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After #MeToo comes Now What? as women host forum to push for change in Hong Kong community

Four women with completely different backgrounds aim to challenge community through face-to-face discussions

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This is giving people the autonomy to change themselves and then to change their situation, one of the organisers said. Photo: AFP
Rachel Leung

It is time to allow sexual harassment victims the chance to share their nightmares with one another, face-to-face, instead of just hiding behind the screen and keyboard in the #MeToo movement, said the organisers of a discussion forum.

Four women with completely different backgrounds joined hands to organise the first discussion last week, aiming to throw a big mark into the community by asking them “Now What?”

“For change to happen, you cannot rely on anyone, this is giving people the autonomy to change themselves and then to change their situation,” says Keshia Hannam, one of the four organisers who is also co-founder of a women’s network Camel Assembly.

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“Now What?” is the question that came after #MeToo posts blew up in Hong Kong last month following shocking revelations that 23-year-old hurdling champion Vera Lui Lai-yiu was sexually assaulted by a coach 10 years ago.
Beauty queen Louisa Mak Ming-sze, Miss Hong Kong in 2015, also then spoke up on social media about having been sexually assaulted in the past.
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Hurdler Vera Lui revealed she had been sexually assaulted by a coach 10 years ago. Photo: Warton Li
Hurdler Vera Lui revealed she had been sexually assaulted by a coach 10 years ago. Photo: Warton Li
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