It is a website that aims to provide unwed mothers with information to help them through their pregnancies and the challenges after.
Launched earlier this month by four Nanyang Technological University students, Hey Solo Sister (heysolosister.com) hopes to provide an "unbiased, comprehensive and balanced" avenue to help unwed mothers make informed decisions, said Miss Anthia Chng, 22. She added: "This website links up unwed mothers to relevant organisations that can help them."
In partnership with DaySpring New Life Centre and Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support, the website is part of the team's final year project at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Miss Chng explained that providing an unbiased platform that is neither pro-life nor pro-choice is important because they found that many websites provided information with certain "agendas".
She also clarified that while Hey Solo Sister seeks to help unwed mothers, it does not advocate unplanned pregnancies or pregnancies outside of marriage.
The group chose the topic after narrowing down the category of single parents, as they found that not much has been said about unwed mothers. One of the challenges faced was finding unwed mothers willing to share their stories because of perceived stigma and "shame factor" of the label.
Helplines:
Babes - 1800 833 6666 (24 hours)
Mum-To-Be Helpline - 1800 686 8623 (24 hours)
Pregnancy Crisis Service - 6339 9770 (24 hours)
Singapore Planned Parenthood Association Counselling Hotline - 1800 775 8582 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm)
Thoughts:
- Nice! I think this one stop website is useful as it empowers these women with the information on how to cope and lead their lives. The students found the need in this area and put up a nice guide of the route to motherhood to provide a good perspective on what to expect and plan the road ahead.
Thoughts anyone?
Yours,
Something Small Thinking Big
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