I recently had the honour of being one of the guests on an episode of BBC’s The Conversation.  The episode is called Women Reclaiming Their Streets, and I’ve taken a screenshot from their website:

It was wonderful to speak with a feminist activist in another part of the world and share thoughts and experiences.  We agreed that it’s empowering for women to stand up together and speak about their lives.  We also talked about how different forms of feminist activism are just different tools within our “feminist toolbox,” and that the more tools we have, the better.  This episode, as the title suggets, is also about women reclaiming their right to be in public places without having to fit social standards, such as being pleasant and smiley.  Instead, we should feel free to be angry about social injustice and voice our own thoughts and opinions.

In this episode, “Krupa Padhy meets two women who have tackled violence against women head-on, by organising eye-catching and sometimes controversial street protests.”  The other guest is Finn Mackay, “one of the UK’s most influential feminist activists. She founded the London Feminist Network in 2004, the same year that she revived the Reclaim the Night marches….”

Here is a link to this episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvs2g

 

My apologies for neglecting to post more on our website.  I’ve been posting most of our content on Facebook instead, and so I’ve now updated the website to include a preview of our Facebook posts on the side.  Below is a collage of some of the photos from our march in 2017, followed by the press coverage we received.  Thank you for your support!

 

 

Chinese:

http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-42046090

https://m.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20171105/s00005/1509817473798

http://nextplus.nextmedia.com/news/latest/20171126/560593

 

English:

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/13/slutwalk-protesters-march-sexual-violence-victim-blaming/

http://www.plug-magazine.com/slutwalk-2017/

SlutWalk Hong Kong is proud to share that Dr. Angie Ng, the founder of SlutWalk Hong Kong, has been included in BBC’s 100 Women 2017 list.

Here is the link to the original BBC article (she’s face #89 on their facewall): BCC’s 100 Women 2017.  Here is the link to the Apple Daily article about this (in Chinese): Apple Daily and BCC’s 100 Women 2017.

Here is a message from Angie:

A big thank you to all past and present supporters, marchers, organisers and volunteers. We’ve been marching together since 2011, and it’s wonderful to see that more and more people around the world are talking about sexual harassment and sexual violence.  Let’s continue to raise awareness about the issues and fighting victim blaming!

Please join us on Sunday 19 November 2017 as we march against sexual violence and victim blaming.  The exact time and place are yet to be announced.  Here is the link to our Facebook event: SlutWalk Hong Kong 2017.  Hope to see you all there.

Here are a few articles/photo essays from this year’s SlutWalk Hong Kong.

Chinese:

http://udn.com/news/story/7332/2058754
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20161031/s00002/1477850794200
http://www.metroradio.com.hk/news/live.aspx?SearchText&NewsId=20161030151630&page=2
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20161031/19817752

English:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/31/pictures-slutwalk-hong-kong-protests-victim-blaming-body-choice/

For more articles and pictures, please visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SlutWalkHongKong/

 

 

隸屬於國際蕩婦遊行運動(International SlutWalk Movement)的「香港蕩婦遊」(SlutWalk Hong Kong) 來到第五屆。香港獨立英文新聞網站《HKFP》曾報導,香港大學的性騷擾罪行並不罕見,卻鮮有傳 媒的關注與報導。直至今天,不論是香港或其他先進國家,性侵犯、性騷擾、強姦,甚至是社會對性 侵受害者的指責依舊存在,這亦是蕩婦遊行運動所針對的議題。

近日私營殘疾人士院舍「康橋之家」前負責人張建華性侵案,法庭因未能接納心理年齡只僅有 8 歳的 受害者的證詞,案件最終被撒回控訴。前負責人張建華更異常地於顯身於媒體前,稱受害人「誘惑他」, 並把罪責歸咎於智障受害人的妄想。是次性侵案令全港市民感到憤怒,針對社會福利署和政府總部的 遊行集會超過兩千人參與,抗議政府對私營安老院與殘疾人士院舍的監管失效,未能有效保障老年人 或精神殘疾人士,以致性暴力或其他虐待行徑持續地發生。

另外,早前一名酒吧老闆涉嫌迷姦一名女客戶,法醫發現女士體內及酒杯殘留鎮靜劑,內褲及陰道外 亦有老闆精液。然而,他最後卻只被判處 240 小時社會服務令。這是由於法官認為被告「有企業家頭 腦,不想判刑摧毀其事業」。這些案件都說明了香港仍然需要加強性侵犯、強姦與社會對性侵受害者 責的認知與關注,以避免日後相同案件出現。

我們主張:
1. 支持性侵受害者,停止向女性施暴!
2. 成立獨立調查委員會對康橋之家性侵案作出調查,委員會成員需包括受害者及其家人、智障人士
家長團體代表、社會工作者工會代表等。
3. 護理院舍服務全面公營,停止私有化,大幅增加公共院舍服務,確保有保障的院舍條件,捍衛殘
疾人士免受虐待及侵犯的基本權利

日期:2016 年 10 月 30 日(星期日)
時間:下午 2 時
地點:中環遮打花園集合,遊行途經高等法院,至終點蘭桂芳
聯絡:鄧美晶 9418 9988 / Angie Ng (English) 6110 0315
發起團體:香港蕩婦遊行
參與團體:社會主義行動、社會民主連線、外勞團體 Gabriella、紫藤、學生組織 FEMPO、跨性別權 益會

Blame the rapist, not the victim!
End violence against women!
Don’t teach me how to dress – teach people not to rape!

Date: Sunday 30 October 2016

Time: 2-3 pm, forum at Chater Garden; 3-4 pm march.

Location: forum in Chater Garden, Central
(then marching to the High Court and ending at Lan Kwai Fong)

Groups participating:
Slutwalk Hong Kong
Socialist Action
Gabriella
FEMPO
League of Social Democrats
Association for Transgender Rights

Statements of support from:

SlutWalk Toronto, SlutWalk Munich and more.

Contact tel: Angie Ng 6110 0315, Sally Tang 9418 9988
Contact email: slutwalkhongkong@gmail.com

SlutWalk Hong Kong will take place for the fifth time, as part of the international SlutWalk movement. The movement begun in Toronto, in 2011, when a police officer told students at York University to avoid dressing like “sluts” if they wanted to avoid being sexually assaulted. This movement, which is against sexual violence, victim blaming and rape culture, is still much needed, in Hong Kong and other locations. Earlier this year, HKFP noted that sexual harassment at universities in Hong Kong is not rare, just rarely reported.

Recently, a sexual assault case against the former leader of Bridge of Rehabilitation Co was dismissed as the courts would not accept the testimony of a victim with the mental age of eight. This former care home leader has since come out with outlandish, victim-blaming statements, calling the mentally disabled victim “crazy”, “delusional” and saying she “seduced him”. This case has outraged people all over Hong Kong. On October 20 and 23, over 1,500 people protested against the systemic failure of the private residential care homes for the elderly and mentally disabled, in which sexual and other abuse is widespread.

Also in recent news, the owner of a bar drugged and raped a customer, but the initial rape charge against him was dropped, and he was sentenced to just 240 hours of community service. The judge stated that the perpetrator had a good “business mind” and didn’t want to ruin his future prospects.

These cases illustrate the need for us to raise awareness concerning sexual assault, victim blaming and rape culture. Please join us this year for SlutWalk Hong Kong 2016.

Demands:

1. Support victims – stop violence against women!
2. Independent investigation of “Bridge of Rehabilitation”, with representatives from patients’ families, patients themselves, parent organisations and social worker unions.
3. Increase public spending and end the privatisation and outsourcing of care homes – high quality care homes, safe from sexual and other abuse, should be a basic right.

SlutWalk Hong Kong 2014: 26 October (Sunday)
蕩婦遊行2014：十月二十六日 (星期日)

More information to be announced in the days to come! 更多消息會在日內公佈！

Say NO to victim blaming! 一起站出來抗議性侵犯受害者反遭社會歧視！

translation: my body, my choice.

**

有人說﹕「邊個叫你飲酒呀？比人侵犯你都預左架啦！」
有人說﹕「嘩，你著得咁少，都係想人望姐！」
有人說﹕「好心你夜晚晚就唔好出街啦！」
有人說﹕「你帶眼識人咪無事囉！」
有人說﹕「拍得拖都預左架啦，你係我條仔/女，唔係唔比我呀？」
有人說﹕「上得人屋企，都預左架啦！」
有人說﹕「結左婚，有咩可能仲會有強姦發生呀！」
有人說﹕「你話唔好即係好啦！扮咩矜持丫！」
有人說﹕「點解你唔反抗？你無反抗即係自願啦！」
有人說﹕「做得一樓一，食得咸魚抵得渴，出得黎行預左啦！」
有人說﹕「你帶眼識人咪無事囉！」
有人說﹕「怪就怪你無好好保護自己！」
有人說﹕「女人無可能強姦到男人」
有人說…

人們說了很多…
你呢？
你和我的身體，有想說的話嗎？
我們的身體，我們可以話事嗎？

社會只教導我們如何避免被強姦，
卻很少教導人們不要去強姦人！
發生性暴力事件，錯絕對不在受害人！

我身體，我話事！
我們將會有一系列關於身體自主
及與性暴力幸存者同行的運動。
如果你有興趣一起參與 – 我身體我話事的運動
請預留10月26日星期日下午，
並緊貼 SlutWalk Hong Kong 的最新動向！
更多消息會在日內公佈！: )