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Home / Overview: About the GRC
The Gender Research
Centre, Hong Kong Institute of
Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong is the first
research unit on gender and women's issues in Hong Kong.
Members include scholars from Social
Science, Humanities, Medicine, Business Administration, and other
interdisciplinary fields.
  History
Gender research was formalized as a
discipline in Hong Kong in 1985 when the Gender Research Programme (GRP)
was established under the Centre for Hong Kong Studies, Institute of
Social Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
In its initial years, GRP stimulated research by providing
support to researchers through the compilation of gender bibliographies
and databases and the hosting of international conferences.
By coincidence, 1985 was the same year
that the first women's studies programmes in Chinese societies were also
set up: one by the Henan Provincial Futuristic Research Society in Henan
Province, China, and the other by the Population Studies Center at the National
Taiwan University, Taiwan.
 In 1990, the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
(HKIAPS) was formed to replace the Institute of Social Studies at the
Chinese University. The Gender Research Programme (GRP) became one of the
strategic research programmes affiliated with the HKIAPS. In addition to
research projects, international conferences, bibliographies and
databases,
GRP's activities were expanded to include the hosting of
community-based annual workshops, publication of a newsletter, consultancy
research, and public advocacy.
It also helped to launch the Gender
Studies Programme at CUHK, the first academic curriculum offering a
postgraduate M. Phil. Degree and an undergraduate Minor degree in Hong
Kong.
In July 2000, the GRP became the Gender
Research Centre (GRC) under HKIAPS. Since 1985, both local and global
concern for gender issues has become more prominent. The activities of
the GRC have also become more diverse, and its impact extends beyond the
academic field. It has direct influence on local and regional policies
related to gender concerns. It has built up an international network of
academics, practitioners, non-governmental organizations, and
inter-governmental bodies that could be consolidated into a knowledge
hub.
Organization
The Gender Research Centre is affiliated with the HKIAPS at The
Chinese University of Hong Kong. Its members include faculty and staff of
the university who are involved with the research activities of the GRC.
Other CUHK and non-CUHK members may join as affiliates of the GRC.
Students may join as student affiliates.
Director: Fanny M. Cheung, Department of Psychology
Associate Director: Hon-Ming Yip, Department of History
Research Assistant: Michelle Mak
Project Co-ordinator: Tisha
Kwong
Executive Committee:
Fanny M. Cheung (Director)
Eleanor Holroyd
Siumi Maria Tam
Wai-ching Wong
Hon-ming Yip (Associate Director)
Vivienne Wee
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