Women's development in Singapore: An explainer for kids

Discussions on women's rights have attracted much attention in recent years. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
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SINGAPORE - The Singapore Government came up with a White Paper on Singapore Women's Development, which was submitted to Parliament on March 28.

It is a 10-year plan to improve the lives of women and move towards gender equality. It started with a series of conversations on the development of women in Singapore from September 2020, which gathered views from some 6,000 participants over a year.

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