The Women's Foundation is delighted to be collaborating with the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Economic Journal over the publication of a monthly column on women and gender issues in print and online. The column is published on the first Friday of every month in SCMP's highly regarded opinion page and Chinese translations of the same articles are posted on Hong Kong Economic Journal's TWF Blog page.
In addition to opinion pieces authored by The Women's Foundation, we will be inviting leading voices from the private and public sector to contribute articles on women and gender issues, resulting in a collection of pieces that complement one another and which together span the spectrum of important topics and themes, from women and social welfare to women in the workforce, from women and health to girls and youth issues, and from gender stereotyping in the media to the economic imperative for giving women equal access to education and jobs.
Please feel free to comment on our posts below, or drop us a line at info@thewomensfoundationhk.org with ideas for new topics and contributors.
[Original Copy, click here]In the US these days, the education sector is receiving more than its usual amount of scrutiny. With budgets constrained and an ever-present argument over the appropriate size and function of government, advocates from all sides of the political spectrum are debating the n...
[Original Copy. click here]Gender equality is smart economics. From global think tanks to world leaders, management consultants to top business schools, the consistent message is that a higher representation of women on boards and in decision-making roles makes for better performance, whether in ter...
In last month's policy address, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen announced a pilot scheme to explore whether civil servants should be entitled to five days of paid paternity leave. While the government should be applauded for encouraging more men to play an active role as parents, much more nee...
[Original Copy: Click here]Poverty is debilitating. Because of women's standing in many traditional communities, they are often the ones who bear the brunt of the effects. This year's Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit on women and the economy underscored the importance of women's role i...
[Original copy: Click here]There has been marked progress towards improving the status of Hong Kong's ethnic minority populations of late. The population census this year was issued in 11 other languages in the first attempt to gain full, accurate data concerning Hong Kong's residents who are f...