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Save Aware: Why An Extraordinary General Meeting

1. Values of the New Exco are not the Foundational Values of AWARE (updated)
Given the religious convictions of the new Exco and their Advisor & "Feminist-Mentor", AWARE will now stand for a particular vision of Christian morality that is fundamentally opposed to AWARE's foundational principles of gender equality for all women regardless of ethnicity, culture, religion and sexuality. Strong evidence of religious ideology that goes against AWARE’s values, such as full equality in the home between wife and husband, the right of a woman to choose to have an abortion, and tolerance of homosexuality.

2. Lack of Experience
8 of the 9 new members have been in AWARE for less than 5 months; none of them has served in AWARE committees nor participated in AWARE initiatives as volunteers.

3. Unjustified Termination and Disregard of Experienced Volunteers
The new Exco has terminated all the current heads of the AWARE sub-committees, including the summary dismissal of Braema Mathi, Chairperson of AWARE's CEDAW Committee (CEDAW stands for Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women). Ms Mathi is Singapore's leading NGO expert on CEDAW. Constance Singam and Claire Nazar have resigned from the new Exco on the grounds that their advice and direction have been totally disregarded by members of the new Exco.