Mainstreaming gender in Hong Kong society / edited by Fanny M. Cheung and Eleanor Holroyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheung, Fanny M.

Holroyd, Eleanor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender mainstreaming--China--Hong Kong.

Gender mainstreaming.

China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

xv, 463 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Promoting gender equality requires that we understand gender as a social construct cutting across the multifaceted political, economic and societal spheres. This volume demonstrates the importance of gender mainstreaming in examining social issues and making decisions that affect women and men. In so doing, the chapters 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Gender Analyses of Women's Status in Hong Kong

2 Girls' Education in Hong Kong: Incidental Gains and Postponed Inequality / Grace C. L. Mak 25

3 Gender, Work and Employment in the "Global Condition" / Ngo Hang-yue, Ngai Pun 49

4 Gender Earnings Differentials in Hong Kong / Chung Man Lee, Hongbin Li, Junsen Zhang 81

5 Gender and Political Participation in Hong Kong: Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Development / Wong Pik-wan, Eliza W.Y. Lee 107

Part II Gender Neutral and Gender Sensitive Policies

6 Fertility and Gender Equity in Hong Kong / Edward Jow Ching Tu, Gigi Lam 139

7 A Gender Perspective on Families in Hong Kong / Susanne Y.P. Choi, K. F. Ting 159

8 Social Welfare and Women: The Dominant Approach and Its Critique / Kwong-leung Tang, Vivian W. Q. Lou 181

9 Improving Gender Equity in Hong Kong's Reproductive Health Services / Eleanor Holroyd, Suzanne C. Ho, William C. W. Wong 211

Part III Deconstruction of Gender Equity Issues

10 Gender-based Violence in Hong Kong / Catherine So-kum Tang 227

11 Our Bodies, Our Stories: Narrating Female Sexuality in Hong Kong / Angela Wai-ching Wong 257

12 Media Ideologies of Gender in Hong Kong / Micky Lee, Anthony Fung 291

13 Working Women in Hong Kong: Neuih Keuhng Yahn or Oppressed Class? / Anne Marie Francesco, Margaret A. Shaffer 311

14 Re-gendering Hong Kong Man in Social, Physical and Discursive Space / Siumi Maria Tam, Anthony Fung, Lucetta Kam, Mario Liong 335

Part IV Institutional Mechanisms and Responses

15 Central Mechanisms: The Equal Opportunities Commission and The Women's Commission / Fanny M. Cheung, Priscilla Ching Chung 369

16 Stuck on Formalities? A Critique of Hong Kong's Legal Framework for Gender Equality / Carole J. Petersen 401

17 Gender Research and Women's Studies in Tertiary Education / Siumi Maria Tam, Hon Ming Yip 441.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789629963583

9629963582

OCLC:

184821620