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EOC Chairperson to speak at online workshop about COVID-19 and gender equality

EOC Chairperson, Mr Ricky CHU Man-kin will join a panel of four to discuss the challenges facing women in Hong Kong amid the pandemic at the Annual Gender Role Workshop, to be held on Zoom by Gender Research Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 30 May 2020, from 2pm – 5pm.

Other speakers include Ms Mabel AU, Chairperson of The Association for the Advancement of Feminism; Ms Si-si LIU, Director of the Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centres; and Ms WU Mei-lin, Director of the Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association. The discussion will be conducted in Cantonese and moderated by Prof Susanne CHOI, EOC Member and Co-director of the Gender Research Centre.

The panel is part of a larger workshop entitled “Reflections on COVID-19 and Gender Equality”, which also features a presentation in English from Prof Karen GRÉPIN and Ms Nimisha VANDAN from the School of Public Health of The University of Hong Kong, themed “Gendered Impacts of COVID-19: Global and Local Perspectives”.

Indeed, women have been disproportionately affected by the outbreak of COVID-19. From unpaid care work and the financial vulnerability of part-time working women to a rise of domestic violence cases, deep-seated issues of gender inequality have once again resurfaced. The workshop offers a much-needed look at how governments can safeguard women’s rights in these difficult times through gender-conscious policymaking.

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