By Jade To | Deputy Executive Director
Dear supporters,
2025 ushers in many significant changes both within our organisation and beyond. With the decline in funding and resources for gender equality across the world, your continued support has really allowed us to develop our resilience and amplify the efforts of the communities around us.
Here’s what we’ve achieved together since our last update:
Hosted International Women’s Day 2025 Fundraising Luncheon
Our hearts were full as we celebrated International Women’s Day this year with our grantee partners, board members, funders, corporate partners, and supporters! During the event, we invited our grantee partners including Self Love Cupid, Community Cultural Concern, PrideLab, The Association for the Advancement of Feminism (AAF) and Virtuous Lady Club as speakers and performers.
Not only were they able to openly discuss the challenges they faced serving marginalised communities, they also recognized the importance of seed grant support and capacity-building programmes like ours. They emphasized that having access to this type of support allows them to develop organisational sustainability and by extension, deliver more impact to their communities.
It was also an occasion for us to celebrate our previous Executive Director, Judy for her contributions over the 17 years she’s been with us. Judy has been an incredible force for our organisation, guiding us through challenges and inspiring us to reach new heights. Her commitment to gender equality has made a lasting impact on our team and culture. Thank you, Judy, for your dedication and for paving the way for grassroots and marginalised organisations to thrive and bloom. Wishing you all the best in your next chapter!
Post-AWID Discussion and Gathering
In our last update, we mentioned that we were able to attend the AWID Forum in Bangkok with some of our grantee partners for joint learning and international exchange on all things gender. We thought it would be equally as important to share our insights with the wider community of gender equality advocates in Hong Kong who didn’t have the chance to attend the forum. Co-delivered with our fellow grantee partners, it was a fruitful discussion amongst over 30 people.
Networking Workshop
We also organized a 2-part series networking workshop where participants learned how to narrate their individual stories and best present the vital work they do for their communities to different stakeholders. In the final session, we invited our long-time partners from corporates and foundations, such that participants had a safe space to practise their skills and develop their self-confidence.
All in all, participants and corporate / foundation partners mentioned that they both were able to learn something from each other, where the latter gained a deeper insight into the experience of grassroots community organizers. Meanwhile, participants experienced their own shift in mindset and began to see networking from the perspectives of people with different backgrounds.
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One Step Further
Moving forward, our work continues to be driven by the question of “How can we give better and more?”, so that the communities we support are able to navigate adversity with the right resources and resilience.
We hope to expand our network of gender supporters, deepen conversations on nurturing a more equal and inclusive environment, and accompany a broader range of communities in promoting gender equality. By ourselves, we can take one step further but thanks to your support, we hope to stride towards this goal together!
Best,
Jade
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