In collaboration with the Against Human Trafficking Committee, our Committee continues to look into issues concerning global human trafficking, abuse and discrimination against women. Together, we aim to stop human trafficking. We were invited to attend meetings, conferences, seminars and related activities. We also supported and organized such events in order to discuss the issues, share our views and goals as well as raise awareness on issues associated with anti human trafficking to the world.

Thailand Conference 17 - 19 November 2014

We attended the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on “Assuring Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges in Transforming Women and Girls in Asia and the Pacific” on 17th November 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was organised by the Asia-Pacific Regional Council (APRC) of the International Council of Women (ICW), the National Council of Women of Thailand (NCWT), in cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

The conference was held in conjunction with the “Asian and the Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review” and focused on the issues of violence against women, economic empowerment of women as well as gender and climate change. With at least 60% of the world’s women living in the Asia-Pacific region, their hopes and aspirations, concerns and needs, will be paramount in securing a development model to implement their full human rights and fundamental freedoms. At the conference, we moderated at the workshop on violence against women. This workshop brought up the issue of human trafficking in general as well as its prevalence in Asia.

“Training on Identifying Victims” 8th and 15th October 2014

We participated in the talk organised by the Medico-Legal Society, Liberty Asia and Latham and Watkins on 8th and 15th October 2014

“Briefing on the Discrimination Law Review” on 2nd September 2014

We also attended the talk organised by The Women’s Foundation and Herbert Smith Freehills on 2nd September 2014.

LGBTI Symposium 29 August 2014

We have attended the international symposium “Working Together for an Inclusive Society: LGBTI Rights in Comparative Perspective”, co-organised by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao, and the Gender Research Centre of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The symposium discussed about LGBTI legislation, transgender people’s rights and gender recognition legislation, community concerns and social impact of such legislation as well as roles of stakeholders in securing legislation and promoting such rights.