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Advances in technology have significantly improved human wellbeing, but they have also created new risks, including technology-facilitated violence. This umbrella term encompasses a wide range of acts, such as cyberbullying, online sexual harassment, image-based abuse, and deepfake abuse. In view of the growing prevalence of this form of violence and the relatively low level of public awareness of its nature and harm, the Gender Research Centre, in collaboration with the Gender Studies Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, is co-organising a one-day international conference.

The conference will bring together international experts, law enforcement agencies, representatives from the Equal Opportunities Commission, leading NGOs, legal scholars, and technology experts to discuss strategies to prevent and combat technology-facilitated violence and to strengthen public awareness. The conference will be conducted bilingually, with the majority of speakers presenting in Cantonese, and with simultaneous interpretation from English into Cantonese available onsite. We welcome academics, university students, frontline social workers, primary and secondary school educators, as well as members of the general public.

Conference Details

Date: April 18, 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Venue: Esther Lee Building, Lecture Theatre 1 (ELB LT1, ground floor), Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese and English (simultaneous interpretation available)
For enquiries: grcentre@cuhk.edu.hk / +852 3943 8775
Program: [click here]

Registration:

Individual Registration: [click here] School/Group Registration: [click here]

Co-organizer: Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Conference Sponsors: This conference is generously supported by the Faculty of Social Science, New Asia College, and United College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

We also thank the Sociology Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for providing logistics support.