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3 Aug 2021

Racially inclusive school team wins video contest for educating ethnic minorities on sexual harassment prevention

Creativity and an inclusive spirit shine through in the work by a racially diverse secondary school team which won the Breaking Racial Barriers: Educational Programme on Preventing Sexual Harassment Video Contest for Young People 2020/21 organized by The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK) with the aim to educate ethnic minorities on the prevention of sexual harassment. FPAHK today held an awards presentation ceremony to commend all the winners and launch the newly published versions of “Understanding Sexual Harassment Pamphlet” in English and three ethnic minorities’ languages. 

Regardless of age, gender or race, learning how to tackle sexual harassment lays the foundation of self-protection and a society with equal opportunities. Nevertheless, educational resources for ethnic minorities regarding sexual harassment are limited due to language barriers. At the same time, cultural differences might deter ethnic minorities from seeking help. Sponsored by the Equal Opportunities Commission’s (EOC) “Community Participation Funding Programme on Equal Opportunities”, FPAHK has organized this video contest from December last year to May this year, inviting all youths in Hong Kong to create videos no longer than 5 minutes with any video recording equipment, in any form, such as interviews, micro movies, animations and documentaries, and in any language with English subtitles. The videos would help ethnic minorities understand the definition of sexual harassment and how to deal with it and seek help, avoid becoming a sexual harasser and equip them with the ability to handle it. 

At the awards ceremony, Guest of Honour Ms. Florence Chan, Senior Corporate Communications Manager of EOC, presented the awards to the winners. The champion work, titled “Say No To Sexual Harassment, Be Brave To Say It Out Loud!”, was created by an 18-strong racially diverse team from The Church of Christ in China Kwei Wah Shan College and also won the “Online Popularity Award” by receiving most “likes” from Facebook users. This video tells the story of Crisha who feels disturbed after being sexually harassed. Fortunately, with the support and encouragement from schoolmates and teachers, she eventually overcomes the distress from sexual harassment and gains the confidence to encourage others to “Say No to Sexual Harassment!” Thais, Nepalese, Filipinos, Pakistanis and Chinese students in the school were invited to participate in the production of this video and creation of a song for it. In the video, students of different nationalities chant the slogan, “Say No To Sexual Harassment, Be Brave To Say It Out Loud!”, in their own mother tongues, to allow different races to grasp this key to preventing sexual harassment. This work scores high marks in content, creativity and visual and aesthetic sense with full marks in cultural sensitivity. 

“Say No To Sexual Harassment, Be Brave To Say It Out Loud!” :

www.facebook.com/FPAHK.Education/videos/922694674973862/

https://youtu.be/X6vXRAoprco    

The first runner-up work, titled “咪忍鳥”, was created by an 8-strong team from Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College. This video is composed of three sexual harassment scenarios occurring in a work setting, between a service provider and a user and during a healthcare consultation. Each is completed with explanation on the definition and impacts of sexual harassment and the ways to deal with it and seek help. The scenarios allow viewers to sympathize with the victims. This work scores high marks in content, creativity, visual and aesthetic sense and cultural sensitivity. 

咪忍鳥

www.facebook.com/FPAHK.Education/videos/2628283870801536/

https://youtu.be/97thMXqVNA0

The second runner-up work, titled “面對性騷擾 堅決Say NO!”, was created by a 5-strong team from the Hong Kong Education University. The use of animation allows children and parents to easily grasp the keys to preventing sexual harassment. The panda in the video represents the human body and its rarity symbolizes that everyone’s body is precious and should be treasured. The picture of different animals being hands in hands towards the end represents breaking of racial barriers and making joint efforts in preventing sexual harassment. It also reminds parents to start sexuality education for their children and teach them self-protection at an early age. This work scores high marks in creativity and visual and aesthetic sense. 

面對性騷擾 堅決Say NO!”

www.facebook.com/FPAHK.Education/videos/1982852885229960/ 

https://youtu.be/uUMjgI4xpEo

FPAHK’s Education Manager Ms. Grace Lee said, “Image recording has become a popular means among youths to express their thoughts and ideas. This video contest serves to increase the awareness of sexual harassment among students, including ethnic minorities. It is thought-provoking and inspires them to express their understanding about this topic and convey the messages on preventing sexual harassment to their peers creatively in a lighthearted approach.” 

Mr. Ricky Chu Man-kin, Chairperson of EOC said, “The Breaking Racial Barriers: Educational Programme on Preventing Sexual Harassment for Secondary Students 2020/21 is so meaningful that it has successfully engaged young people from different racial groups to take part in the project in addition to enhancing the awareness of ethnic minority groups towards sexual harassment.  EOC is pleased to support the project through the Community Participation Funding Programme on Equal Opportunities to combat sexual harassment and create an inclusive society.”  

All winning works have been uploaded onto FPAHK’s Sexuality Education Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/FPAHK.Education/  for public appreciation. 

Under this programme, FPAHK has also published updated versions of “Understanding Sexual Harassment Pamphlet” in English and three ethnic minorities’ languages, namely Hindi, Nepali and Urdu, so as to effectively disseminate the messages on sexual harassment prevention among ethnic minority youths and meet education workers’ needs for these resources. The pamphlets’ content was written by FPAHK’s experienced education officers and translated by qualified translation firms. According to Census and Statistics Department’s “2016 Population By-census Thematic Report: Ethnic Minorities”, there were more than 580,000 ethnic minorities residing in Hong Kong in 2016, which constituted 8% of the whole population, and the majority were Filipinos, Indonesians, Indians, Nepalese, Pakistanis and Thais.

English, Hindi, Nepali and Urdu versions of “Understanding Sexual Harassment Pamphlet”

FPAHK has printed more than 1,000 copies of the pamphlets in different languages for schools, education institutions and service organizations to distribute to ethnic minority students and service users. The pamphlets are available for download for educational purposes on FPAHK’s Sexuality Education Website (www.famplan.org.hk/sexedu/en) and to order by filling this online form at t.ly/h9ZH. For enquiries about FPAHK’s education resources, please contact the staff of Activity & Resource Centre at 2919-7793. 

In addition to educational support from FPAHK, EOC’s Anti-Sexual Harassment Hotline 2106-2222 provides the public with information, including Sex Discrimination Ordinance, complaint procedure and community resources, to help tackle sexual harassment. Please refer to www.eoc.org.hk/s/ashu/indexE.html for details.

The teams of The Church of Christ in China Kwei Wah Shan College and Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College in a group photo with the guestsThe team of The Church of Christ in China Kwei Wah Shan College is awarded Champion and the "Online Popularity Award"The team of Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College is awarded the First Runner-up