EDI in Singapore: emerging issues with sexual and gender minorities and people living with HIV

Abstract

Diversity management had always been at the forefront of Singapore's social and economic policies. Over the last half a century, a slew of legislation, social and economic policies aimed at maintaining harmony and ensuring economic progress have successfully put Singapore on the world map as a global trading hub. Owing to Singapore's heritage as a migrant nation, much of the diversity management efforts in the past had focused on bases of diversity such as age, race, gender, religion. However, in recent years, there was much public discourse on the inclusion of gender and sexual minorities and people living with HIV, pushing for a greater need to address issues that have long been considered sensitive. This chapter spotlights the two issues against a backdrop of how diversity is managed in the Singapore context, and discusses two frameworks that may help shed more light on Singapore's approach to diversity management.