We are so humbled by so many of you joining our IWD Virtual Lunch last Friday, particularly during this challenging time. Thank you for supporting our work and making the women and girls of Hong Kong a priority. We hope you found the event inspiring and energising as we face this next difficult period together. We are immensely grateful to our Associate Sponsors Citi, Financial Times and Meta for their support.
Under the theme “Innovating Equality” we had a thought-provoking panel discussion with David Hanson, CEO and Founder, Hanson Robotics; Gillian Au Howard, Founder and Fair Director, Digital Art Asia; and Sophia the Robot about technology and gender equality under the pandemic. Thank you, Angelina Kwan, TWF Board Vice Chair, for moderating. It was inspiring to hear the sharing from our beneficiary — Wan Yuk Ying from our #TEENForGood Initiative, alongside her mother, Mrs Wan, and teacher, Ms Charlotte Lo, on how our COVID initiative has supported her to overcome her learning challenges over the pandemic; as well as our Girls Go Tech Programme participants Ho Chin Yiu and Ng Ying Yin, and Chung Wing Tung from our Digital Literacy Programme about their interest and learning in STEM through attending our Programmes.
Thank you to our incredible emcee, Alyson Hau, and pledge co-leads, Jen Flowers and Daniella Lopez.
A big thank you to our Platinum Sponsors: Edelman, Jardines, Moody’s, MTR and State Street.
We are also grateful to our Gold Sponsors: Bank of America, Brunswick Group, CIBC, HKEX, KKR, Morgan Stanley and Stratford Finance Limited as well as our Silver Sponsors: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Clifford Chance, CLP, EY, FTI Consulting, J.P. Morgan, Leathwaite, Macquarie, PCCW, Stephenson Harwood and Swire Group.
Our deep thanks to our Media Partner Tatler Front & Female; our Supporting Partners – iMag Media, Kuoni Tumlare, Moonlight, South China Morning Post and Vogue; and to registered music therapist and singer song writer, Carol Cheung.
Prize sponsors and Virtual Goodie Bag Partners: be earth, by Sophie Grace, Castello del vino, Conrad Hong Kong, Crisathena Paris, Crown Wine Cellars, Dramatic Difference, Ellermann, Encompass Hong Kong, Estee Lauder, Family Form, Frame & Fame, Guerlain Paris , Hong Kong Rugby Union, Jo Malone London, Little Bao, Maje, Marie France Van Damme, Prenetics, Rituals, Shot by Roy, Song Saa Private Island, Style Carousel, Testina, The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, the Hong Konger by Sophia Hotung, The Kafila Desert Camp, Three Peaks Media and Ventura Studios.
We would also like to thank all of our attendees, TWF board members and staff.
At this challenging time, we are touched and grateful to each and every person who has helped us raise critical funds to support TWF’s programmes, research and advocacy for women and girls in Hong Kong, including our COVID-19 initiatives to support more underprivileged families under the pandemic.
Together, let's support each other under the pandemic while boldly innovating equality and breaking the bias for all.
Get in touch at Fiona.Nott@twfhk.org.
