2019 Media Coverage – Centre for Fathering

May 2019

DATE	MEDIA	TITLE / SYNOPSIS
12 May	Lian He Zao Bao	DADs for Life turns 10, welcomes MUMs for Life
17 May	Lian He Zao Bao	Wife’s appreciation and recognition makes a good father
17 May	The Straits Times	Celebrating fathers the special needs way
16 May	Channel NewsAsia	Movement calls on mums to show appreciation to dads for Father’s Day
16 May	8 World	Doing housework and volunteer work as a role model for children
17 May	The New Paper	Men can become even better fathers
21 May	The New Paper	Men as keen as women for more flexible work options, shows poll
21 May	The Straits Times	Nearly as many men as women are keen on flexi-work: Survey

June 2019

DATE	MEDIA	TITLE / SYNOPSIS
12 June	Today Online	A decade of Dads for Life
14 June	The Business Times	Father’s Day: Good Dad, Cool Dad
16 June	Straits Times Life!	Step Up As Dad
16 June	The Straits Times	More S’pore men choosing to be stay-at-home dads
17 June	Lian He Zao Bao	Heng Swee Keat: Parenting is a close partnership Heng Swee Keat shares parenting advice on Father’s Day; couple thank each other
17 June	Berita Harian	Government introduces dialogue series to help young parents: DPM Heng
17 June	The Straits Times	Dialogues planned to find work-life solutions for new parents
17 June	8 World	DPM Heng’s wife praises him for being the best father
17 June	Channel NewsAsia	Balancing work, family time a struggle for parents in Singapore: Heng Swee Keat
17 June	The New Paper	Government to start dialogues on work-life harmony

August 2019

DATE	MEDIA	TITLE / SYNOPSIS
11 August	Today Online	My struggles with taking paternity leave

September 2019

DATE	MEDIA	TITLE / SYNOPSIS
03 September	The Straits Times Forum	Don’t stigmatise involved fathers by Bryan Tan, CEO, Centre for Fathering and DADs for Life
17 September	Berita Harian	The Centre for Fathering and Association for Malay Professionals Singapore (AMP), with support from Berita Harian, organised the 4th Annual Parenting Seminar.
29 September	Berita Harian	Op-ed by Prof Faishal Ibrahim on Malay Muslim Fathering Month and the importance on Fathers being involved.

October 2019

DATE	MEDIA	TITLE / SYNOPSIS
06 October	CNA938 Our Town, 12pm	Running Dads Bryan Tan from DADs for Life and Chong Ee Jay from Focus on the Family Singapore discusses their participation in Relay Majulah.
12 October	CNA938 Our Town, 12pm	Centre for Fathering and DADs for Life Chairman, Richard Hoon, shares his thoughts on Volunteerism in Singapore with CNA938. Are people more willing to step forward now? Are charity boards seeing enough people wanting to volunteer with them? What can be done to attract more young people to volunteer?

December 2019

DATE	MEDIA	TITLE / SYNOPSIS
22 December	Lian He Wan Bao	妻带女儿探监提离婚男囚犯用10分钟放下身段挽回婚姻 Wife brought daughter to visit inmate with the intention of seeking a divorce. Inmate asked for an extension of visit by another 10mins and managed to convince wife to keep the marriage. ICAN Fathering programme was mentioned: A spokesman for the prison department said that the authorities are launching the ICAN programme as they realise that the support of family members was very important to the reformation of prisoners. The authorities are therefore working with many partners to connect prisoners to their families. For example, the authorities have been working with non-profit organisations such as Centre for Fathering since 2016. The reporter attended a family bonding session where 10 inmates and 28 family members enjoyed the four-hour activity through simple games. Bryan Tan, chief executive of Centre for Fathering, said that such activities allow offenders to learn how to communicate with their children. “The important thing is they allow both parties to learn to trust each other and develop memories which both father and children can cherish.”
27 December	Lian He Wan Bao	监狱署开展数码化计划囚犯亲属互通电子信件月均5.7万封 Title: The average number of e-letters exchanged by inmates and their families is about 57k. This article touches on how e-letters and direct tablets are platforms that boost communication between inmates and families. It also touches on how Singapore Prisons Service is working with community partners such as CFF to boost family support for inmates. CFF’s Executive Director Bryan Tan says, “All it takes is some simple activities to help the inmates know their identities, and learn how to interact with their children. The important thing is the mutual understanding and shared memories.”
29 December	CNA938 Family Ties, 11am	Shawn Quek, Centre for Fathering school outreach manager and Azman Ibrahim, father volunteer at Lianhua Primary and Yuan Ching Secondary School discussed the DADs for Life Back to School with Dad initiative and their personal fathering journeys on CNA938’s Family Ties with Susan Ng.

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MEDIA

TITLE / SYNOPSIS

22 December

Lian He Wan Bao

妻带女儿探监提离婚男囚犯用10分钟放下身段挽回婚姻

Wife brought daughter to visit inmate with the intention of seeking a divorce. Inmate asked for an extension of visit by another 10mins and managed to convince wife to keep the marriage.
ICAN Fathering programme was mentioned: A spokesman for the prison department said that the authorities are launching the ICAN programme as they realise that the support of family members was very important to the reformation of prisoners. The authorities are therefore working with many partners to connect prisoners to their families. For example, the authorities have been working with non-profit organisations such as Centre for Fathering since 2016. The reporter attended a family bonding session where 10 inmates and 28 family members enjoyed the four-hour activity through simple games. Bryan Tan, chief executive of Centre for Fathering, said that such activities allow offenders to learn how to communicate with their children. “The important thing is they allow both parties to learn to trust each other and develop memories which both father and children can cherish.”

27 December

Lian He Wan Bao

监狱署开展数码化计划囚犯亲属互通电子信件月均5.7万封

Title: The average number of e-letters exchanged by inmates and their families is about 57k.
This article touches on how e-letters and direct tablets are platforms that boost communication between inmates and families. It also touches on how Singapore Prisons Service is working with community partners such as CFF to boost family support for inmates. CFF’s Executive Director Bryan Tan says, “All it takes is some simple activities to help the inmates know their identities, and learn how to interact with their children. The important thing is the mutual understanding and shared memories.”

29 December

CNA938 Family Ties, 11am

Shawn Quek, Centre for Fathering school outreach manager and Azman Ibrahim, father volunteer at Lianhua Primary and Yuan Ching Secondary School discussed the DADs for Life Back to School with Dad initiative and their personal fathering journeys on CNA938’s Family Ties with Susan Ng.

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