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| Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus?! | ||
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In our daily lives, we tend to mix up the Chinese terms "Sex and Gender" and stick to traditional views on different genders. We will do a mini-expose on ten common misunderstandings in e-newsletter. Misunderstanding # 9: To Discover the Gender Inequality from Public Toilets |
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As a woman, it is
not unusual to come across a long queue in ladies' toilet. As a man, often you
may need to wait for your girl friend or wife for a long time when she goes to
toilet.
Interesting enough, the ratio of men and women is 1:1.25 in Hong Kong, therefore
the government requires shopping centers to improve the number of compartments
in ladies' toilet according to this ratio. The government said :That's gender
equality! You may realize that the number of compartments in ladies' toilet has
been increased, but the long queue is still there. Why? Due to physical
construct, women usually take more steps to go to toilet than men. Also, women
may take longer time in the toilet when they are having menstrual period. From
Singtao Daily news on November 5, 2008, according to the founder of World Toilet
Organization, Jack Sim, women need 105 seconds when they go to toilet, but men
only need 35 seconds. If we do not consider this 3 times difference in actual
need, it is not fair to women. |
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The same logic applies to the situation of baby caring room. Not only the number of baby caring room is few, it is often located inside the ladies' toilet assuming that it is the sole responsibility of the mother. Even if the father wishes to help, he would not be able to do so. A fair chance and treatment does not only mean equal in "number" and treating "the same" literally. It means recognition of differences of both sexes and at the same time, providing equal opportunity to them. If we can be more gender sensitive, give more concern, think more on the design, then we will be able to build a better society for all. |
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| Project for Young Girls |
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We are pleased to receive the re-grant from "Mama Cash" an international women's fund in Netherlands, for the third year, for promoting rights for local young girls. There is a difference in this year's work from the last two years. This year's grant project is mainly working on "Participatory Action Research" we hope to understand and to be concerned about the problems from the young girls' perspective, and with their participation to act on their needs. Click here to browse the details of these work projects and the grant amount. |
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| HER Fund - Talent Performance Night 2009 | |
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Want to share your talent by performance in singing, dancing, drama, etc. AND at the same time, support women and girls' rights? Yes, you can by joining in the Talent Performance Night of HER Fund coming up on 5th December, 2009 - 7pm at North District Town Hall next to Sheung Shui MTR Station. Each performance requires $1000 or above donations to HER Fund and we can then enjoy your talents for a good cause! Show your talents OR invite your friends and family members to join in by giving your donations as a support! Email to info@herfund.org.hk or call us at 2790 1100 for details and registration form. |
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| Sale for HER at St. John's Cathedral | |
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With the help of our partner, Helpers For Domestic Helpers, we held a "Sale for HER" successfully on 16th August (Sunday) afternoon. Also thanks for the kindness and hard working of new volunteers and in-kind donors, we raised HKD2,247 for the work of promoting women's and young girls' rights. Once again, thank you so much for your support to HER Fund! |
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| Enjoy Giving in an environmental friendly way - Support HER Fund Online Auction | ||
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Since the launch of HER fund online auction in December last year, the kindness of donors has been continuously revealed by active transactions. After knowing more of our work, some bidders even became our in-kind donors and sustained our online auction. All the proceeds, after deduction of necessary expenses, will be granted to projects in supporting disadvantaged women's and girls' rights protection.
Now, we need more items to sustain our online
auction. Your in-kind
donation will help women and adolescent girls in the disadvantaged sector a lot.
You can enjoy giving away extra but good condition items at home in an
environmental friendly way!
If you would like to donate the above items to us, please contact us at 2794-1100 or info@herfund.org.hk to arrange the shipment. |
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