Blog
13
Sep
Further to last week's post when we congratulated the 12 women members in the next LegCo, we have been following news reports that Regina Ip has apparently snubbed invitations to be the next LegCo President saying that handling procedural matters is not the kind of job she is interested in and she would rather focus on policy agendas. While some are speculating that her position is also motivated by her intention to run for Chief Executive, whatever the reason, we are heartened by the example of a powerful woman drawing a line in the sand for women everywhere who tend to be the ones who end up doing the “office housework”.
Hong Kong held a fiercely contested election last Sunday to determine the composition of the 70-member Legislative Council for the next four-year session of LegCo starting October 1.
Congratulations to HKU for convening its recent “Hong Kong Dialogues on Gender Equity in Conversation with UN Women on HeForShe” and successfully engaging students, academics, corporates and NGOs in two days of thought provoking and candid discussions on what men can do to drive progress in gender equity.
Hello from the UK where nearly every day of the past two weeks has brought another dramatic twist in the contest for the leadership of the Conservative party and the Government, following the Brexit vote.