The Gender Parity Report: Implications for the HKU Community and Next Steps

Speaker: Professor Peter Mathieson, President and Vice Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong; Impact Champion, UN Women HeforShe Date: 8 November, 2016 Time: 12:30-2:00pm Venue: Conference Hall, 11/F, Cheng Yu Tong Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Dear colleagues, students, alumni and friends,

HKU was the first university in the world to launch the United Nations (UN) Women’s HeForShe Initiative on campus in April 2015.

On 20 September 2016, Professor Peter Mathieson, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong addressed the 2016 UN General Assembly during the launch of the HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 University Parity Report, which is the first progress report since 10 global universities publicly announced transformative commitments to improve gender parity by 2020. In HKU’s section of the University Parity Report, the proportion of females at senior leadership level is quoted at 14% (it has improved since the data were submitted, and is now over 20%), tenured professors 18%,…