To celebrate the coming 10th Anniversary of HER Fund and to further realize the spirit of "Small Fund, Big Change", HER Fund is going to organize a "Racewalk for HER" with Sahn Hahng Tai Bo Racewalk Association on 12 Jan 2014 (Sunday). Big thanks to Lung Siu Kwan to be our "HER Daring Star"! More, Siu Kwan and other “Dare to Change” Team members: Tanya Chan, Fernando Cheung, and Ng Sau Man, Hong Kong top female racewalker, will walk in the Team Relay!

We hope to raise more donations and resources to help empowering women and girls, and to promote race walking which is a healthy sport for all.

For more information and enrollment, please visit:【RACEWALK FOR HER 2014 WEBSITE】

Deadline is coming soon: 13th December !

Racewalk for HER 2014 - Event Details
Date: 12 January 2014 (SUNDAY)
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Venue: Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
Enrollment Period: 29 October to 13 December 2013

* For enrollment, please visit Racewalk for HER 2014 website

Race Categories
Awards will be given to top 3 winners of each race (except for Parent-Child Fun Walk):
Parent-Child Fun Walk (400M), Experience (1200M), Open (3000M), Team Relay (4X100M)

Free Professional Training
The Event will provide Monthly Demonstration is for people who are new to race walking, and let them experience the fun of race walking, you may CLICK HERE to register. And Weekly Professional Training is for athletes who have already enrolled "Racewalk for HER 2014". The training will help athletes to keep fit and improve walking technique. The application for this training is already in the enrollment form of "Racewalk for HER 2014".

Tailor made training for groups: interested groups please contact us via 27941100 or info@herfund.org.hk.

"Racewalk for HER 2014" Promotional Video

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In order to enhance our grantees’ work to be more sustainable, a 3-year tailor-made organizational capacity building program for our grantee partners were launched in October. The program aims to strengthen their knowledge and skills on 3 areas, 1) organizational management, 2) administrative and finance management, and 3) fundraising. Over 20 active members and executive committee members from JJJ Association, Women Poverty Concern Group and New Women Arrivals League are enthusiastically participating in this initiative. Core training will be conducted in the first year and an in-house trainer will be attached to each organization, supporting them to further integrate what they have learnt into their actual work in the organization in the coming 3 years.

Judy, Programme Officer of HER Fund, and Irene Lam, young Executive Committee member of Teen’s Key, participated the Community of Practice Meeting held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands this September. Both of them exchanged ideas and knowledge with other young women from all over the world. In the past few years, HER Fund witnessed the growth of Teen’s Key, and its direction to become a young women-led organization. Hopefully this opportunity could further enhance its development.

Other than consolidating with young women from different places, Irene reflected her identity as a young feminist and her role as an organizer, and here is a reflective journal written by her:

CoP Meeting @ Amsterdam: reflection, inspiration and encouragement

In late September, Mama Cash and Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres (FCAM) organized the 3rd third Community of Practice Meeting, supporting girls and young women. During the meeting, young feminists from different countries shared their situation and their work in their organization, and we also discussed about the development of girl-led group and funding strategies with women’s funds. As a young executive committee member of Teen’s Key, I am glad to join this meeting with Judy (Programme Officer of HER Fund).

I've been an exchange student and a traveler to explore foreign countries. Yet, this is the first time for me to exchange as a young feminist. It is a rare platform for people from all over the world to share their knowledge and experience. While I don't understand the serious condition of patriarchal nature in Kenyan and Algeria societies, they are confused about why women's status and human right are still a trouble for me in Hong Kong. It's true that comparing with the countries that still fighting for women's education and facing violence against women, Hong Kong is indeed a relatively open and rich society. But do we satisfy with the taboo of discussing sex in our society and education system?

While I was explaining to the girls about the situation in Hong Kong and briefly introduce about our "gender awareness workshops", they affirmed me of the intrinsic meaning and value of our work. I also gained a lot of reflection, inspiration and encouragement. In addition, the conference focused on the strategies of the funding raising and the use of resources, and there are successful organizations sharing their experience. Those inspired me to rethink about how to mobilize resource under the condition of lack of funding. For example, I came up with the idea of "donate experience" campaign, to encourage people to contribute in different way as well as to build our capacity for the organization to grow.

Special thanks to the organizers and co-units, it was a great opportunity for me to meet those girls and organizations that having the common vision. Although we have to say goodbye after the meeting, we are walking together in the same direction, fighting in women’s human right advocacy. I bring back the positive energy and new ideas, motivating myself on keep exploring self-identity as a young woman and to enhance gender awareness and strengthen the young women development network with Teen's Key.

Irene Lam

In 2012-13, we are proud to see our grantees making bold and effective strategies to create changes to the lives of women, to assert their rights and to challenge the unjust systems that put them in a vulnerable situation.

Please click the below picture to read HER Daring Changes in the past year!

HER Fund is delighted to announce that our Executive Committee Members for Year 2013/14 elected at our AGM meeting on 13th October, 2013 are as followed:

Chair-person: Ms. Mary Ann King
Vice-Chairperson: Ms. Fong Man-ying
Hon. Secretary: Ms. Fung Pui Kee, Brigit
Hon. Treasurer: Ms. Lam Ying-hing
Executive Member: Ms. Lam Chi Chung, Irene; Ms. So Yuen Man, Phoebe; Ms. Cheung Hiu Wah, Mandy, Ms. Raees Baig

We are delighted to have a young and energetic new Executive Committee Member, Ms. Raees Baig, to join us and contribute her knowledge to us. In the coming year, with the leadership of our energetic committed Executive Committee members, HER Fund will continues to strive her best in building resources for the advancement of women's rights and empowerment.