns for bad behaviour and judge her as a poor parent.
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I never knew if I wanted to be a mother – then breast cancer made it an urgent decision
Two weeks before chemotherapy, she had 30 minutes to decide whether to undergo fertility preservation. The choice led to 12 difficult days of treatment and 12 frozen embryos. Four years on, she still has no clear answer about motherhood, but is learning to live with the uncertainty.
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