According to Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2016, 1.35 million people in this city are living in poverty, of which over 50% are women (728,400). Carrying the heavy burden of looking after family members, many Hong Kong women toil away at part-time jobs, whose meagre benefits further put them at a disadvantaged, stressful and vulnerable position.

To support women in need, Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) has given training to more than a hundred mothers on creating hand-made bags and leather goods in partnership with Les Beatitudes over the past few years. They even took a step further and encouraged men to donate their neckties as materials for reuse and recycling, turning it into a “HeForShe” project to call for mutual support between men and women.

From now until 1 July 2018, Les Beatitudes and SoCO are presenting a spin-off exhibition entitled “Her．Tie．Journey．她” at 1/F, 269 Yu Chau Street, Sham Shui Po to showcase the exquisite works by local artists and grassroots mothers who sew. An extension event, “Human Library – Dialogue with Grassroots Women Living in Sub-divided Flats”, will also take place on 10 June 2018 (Sunday), from 2:30 to 4pm at the same venue. The talk is free for admission on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Learn more about the exhibition and enrol for the talk
• Visit SoCO’s homepage
• More about Les Beatitudes