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Survey Reveals High Prevalence of Sexual Violence Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals; Formal Help-Seeking Remains Critically Low
Survey Reveals High Prevalence of Sexual Violence Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals; Formal Help-Seeking Remains Critically Low

Hong Kong’s outdated sexual offence laws continue to leave victim-survivors of all gender backgrounds vulnerable. Following the Security Bureau's announcement to review the city's sexual offence legislation in the first quarter of this year based on "gender-neutral" principles, the urgency for reform has never been greater. To further explore the prevalence of sexual violence against transgender and gender-diverse individuals and their perspectives on current legislation, Quarks and the Association conducted the "Survey on the Experiences of Sexual Violence Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals" between May and August 2025. The survey collected 108 responses, with 102 valid samples.

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ACSVAW, Press ReleaseACSVAW2026
'Stealthing' Research: Non-Consensual Condom Removal is Sexual Assault and Affects All Genders 
'Stealthing' Research: Non-Consensual Condom Removal is Sexual Assault and Affects All Genders 

ACSVAW has published a study focusing on victimisation experiences related to "Non-Consensual Condom Removal" (NCCR), commonly known as 'stealthing'. The research reveals that the responding public broadly considers NCCR a violation of informed consent. It also found that victims come from diverse sexual and gender backgrounds. However, both current community and institutional systems fail to adequately acknowledge victims' experiences, creating significant hurdles when seeking help. The Association urges the authorities to expedite the reform of sexual offence laws to explicitly strengthen protections without gender distinction, and to urgently improve the responsiveness of emergency medical support services for victim-survivors.

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ACSVAW, Press Release, Research/SurveyACSVAWNCCR, 2025
Deepfake Image-Based Sexual Violence Inflicts Profound, Real Harm and Long-Term Trauma, Says Victim-Survivor
Deepfake Image-Based Sexual Violence Inflicts Profound, Real Harm and Long-Term Trauma, Says Victim-Survivor

The recent public disclosure by victim-survivors of 'deepfake' image-based sexual violence has brought the profound impact and explicit gender hostility of such acts into the public discourse in Hong Kong. While some may dismiss deepfake content as unreal and harmless, the lived experiences of victim-survivors clearly demonstrate the tangible and lasting consequences of 'deepfake' IBSV

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ACSVAW, Press ReleaseACSVAW2025
RainLily responds to the passage of Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill
RainLily responds to the passage of Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill

RainLily responds to the passage of mandatory reporting of child abuse legislation and hopes that professionals in various sectors will, while complying with the Ordinance, recognise that reporting cases is merely one of the post-incident measures and not the primary or sole task in protecting children and adolescents. At the same time, they should focus carefully and without making assumptions on the true needs of the victim-survivors, avoiding the notion that reporting is the only means of protecting the victim-survivors' best interests.

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RainLily, Press Release, Statement/ResponseRainLily2024
RainLily's 'Take-Down Assistance' on Image-Based Sexual Violence contents sees 89% removal rate
RainLily's 'Take-Down Assistance' on Image-Based Sexual Violence contents sees 89% removal rate

Hong Kong’s sexual violence crisis centre, RainLily, has reported an increase in cases of image-based sexual violence over the past two service years. From April 2021 to March 2023, RainLily handled 646 request-for-assistance related to image-based sexual violence (IBSV), and provided "Take-Down Assistance" support to 1,342 non-consensual intimate images that were published online, removing 89% of them.

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RainLily, Press ReleaseACSVAW2023
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women & RainLily Announce Doris Chong as New Executive Director
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women & RainLily Announce Doris Chong as New Executive Director

Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women and RainLily announce Doris Chong Tsz-Wai as the new Executive Director. Doris will lead the organisations in her new position from 1 March 2023. Linda Wong Sau-Yung, the co-founder of the Association and the long-serving Executive Director of the Association and RainLily, will take up a new role as the organisations’ Consultant.

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ACSVAW, RainLily, Press ReleaseACSVAW2023
ACSVAW Statement on the Passage of Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2021 in LegCo
ACSVAW Statement on the Passage of Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2021 in LegCo

The Legislative Council has passed the Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2021 on 30 September 2021. The amendment will patch a loophole that was prompted by the Court of Final Appeal’s 2019 ruling on the offence of ‘Access to computer with criminal or dishonest intent’ should not be applied to suspects using their own computer, and further criminalise a range of Image-Based Sexual Violence (IBSV) behaviours that involve non-consensual taking, sharing, and threatening to share intimate images.

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ACSVAW, Statement/Response, Press ReleaseACSVAWimagebasedsexualabuse
Insufficient Legal Protection on 'Threats to Share Intimate Images', ACSVAW New 'Take-Down Assistance' Supports Survivors to Make Removal Requests
Insufficient Legal Protection on 'Threats to Share Intimate Images', ACSVAW New 'Take-Down Assistance' Supports Survivors to Make Removal Requests

On International Women’s Day (8th March), ACSVAW announces ‘Take-Down Assistance’ (‘Ta-DA’), a new service to assist victim-survivors of non-consensual distribution of intimate images to request online platforms for removal and related follow up. The Association, in the meantime, calls for the government to act proactively in safeguarding rights of victim-survivors that have experienced any forms of image-based sexual abuse, particularly to cover threats to sharing intimate images in the on-going legislative work on ‘Voyeurism, and non-consensual photography of intimate parts, and related offences.

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ACSVAW, Press ReleaseACSVAWimagebasedsexualabuse, 2021
Ineffective Criminal Justice Responses Disappoint Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images
Ineffective Criminal Justice Responses Disappoint Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images

The Association has launched its latest report on Image-Based Sexual Violence (IBSV), “Survey Report on Image-Based Sexual Violence 影像性暴力經驗問卷調查報告,” at a press conference on 7 March 2020. The survey, completed between May, 2019 and January, 2020, consists of an online questionnaire which collected responses from 206 victim-survivors and in-depth interviews with 11 victims-survivors

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ACSVAW, Research/Survey, Press ReleaseACSVAW2020, imagebasedsexualabuse
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Response on the Law Reform Commission's release of Review of Substantive Sexual Offences
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Response on the Law Reform Commission's release of Review of Substantive Sexual Offences

The Association welcomes the Law Reform Commission’s release of Review of Substantive Sexual Offences report this morning (5th December 2019). The report has offered final recommendations following years of consultation conducted by the Review of Sexual Offences Sub-committee. The Association expects these recommendations to be implemented shortly.

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Press Release, Statement/Response, ACSVAWACSVAW2019, Law Reform
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Statement on Police Action to Publicly Discredit Victim of Rape
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Statement on Police Action to Publicly Discredit Victim of Rape

The Association is shocked and deeply concerned by the recent release of information by the police about an ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of a young woman in Tsuen Wan police station. The release of the information about the investigation by police, including comment on the evidence, was clearly intended to publicly discredit the victim and her allegations. This is unprecedented and deplorable.

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Press Release, Statement/Response, ACSVAWACSVAW2019