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Home / Activities: Research
The Gender Research Centre encourages research on gender
issues. It provides a forum for researchers to meet and stimulate ideas
for collaborative research. It facilitates access to research
information. It has published a series of bibliographies on gender studies
conducted in Hong Kong and China, and has compiled research reports and
monographs on gender topics.
The major research interests of our
members are grouped into four themes:
 Gender
and Health
Gender, Development and
Globalization
Gender Equality and Civil
Society
Gender, Identity and
Culture
In addition to these four themes,
individual research projects conducted by our members include:
 Work-family Balance for Women Leaders in Chinese
and US Societies: Implications for enhancing women leadership” (2004-2005, research awarded by the Fulbright
New Century Scholars Program) Investigator: Fanny M. Cheung.
Survey on Public Awareness of
Beijing Declaration (2005, Commissioned by
the Hong Kong Federation of Women). Investigator: Fanny M. Cheung.
Delayed
or Indefinitely Postponed Marriage in Japan and Hong Kong: A Study of
Never Married Women and Changing Social Values (funded by Earmarked Research Grant,
Research Grants Council, 2002-2004) Principle Investigator: Lynne Nakano
Rainlily’s Built-in Study (Commissioned
by Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women, 2002-2004)
Investigator: Fanny M. Cheung.
A Study on the Working Condition of Male and Female Church
Workers in Hong Kong (Commissioned by Hong Kong
Christian Council, 2001) Investigators: Angela
W. Wong and Ngo Hang Yue.
Interface of Gender and
Migration: Hong Kong, Fujian, and the Philippines (part of “Tradition,
Change and Identity: A Study on the Minnan People in China and Southeast
Asia”) (1997-2000). Investigator: Siumi Maria Tam.
Family Status Discrimination Research
(1999-2000, Commissioned by Equal Opportunities Commission). Convenor:
Catherine Tang. Qualitative Research Section Convenor: Siumi Maria Tam.
Matrifocal Astronaut Families (part of “Globalization
Local Identity: Hong Kong Immigrant Families in Australia”) (1998-1999).
Investigator: Siumi Maria Tam.
Volunteerism in Japan: Why Ordinary People Take
Public Roles (1999). Investigator: Lynne Y. Nakano.
Violence
against Women: A Comparative Study of Chinese Societies in Hong Kong, the
People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (1996-1998).
Investigators: Catherine Tang and Fanny Cheung.
Gender and the Professionals in Hong Kong: The
Politics of Work and the Social Construction of Gender
(1994-1998). Investigators: Maria Tam, Eliza Lee, Lee Ching Kwan, Fanny
Cheung and Kimberly Chang.
Child Abuse in Hong Kong: Associative Factors and
District Differences (1997-1999). Investigators: Catherine
Tang, Pun Shuk Han, and Kelly Lai.
Survey on Child Sexual Abuse among University
Students in Hong Kong (1999). Investigator: Catherine Tang.
A Research Study on Family Status Discrimination
(1999-2000). Investigators: Catherine Tang, Winton Au, Maria Tam, Sidney
Cheung, Sunny Kwong, Joyce Ma, Ngo Hung Yue, Clement So, Stephen Tang, Wilson
Wong, and Kenneth Chau.
Survey of Public Attitude towards Sex as a Genuine
Occupational Qualification (1997-1998). Investigators:
Catherine Tang, Winton Au, Pun Shuk Han, and Ngo Hang Yue.
The Influence of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors on
Rates for Cervical Screening: A Comparison of Perceptions of Hong Kong
Chinese Women and Practitioners (1998-2000). Investigator:
Sheila Twinn.
Increasing Women’s Knowledge of the Prevention of Cervical
Cancer and the Uptake of Cervical Screening: The Implementation of a
Nurse-Led Community Outreach Programme (1997-1999).
Investigator: Sheila Twinn.
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