In 2012, advocates successfully lobbied for a mandatory weekly day off for foreign domestic workers. However, many employers remain reluctant to grant this right — The Straits Times reported in 2013 that only 1/3 of foreign domestic workers actually get weekly off-days. Stories have since surfaced of workers being dismissed for insisting on exercising this right.

All In A Day’s Rest is a panel discussion which aims to explore if our society can rest easy at the plight of foreign domestic workers in Singapore. What more should Singapore do to promote and safeguard the welfare and rights of migrant domestic workers?

Mr. Jolovan Wham (Executive Director, HOME Singapore), Senior Lecturer Sheila Hayre (NUS Law) and Assistant Professor Anju M. Paul (Yale-NUS College) will present the intricacies of this issue from the advocacy, socio-legal and sociological perspectives respectively and share insights on the intersections between gender, nationality, work and migration. 

The Yale-NUS Visual Arts Society presents canVAS, featuring works by migrant workers from the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) Women’s Shelter, the ‘Drawing Methods’ class, and VAS members.

Spread across two nearby venues, expect a night of food, drinks, music, and great art. 

The G Spot and the Saga Rector's Office are proud to announce "Women in Academia", a sharing session about women's personal experiences in academia. Joining us are Rector Sarah Weiss, Professor Amber Carpenter, Professor Ng Hui Khoon and Professor Rebecca Tannenbaum. We hope to see you there! 

Yale-NUS Philosophy Café, the Yale-NUS Society for Academic Research, and The G Spot will be hosting Dr. Rachel Wiseman, who will be giving a talk on feminist philosophy of language.

Rachel Wiseman is Addison Wheeler Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Durham University. She is author of Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Anscombe's Intention.