FEATURE | Why a recent sexual assault case with the assailant impersonated as a lesbian shows the significance of the 'affirmative consent model'
HEAR ME OUT | Survivor of recent trial deemed as an attack on LGBTQ+ communities voices out
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RainLily, Hong Kong's first sexual violence crisis centre has published the annual figures on its sexual violence support sexual violence on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25 November, to promote awareness of the trend and current situation of sexual violence in Hong Kong.
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The Chief Executive has delivered 2021 Policy Address in the Legislative Council on 6th October 2021. However, there has been no measures and policy recommendations addressing supports to victim-survivors of sexual violence.
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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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FEATURE | The 3rd Asia-Pacific Summit on Gender-based Violence: Turning Laws into Actions: Eliminating Gender-based Violence in Asia-Pacific
HEAR ME OUT | An Alternative Aside of Legal Justice: Community Justice
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Submission to LegCo Bill Committee on Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2021 by Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women.
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FEATURE | ACSVAW calls to cover threats to share in Security Bureau's proposed introduction of offences on voyeurism and non-consensual photography of intimate parts, and related offences
HEAR ME OUT | Research on Problems and Remedies of Clandestine Photographing in Yau Tsim Mong District
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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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FEATURE | Study on Child Sexual Abuse Uncovers Survivors’ Traumatic Experiences in Disclosure and Help-Seeking
HEAR ME OUT | Limited Preventive Measures and Inadequate Supports for Sexual Violence in MTR
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The Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women’s preliminary response to the release of consultation paper on Sentencing and Related Matters in the Review of Sexual Offences by The Law Reform Commission.
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The exploratory qualitative study elicited and analysed survivors’ retrospective narratives of their disclosure and help-seeking experience. With the support from RainLily’s councillors and service users, 16 adult survivors of CSA were recruited and were invited for a semi-structured interview.
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The Association’s submission on Security Bureau’s Consultation on the Proposed Introduction of Offences of Voyeurism, Intimate Prying, Non-consensual Photography of Intimate Parts, and Related Offences.
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The Gender-friendly Environment Group under the Association has conducted an online survey on public experience of encountering or witnessing sexual violence in MTR in the past three years, and collected 419 valid responses.
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FEATURE | LegCo Election 2020 - Platform for Gender Equality: Responding to Sexual Violence via institutions, law and education
HEAR ME OUT | Sexual Violence Victims under COVID-19
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect Hong Kong and social distancing measures remain in place to limit its spread, Harmony House, RainLily and The Women's Foundation have urged the Government to urgently implement prevention and support measures to support domestic and sexual violence victims during this challenging period.
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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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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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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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In recent time, Hong Kong has witnessed continuous clashes since the outburst of 'Anti-ELAB' movement in early June. The Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (The Association) is well-aware of the sexual violence cases underlying the violent scenes. In response to these sexual violence cases, the Association has thereby initiated an online survey on 21st August, entitled as "'Anti-ELAB’ sexual Violence Experience Online Survey'". In order to learn more about the situation, the self-administered questionnaire has been circulated across various online platforms, which welcomes and allows any individuals to participate anonymously. Notwithstanding, limited by the survey method and other related factors, it is well-aware that this research has certain limitations and hence any interpretation of the data shall be considered carefully. Ended on 30th September, below is a summary of the survey's findings.
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The Association has issued a statement regarding a public accusation made by a female university student on the police’s use of sexual violence against her and other arrested individuals, and the police’s later social media response stating that they did not receive any related complaints and calling on victims to ‘provide concrete evidence’.
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