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Hong Kong	Access to Resources	Labour/Roles	Norms/Beliefs	Power	Institutions/ Laws
Risk	‘Virus Shut Out’, a complete scam machine claiming to kill any kind of virus still in market despite bans around world	Hong Kong pupils continue return to school despite concerns over coronavirus outbreak, parents believe teaching has resumed too soon amid infection	Loneliness epidemic’ strikes at elderly residents face mental health problems from months of not seeing family members due to restrictions imposed by homes on visitors, activities have worked to keep elderly safe	Hong Kong is in the frontline where human rights crackdown happened	Evacuation of public housings
Illness/ Treatment	Future waves inevitable without a vaccine	Epidemic exposes health system’s weaknesses and the government must offer more support to carers, burden falls on families as coronavirus forces closure community facilities, stops home services	Social distancing measure deteriorate the condition of young Hong Kongers and turning them to home confined for a long time, deteriorating mental health, and the soaring unemployment rate.	Places with women leaders have better control over pandemic	Hong Kong private doctors don’t test suspected Covid-19 patients, letting increase in case and severity of infection
Health Systems/ Services	Health officials in Hong Kong are looking for cheap hotels to quarantine an expected influx of thousands of domestic helpers, but the use of government facilities has been ruled out	Local businessmen complain that high cost of tests at local clinics prohibitive for those who would be travelling frequently	Hong Kong government’s hospital isolation protocol must also be playing a significant role in the confusion	Discrimative policy against South Asian quarantine period	Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong’s beaches
Social Impacts	Cross-border families urge Hong Kong government to include them in quarantine exemption scheme	Unfavourable paternity leave in Hong Kong is a major reason for gender inequality	Over-reliance of e- everything: work, school, medical consulation etc.	Xenophobic responses rose against ethnic minorities amid pandemic	Differential approach towards public gathering under social distaning measure either for protest or on beach
Economic Impacts	Hong Kong tenants’ group demands government return Fo Tan flats being used as Covid-19 quarantine facilities and rent relief for a year. One-time help of HK$6,000 is not enough	Airport partly resume to help economy amid pandemic	Music band had to rely on crowdfunding after losing all the economic support	Hong Kong police issue 705 fixed penalties for congregating, totalling HK$1.41m on citizens	Tourism industry amog the hardest hit due to social distancing measure with majority female employees
Security Impacts	Doctors blame Hong Kong’s outdated IT systems for slowing Covid-19 response	Suspisions rose over the health code system for travels to Guangdong, Macau after Covid-19 border restrictions are lifted	A ‘return to normal’ is not good news for students bullied at school	Hong Kong police ban city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil for first time in 30 years, citing Covid-19 threat	Education Bureau also asks teachers to work out discipline plans for arrested students

Gender Working Group

We meet online on the third Wednesday of every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities, and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and COVID-19.

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Gender Working Group

We meet online on the third Wednesday of every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities, and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and COVID-19.