{"id":49102,"date":"2026-05-02T07:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49102"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:27:38","slug":"want-to-solve-singapores-fertility-problem-start-by-rethinking-caregiving-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49102","title":{"rendered":"Want to solve Singapore&#8217;s fertility problem? Start by rethinking caregiving at work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Many workplaces still treat such responsibilities as the exception rather than the norm<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion-features\/fertility-not-single-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore\u2019s falling birth rate<\/a> is often framed as a question of incentives, costs or personal choice. But for many Singaporeans, the issue is that caregiving does not fit into their working lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Here, caregiving has long been treated as a private matter. It\u2019s something that happens outside of work, often carried quietly by women, whether for young children or ageing parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">That model is increasingly out of step with reality.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-btg-newsletter-component\" data-section-name=\"newsletter\" data-section-label=\"decoding asia 2\" class=\"track-impression border-t border-gray-175 py-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. <span class=\"inline border-none p-0 font-lucida text-inherit text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal !-tracking-5% text-verticals-btblue !underline outline-none\">Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter.<\/span> Delivered to your inbox. Free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion-features\/want-solve-singapores-fertility-problem-start-rethinking-caregiving-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many workplaces still treat such responsibilities as the exception rather than the norm [SINGAPORE] Singapore\u2019s falling birth rate is often framed as a question of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}