Many Singaporeans still hold positive views towards marriage and family, but the findings of a recent survey suggest that a sizeable number of younger women are dissatisfied with existing norms.

Perhaps tax breaks for employers, and a pool of temporary hires who can cover for parents on leave, will move the needle.

The success of Singapore's bold new parental leave policies hinges on fathers embracing their role in caregiving and employers supporting a balanced approach to family and work life, say the Institute of Policy Studies’ Mathew Mathews and Melvin Tay.

Since government-paid paternity leave was introduced in 2013, take-up rates have more than doubled from about 25 per cent to over 50 per cent of fathers in recent years.

Flexible work arrangements should not reinforce the notion that women alone have to juggle the burden of work and caregiving.

Singaporeans are marrying later in life. It may be hard to imagine that Singapore once struggled with people marrying in their teens. But is it a good thing that men and women are now only marrying at around 30 years of age?

For the first time, in 2023, Singapore’s total fertility rate may have fallen below one. We should all think deeply about why some of us are missing out on this beautiful experience.

She was harassed and received death threats. Her emails were hacked. She was locked out of her company’s financial systems and records. A sex video involving her was leaked. This was the situation that Sylvia Chan, co-founder of local media company Night Owl Cinematics (NOC), found herself in late 2021.