Briefing Session on Gender Mainstreaming and Women Participation in Advisory and Statutory Bodies

The Chief Executive’s announced in the 2015 Policy Address that starting from 2015-16, all bureaux and departments should be required to refer to the Gender Mainstreaming Checklist and apply gender mainstreaming to formulating major government policies and initiatives, and the appointment rate of women to government advisory and statutory bodies should be raised from 30% to 35%. In response to the new initiatives, the Labour and Welfare Bureau organised a Briefing Session on Gender Mainstreaming and Women Participation in Advisory and Statutory Bodies at Central Government Offices on 20 March 2015. Some 80 gender focal points in government bureaux and departments or his / her representatives attended.