Events

#International Conferences 

Gender Research Centre, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies held the “Gender and Migration: Changes and Challenges International Conference 2013” between 10th and 12th December at CUHK.

GRC was honored to have two prominent experts as keynote speakers: Prof. C. Cindy Fan, UCLA and Prof. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, University of Southern California. Officiating guests included Prof. Yue Sulan, Director of Women’s Studies Centre and former Vice-President of Peking University; Prof. Cho Joo-hyun, Director of Institute for Women’s Studies, Keimyung University; Prof. Fanny Cheung, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Prof. Paul Lee, Dean of Social Science, CUHK; Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Head of Chung Chi College; Prof. Helene Fung, Acting Director of the Gender Studies Programme, and Prof. Susanne Choi, Co-Director of the Gender Research Centre.

Over 130 participants attended the conference and around 50 papers were collected from all over the world – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, US, UK, Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, Greece, Israel etc. The discussion was trans-disciplinary and focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with migration – with a gender perspective.