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Congratulations on Siu Cho (Dr. Cho Man Kit Joseph), lecturer of Gender Studies Programme on winning the Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 of Faculty of Social Science! We are really glad the high quality teaching of our staff is recognized and hope to offer even more to our students and society in the future.

For the start of Term 2 2020-21, CUHK will be using Zoom as a platform for online teaching. If you are a CUHK student and interested in auditing the first two classes of the term for consideration of adding or dropping the courses, please refer to this pdf file for the links to the Zoom classes. (CUHK students only)

Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology and one of the founding members of Gender Studies Programme, Prof Fanny Cheung received the Denmark Gunvald Award from the International Council of Psychologists in 2020.

The Denmark-Gunvald Award for Feminist Research and Service (details can be found here: https://icpweb.org/awards/denmark-gunvald-award/ ) is presented to honor a psychologist who has a history of research and service that directly benefits the health, promotion and well-being of women in the world.

We feel very proud that Prof Cheung has got this well-deserved recognition for her pioneering work and it places CUHK psychology and gender research in the international map.

The award was presented at the Awards Ceremony via Zoom during the ICP Conference on Sunday, December 13th at 3:30 pm EST. Prof Cheung’s acceptance speech is now available to download until the end of December. You may click this link to download:

https://hkiaps.synology.me/file/sharing/AfmN2wrR1

It is protected by password.

Password: hkiaps507

(please play the file with VLC media player)

On October 7, the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) released the findings of the “Research on Public Attitudes towards Female Political Leadership”, which were reported widely by local media. Commissioned by EOC, the research was conducted by the research team of the Gender Research Centre (GRC) of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prof. Song Jing, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Programme leads this research project and serves as the principal investigator.

The study showed that over 60% respondents, composed of the public and politicians, believed that domestic responsibility was an obstacle for female politicians. It is also highlighted that female leaders “received unwanted public attention with a focus on their body shape,  appearance and private lives. The research also provides practical suggestions to eliminate the difficulties female leaders face in participating politics and increase the representation of female politicians, such as introducing family-friendly policies, including flexible working hours and parental leave.

Media Coverage:

The Standard: Women making strides, but some barriers remain

The Standard: Female politicians viewed through deep-rooted stereotypes, survey finds

RTHK English News: Female politicians plagued by gender bias: study

Truth Media Hong Kong: Facebook Live Broadcast

Now新闻：调查：照顾家庭是女性成为政治领袖的最大障碍

Now新闻：【政情网上行】男女大不同？

东网：身材外表被公众品评　平机会指女政治领袖压力大　

苹果日报：平机会发现过度关注外貌成女性从政障碍 吁避免「好打得」标签应注重表现

香港商报：Facebook Live Broadcast I

香港商报：Facebook Live Broadcast II

明报：平机会倡家庭友善 推1/4日假

明报：调查：女政治领袖照顾家庭较多障碍

东方日报：逾60%受访者信男女同具领袖特质

商业电台： 天下为公仆 陈聪：论 愈抛低屋企、愈受到歌颂？

香港电台：“晨早新闻天地”节目

Prof Yiu-tung Suen of the Gender Studies Programme has been interviewed by BBC on the two recent rulings related to LGBT rights in Hong Kong recently.

Prof Suen said in most cases concerning LGBT rights, if the complaints applied for a judicial review on specific benefits and policies, they would normally have the chance to win, according to the current situation. The courts would regard that giving same-sex couples equal treatment has no harm to the heterosexual marriage system.

However, when the case touches the overall system and definition of same-sex couples in a larger scale, the probability of winning is small. Both the two recent cases show this trend.

Media: BBC News (Chinese Version)

For the start of Term 1 2020-21, CUHK will be using Zoom as a platform for online teaching. If you are a CUHK student and interested in auditing the first two classes of the term for consideration of adding or dropping the courses, please refer to this pdf file for the links to the Zoom classes. (CUHK students only)

by Song Jing, Ji Yingchun

Media : WeChat Public Account: Lady Muse 繆斯夫人

宋婧 計迎春

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CbxIVgGiDfEWzE0MtcjcgQ

by Song Jing, Lai Weiwen

青年同居情侶如何分配家務？他們會更追求性別平等嗎？

Media: Zhishifenzi.com (知識份子)

http://zhishifenzi.com/depth/humanity/9542.html

Prof. Ivy Wong was interviewed by the RTHK programme “Curiouser and Curiouser (敏感時刻)” on transgender issues. The interview starts at around 32:30 of the programme.

Media: RTHK

Photo: Shutterstock

Prof Yiu-tung Suen of the Gender Studies Programme has been interviewed on the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision on 17th June 2020 which rules that LGBT workers are protected from discrimination in the workplace.

Speaking to the Radio Television Hong Kong, Prof Suen said mandatory workplace protection would be a good place to start given there’s public support for the idea and businesses are already taking steps to protect their LGBT employees.

Suen said that research shows that LGBT people in the SAR face unfriendly attitudes from bosses and colleagues and may even be denied jobs, and that this may be more common in sectors like education and healthcare, with interviewees telling him that coming out would be “career suicide”. However, his research has shown that support for protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is quite high, and that earlier this year, a study he carried out showed that opposition to this kind of protection has dropped to “a historical low” of 12 percent. He told RTHK: “The government has to answer why they are not responsive to both the general public, the LGBT community as well as the business community.”

Media Coverage:

RTHK