RainLily collaborates with Meta to launch Hong Kong version of StopNCII.org, a tool to help victim-survivors of image-based sexual violence to response to non-consensual intimate images
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The International Webinar on Image-Based Sexual Violence focuses on emerging forms of technology-facilitated sexual violence and the responding legislative measures addressing the issue regionally and globally.
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In Hong Kong, public health and social measures have caused greater emotional burden to those experienced the trauma of sexual violence. Along with the worry of getting infected and experiencing information anxiety, survivors are also affected by increased flashback frequency due to decreased social contacts.
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RainLily's new identity highlights the coexistence of a raindrop and six petals, symbolising the traumatic event and the lifelong process of healing; survivors' resilience and transformation in the journey to find justice; and the mutually supportive environment that we strive to build.
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FEATURE | Review of Ta-DA take down assistance services: The dilemma of help seekers and the response of online platforms
HEAR ME OUT | Walking together through the storm: Addressing the problem of child sexual abuse
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RainLily publishes updated data from January 2019 to September 2021 to enrich the territory's understanding about delayed disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) on this year’s International Women’s Day. The newly released data forms a partial follow-up of the 2019 RainLily retrospective report.
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Hong Kong Women’s Coalition on Equal Opportunities, Zonta Club of Kowloon, Department of Sociology and Social Policy of Lingnan University launched a study on women's experiences of violence last year, with a quantitative and qualitative study conducted by Professor Annie Chan to collect the experiences of 1,044 women who have experienced sexual and intimate partner violence, and to analyse their reactions, feelings and impact when faced with violence. The same study had previously been conducted and published in 2013, and, compared to the results of 2013, it was found that women were exposed to sexual and intimate partner violence with equivalent severity, and the increased forms and avenues of violence were found to compound in women feelings of helplessness, as well as greater mental and emotional stress.
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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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