Breakout Session1A Women and Girls
Women’sEducation: EM vs. Whole Population
% of Female with Post-Secondary Edu. Attainmentby Ethnicity (Excluding Foreign Domestic Helpers)
Whole Population White Indian Filipino Nepalese Pakistani Other
Source: Censusand StatisticsDepartment HongKongSAR
2021 Population Census. Interactive Data:Population (Excluding Foreign Domestic Helpers) by Year, Ethnicity, Sex and Educational Attainment (HighestLevel Attended)
15.8% 32.0% 27.5% 25.8% 9.0% 7.4% 20.4%
Labour Force ParticipationRate Men vs. Women
(Excluding Foreign Domestic Helpers)
MALE FEMALE
Whole Population (65.7)
Indian (80.7)
Nepalese (81.4)
Pakistani (71.4)
Bangladeshi and Sri-Lankan (80.7)
EM (78.1)
Notes: ( ) Figures in parentheses denote the overall labour force participation rate of the corresponding gender and ethnic group.
(*) Southeast Asians include Thais, Filipinos, Indonesian and Vietnamese only.
Source: HK 2021 Population Census, Census and Statistics Department. (Interactive Data)
Whole Population (50.5)
Indian (53.1)
Nepalese (60.3)
Pakistani (24.9)
Bangladeshi and Sri-Lankan (44.4)
EM (55.0)
Pakistani women have by far the lowest participation rate
0 20 40 60 80 100 15-24 25-44 45-64 65+ 15-24 25-44 45-64 65+
Labour Participation Rate % (Excluding FDH) Age Age
Forced Marriage
In the last few years, The Zubin Foundation has worked on 9 cases of Forced Marriage.
We think that this represents only the tip of the iceberg.
Breakout Session1A Women & Girls
Olivia Wong MTR Corporation
ElizabethThomson The Amber Foundation
Rabia Siddiqi Counsellor
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