An initiative by the labour movement - NTUC Women's Development Secretariat : a guidebook aimed at single mothers titled, Going Solo. NTUC said that the growing number of single moms is a concern.
The book includes information on help schemes, with a section devoted to explaining their legal rights. NTUC said many single mothers often do not know who to approach for help. Issues like the custody of the children, access to children, distribution of the matrimonial assets etc are some of the areas where the women are lacking in information and when they are not aware of their rights, it is difficult for them to enforce these rights.
NTUC hopes that its efforts will help raise awareness of the difficulties they face, and go some way in removing the stigma of single parenthood.
About 2,000 copies of Going Solo will be distributed free to single mothers.
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