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Women in Hong Kong General Statistics Maternal mortality (per 100,000) NA (2010) Women in parliament 15.7% (2012) Women over 25 with secondary education 68.7% (2010) Women in labour force 51.0% (2011) Gender Inequality Index Value NR (2012) Rank NR Global Gender Gap Index Value NR (2012) Rank NR Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy ...
In the 1990s, the Hong Kong government was increasingly pressured to address equality and human rights. During the 1991 legislative election, which produced Hong Kong's first directly elected lawmakers, women's groups pressed candidates into acknowledging discrimination against women.
The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap. 383)(the "Bill of Rights"), enacted in 1991, [14] is the local adaptation of the provisions of the ICCPR as applied in Hong Kong. The Bill of Rights has largely been recognised by the courts as one of the constitutional documents alongside the Basic Law.
A Hong Kong court has dismissed a government bid to deny same-sex married couples the right to rent and own public housing, saying that it was “discriminatory in nature” and a complete denial ...
Zi Teng (Chinese: 紫藤; pinyin: zǐténg) is a non-governmental organisation that cares about the basic rights of women who live in Hong Kong and those who came from mainland China, especially sex workers. Ziteng is formed by social workers, women studies researchers, church workers and labour activists, etc.
Hong Kong's top court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of activist and human rights lawyer Chow Hang Tung of inciting others to join an unauthorised vigil to remember victims of China's 1989 ...
The report provides a background of the general political structure in Hong Kong and gives an overview of women's substantive rights in Hong Kong. It discusses issues like equality in employment and labour rights, domestic violence in ethnic minority families and split families and right of abode. [3]
Pages in category "Women's rights in Hong Kong" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.