Illustration by former EOC youth programme mentor Tina Ko
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Quiz time! |
1) What was the nationality of the person who started Kowloon Ferry Company, which eventually became the Star Ferry? 2) How many households in Hong Kong employ foreign domestic workers? 3) What was the motto of the Nepalese Gurkhas, who helped to maintain law and order in Hong Kong as part of the British army during the colonial years? |
(The answers can be found at the end of this issue) |
About IDERD
Information about past IDERD public events organised by the EOC
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The World Economic Forum predicts that the gender gap will not close until the year 2186. That sounds incredible, doesn’t it, especially in a place like Hong Kong where women have full access to education and employment opportunities. The truth is that a lot of women in Hong Kong are still held back by gender stereotypes, the glass ceiling and family | ||
responsibilities. And by looking at the complaints handled by the EOC, sexual harassment, and pregnancy and breastfeeding discrimination are commonplace. |
International Women’s Day (IWD, 8 March), therefore, serves as a good opportunity for us to review what is yet to be done to accelerate gender parity. Just last week (21 February), The Women’s Commission (WoC) organised the “Unleashing Women’s Potential for All-Round Development” conference to discuss the development of women in Hong Kong. Representatives from the EOC attended the event to exchange views with other stakeholders, including those of the Gender Focal Point Networks, set up by WoC to promote gender awareness in both the public and private sectors. The EOC will also support the programmes of other women’s rights groups.
Additionally, our radio programme on RTHK Radio 2, Equal Opportunities Diversity Project, is zooming in on issues related to gender (and race, riding on IDERD). The scheduled programmes are listed below.
Upcoming programmes of Equal Opportunities Diversity Project
Time: Thursdays, 2:05pm to 2:30pm
Channel: FM 94.8-96.9 (you can also listen to the archives)
Date | Guest | Topic |
23 Feb | Mr NG Chau-pei, Chairman of The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and The Hon HO Kai-ming, Member of Legislative Council | The rights of pregnant women, IWD programmes |
2 March | Ms Connie CHEUNG, Senior Manager, The Women’s Foundation and Mr POON Kwai-choi, secondary school teacher | Gender stereotypes in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education; IWD programmes |
9 March | Hong Kong TransLingual Services | Interpretation services for EMs and people with hearing impairments |
23 March | TBC | IDERD and racial equality |
30 March | TBC | IDERD and racial equality |
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Answers for the quiz on page 1:
1) Indian, the man was called Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala (Source: website of Star Ferry Company, Limited)
2) There are about 340,000 foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong, who are employed by one in every seven households (Source: Migration Policy Institute)
3) The motto of the Gurkhas was “Better to die than be a coward” (Source: BBC online)
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