Maintenance Should Be Based On Needs

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

Canada: Free $30 Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
USA: Free $30 Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…

One proposed amendment to the Women’s Charter that could take place after the public consultations finish off early in next year could be that maintenance should be awarded on the bases of needs rather than just based on gender.

Speaking to the reporters this Wednesday on the 23rd of July, after a dialogue with the representatives from various women’s groups, the Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing informed today that the Government will look at different parts of the Charter to see which areas can be strengthened according to Channel News Asia.

“While today we are very focused on the issue of supporting the women and the children, there are some very exceptional cases where we may have to look at the interests of the men, who might be incapacitated for whatever unfortunate circumstances,” he said. “They might have met with an accident and be unable to work, so the issue is if they get into divorce proceedings, then what can we do as individuals and as a society to help them in such unfortunate circumstances where they get a double whammy – where they not only see their marriage broken up, but at the same time they might be unable to care for themselves.”

Share with friends
You can publish this article on your website as long as you provide a link back to this page.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*