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Ming Pao. Ms Clara Law, Centre-in-charge of the Lai Kok Centre of the Hong Kong Federation of Women's Centres came to talk to us on 12 March as one of the launch activities. She explained VAW with reference to a gender perspective, ie that genderbased violence against women originates from the imbalance of oower between men and women. She also shared her frontline experience as a counselor in a womenjriendlv seruice centre. campaign. They included a series of 10 exhibition panels, 5 appeal case leaflets for different countries and the launch repoft, lt's in our hands. These materials also serve a public education purpose. lf you are interested in them and would like cooies of the leaflets. olease contact the AIHK office. To learn more about this campaign, please visit
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