On 5 March, the EOC and the Gender Research Centre (GRC) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong co-organised a Seminar on Enhancing Awareness of Sexual Harassment in Different Sectors. Speakers from the education, social welfare and business sectors, as well as NGOs, were invited to share their experience in launching anti-sexual harassment campaigns, and discuss the issue of sexual harassment against women in the workplace and how to prevent sexual harassment in different sectors. At the Seminar, speakers and more than a hundred participants held placards of “#TIMESUP” and “#BreakingSilence (#打破沉默)” and got together for a photograph, in response to the international anti-sexual harassment and anti-sexual assault campaigns, and in support of Hong Kong's anti-sexual harassment campaign.

As EOC Chairperson Professor Alfred CHAN Cheung-ming said, “It’s time for us to break the silence. Talking about preventing sexual harassment should no longer be a taboo. Indeed, we decided to organise this seminar with the GRC as International Women’s Day approaches, so as to explore how to further enhance awareness of sexual harassment issues across different sectors.”

• Read the media statement
• Visit the EOC’s anti-sexual harassment resource webpage