Mainstreaming Gender in Hong Kong

by Cheung, Fanny M.

• ISBN13: 9789629963583
• ISBN10: 9629963582
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Chinese Univ Pr

Summary

This volume demonstrates the importance of gender mainstreaming in examining social issues and making decisions that affect women and men. In so doing, the essays of the book enrich our understanding of the social structures and trends within contemporary Hong Kong society and at the same time restate the need for gender-sensitive perspectives in policy-making.

Author Biography

Fanny M. Cheung is Professor of Psychology, Chairperson of the Department of Psychology and Director of the Gender Research Centre of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Eleanor Holroyd is Professor of Asian and Gender Studies and Nursing, Division of Nursing and Midwifery, RMIT. She has formerly been an Associate Professor in the Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Gender Analyses of Women's Status in Hong Kong
Girls' Education in Hong Kong: Incidental Gains and Postponed Inequality	p. 25
Gender, Work and Employment in the "Global Condition"	p. 49
Gender Earnings Differentials in Hong Kong	p. 81
Gender and Political Participation in Hong Kong: Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Development	p. 107
Gender Neutral and Gender Sensitive Policies
Fertility and Gender Equity in Hong Kong	p. 139
A Gender Perspective on Families in Hong Kong	p. 159
Social Welfare and Women: The Dominant Approach and Its Critique	p. 181
Improving Gender Equity in Hong Kong's Reproductive Health Services	p. 211
Deconstruction of Gender Equity Issues
Gender-based Violence in Hong Kong	p. 227
Our Bodies, Our Stories: Narrating Female Sexuality in Hong Kong	p. 257
Media Ideologies of Gender in Hong Kong	p. 291
Working Women in Hong Kong: Neuih Keuhng Yahn or Oppressed Class?	p. 311
Re-gendering Hong Kong Man in Social, Physical and Discursive Space	p. 335
Institutional Mechanisms and Responses
Central Mechanisms: The Equal Opportunities Commission and The Women's Commission	p. 369
Stuck on Formalities? A Critique of Hong Kong's Legal Framework for Gender Equality	p. 401
Gender Research and Women's Studies in Tertiary Education	p. 441
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