7 MAR 2026
HER Fund | Strength in Solidarity
International Women’s Day 2026 Forum
In 2004, the founders of HER Fund embraced their ideals and invited different stakeholders, including individuals, corporates, and private foundations, to pool resources and move forward one step at a time.
From day one until today, we experienced partnerships, experimentations, setbacks, co-creation, challenges, and rewards throughout our impact journey.
We walk together in solidarity, we experience together — and we dare to change.
HER Fund's International Women's Day 2026 Forum: Strength in Solidarity #GiveToGain
Venue: 1/F, Eaton HK
Date: 7th March 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 1 - 7PM (Doors open at 12.30PM)
Language: Cantonese, with English and Hong Kong Sign language interpretation
Get Your Early Bird Ticket NOW:
https://herfund-iwd2026.eventbrite.hk
＊Sponsorship Opportunities
For sponsorship and partnership opportunities, please reach out to Mel(mel.koay@herfund.org.hk) or Siuming(siuming.wong@herfund.org.hk) to further discuss how your organisation could participate and support.
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Ticketing Options:
Other Ways to Make an Impact:
1. Purchase a Gift of Love Full Access Pass to support a member from marginalised and grassroots communities to attend ALL panel discussions and networking sessions at HER Fund’s International Women’s Day 2026 Forum: Strength in Solidarity.
2. Pre-order our "She Dares to Change" totebag, and freshly printed Changemake-HER enamel pins — Help us raise visibility of our meaningful work!
3. Donate to support — Your generosity will make changes for gender equality! Every penny will be gathered to mobilise resources for women’s empowerment.
*HER Fund is a registered charitable organisation (IR File No.: 91/7393) and gifts of HK$100 or above are tax deductible.
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Detailed Programme:
12.30PM - 7.00PM
2trength in 2olidarity: HER Fund's 22-Year Impact Exhibition (Free Admission)
Featuring impactful stories that highlight our collective achievements advancing gender equality in Hong Kong, join us to learn more about our work and be part of transforming this exhibition together!
1.00PM - 2.00PM
S1 - Common Threads: Sex Work and Allyship in Hong Kong
主持 Moderator: Sealing Cheng, CUHK
講者 Speakers: Action for Reach Out (AFRO), Midnight Blue, Teen's Key - Young Women Development Network
Sex workers are often othered, relegated to the outskirts of public conversation. In the face of societal and internalised stigma, how do NGOs support sex workers in ways that make them feel seen and heard as human beings? Join us to understand the importance of building these “unseen narratives” and what it means to walk alongside community.
2.30PM - 3.30PM
S2 - Crafting Space: Embracing Care in Disabilities and Differences
Moderator: Cat H.-M. FUNG, Brainfood
Speakers: M Cube Wheel Platform
When spaces (physical or social) neglect the needs arising from disabilities and differences, persons with disabilities often have to forge their own sense of belonging.
How do we create safer inclusive spaces for all bodies and minds? In what ways can we offer care to one another? Join our conversation as we explore the value of care and human relationships.
4.00PM - 6.00PM
S3 - *Strength in Solidarity: Weaving Possibilities for Grassroots (including Networking Session)
Moderator: Mandy Cheung, HER Fund
Speakers: Les Corner, Mission For Migrant Workers (MFMW), NC Kwong from FedEx
Throughout HER Fund’s 22 year impact journey, we’ve asked ourselves: What does solidarity look like to us? How do we walk in partnership with grassroots communities and our donors, building resilience and shifting power along the way?
Join us to explore ways to uplift one another in and beyond moments of crises, followed by the official launch of our 20th Anniversary Impact Report and Exhibition—harvesting our experiences of sowing, experimenting, transforming and growing.
There will also be a networking session*, where you will meet passionate changemakers like yourselves, forge meaningful connections, and maybe even weave together possible solutions to the pressing challenges our communities face. Whether you’re a seasoned advocate or new to the social impact sector, this is a unique opportunity to engage, exchange, and establish transformative partnerships.
*Drinks and small bites will be provided
6.00PM - 7.00PM
S4 - Community-led Solutions: Operating Beyond Survival (Members from gender movement organisations will be given priority)
Moderator: Dr. Gigi Lo, HER Fund
Speakers: Association for Advancement of Feminism, Refugee Union, Quarks
Nothing about addressing social issues is easy, which is why it’s common for us to slip into survival mode. What sort of help do we need to go further than survival? How can we find that help?
Let’s hear from HER Fund’s grantees on their journeys with HER Fund and the ways they have cultivated resilience, solidarity, and collective care. Register here.
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HER Fund 婦女動力基金
全港唯一以撥款及能力培訓推動性別平等的民間女性基金會
The only community women’s fund in Hong Kong advancing gender equality through grant-making and capacity building.
Sponsorship and Partnership Opportunities:
Mel(mel.koay@herfund.org.hk)
Siuming(siuming.wong@herfund.org.hk)
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