FAQ

HER Fund receives funding from international women's funds such as Mama Cash and Global Fund for Women.  We also engage our local supporters and donors through annual fundraising events and international women's day activities.

We welcome local individuals, corporations and organizations' participation to work as a team with us in order to develop a caring and continuous local support for promoting women's rights and gender equality in Hong Kong.

Click here to learn different ways to support us and you can download our annual report 2017/2018

HER Fund is set up by a group of committed women, that uses grant-making as a major tool to support different women's project in Hong Kong. These women's projects are mostly marginalized, less-funded and always being neglected by the mainstream charity. Through our various fundraising events, we aim to raise funds for these women's projects and also raise public awareness about women's rights and gender equality.

Like other registered charitable organizations, all donations of HK$100 or above are tax-deductible.

We support organizations and groups that support women's human rights; encourage women's personal autonomy; work with women in marginalized sectors of society; dare to take up new and difficult issues and support women's efforts to instigate social change.

We have supported more than 50 women's projects with a total of more than $1,000,000 to promote women's rights and create a better society for women since our establishment. For example, we have supported grassroots women co-operatives' self-help groups for self-development and mutual support; subsidized women's groups to develop websites so as to provide more channels for women to speak out; made grants to research projects to unveil the needs and problems of women in marginalized sectors, etc.

Click here to review our sponsored projects since our establishment.

Our main task is to make grants to various projects which promote women's rights, empower women and create social change. We also organize talks and forums to share our views and ideas about women's work in Hong Kong. All these events could make a better society for women and for all.

The missions of HER Fund include not only protecting women's rights but also to eliminate sex discrimination and to promote gender equality. We truly believe that a harmonious society with gender equality is good for both men and women. Moreover, most women are carers at home, they care for their family, children and elders. Therefore, the well being of carers, therefore, is vital to the whole family and the society. It is important to care for the carers too.

The situation of gender equality has improved significantly in the past 10 years, which is achieved by the persistent effort in the struggle for gender equality. However, some women especially those from the disadvantaged sectors are still being neglected. For example, under gender division of labour and traditional thinking like "men are breadwinners; women are homemakers in the family", most women take up the role of carer after marriage, even for working women, they have to bear both the role of the caretaker and the provider.

The unpaid labour at home brings definite benefits to society, but they cannot enjoy nor be protected by any comprehensive old-age benefits when they get old. In the labour market, most of the low paid jobs and unskilled part-time jobs are taken up by women. According to 2006 By-Census, the median monthly income of working women (foreign domestic helpers excluded) and working men in elementary occupation was $5,000 and $7,000 respectively; moreover, around 78% of the workers with less than HK$5,000 monthly income are women.

Gender equality is still not fully realized in all sectors of society yet.

Women with different background in society face different problems due to gender inequality: single mothers are unable to look for jobs because they have to take care of their children; homemakers sacrifice their personal development opportunities because they have to take care of the whole family; ordinary women face sexual violence or abuse in every 5 hours ; women taking care of the family, working part-time to support family expenses are not being protected under the labour law; even more-educated women have to make double the effort in order to get recognition in her workplace in comparison to their male counterpart.

Therefore, women from all walks of life face different problems and difficulties due to gender inequalities which are embedded in our values, thinking, social policy and within the social community.

Different donation options to support HER Fund:

- Donation through Credit Card, Bank Autopay (only for monthly donation), PPS and cheque

- Bank-in Donation to Standard Chartered Bank Account: 301-101-5301-1

- Bank-in Donation to Bank of China Bank Account: 012-898-1-036069-0

- Legacy Giving

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Your donation means a lot to us and women in Hong Kong. Your donation not only supports different women's projects to enhance women's quality of life and well being, but it also shows your support and commitment to promoting gender equality in Hong Kong.

We truly believe that donations should depend on a donor's willingness and ability, therefore we welcome your donation no matter how big or small it is. Even if you become our monthly donor, HK$100 per month is about the same amount as dining out for one evening, we believe most people in Hong Kong can afford it, the key is whether we support women's rights and gender equality.

Other than financial support, you are welcome to be our volunteer. We need volunteers in our office and for various fundraising activities. At the same time, introduce us to your family and friends to sprend the word of the importance of gender equality.