Hong Kong women have made great strides in earning university degrees and landing well-paying jobs, but let’s not forget the less rosy reality of a widening gender pay gap. Photo: Sam Tsang Hong Kong women have made great strides in earning university degrees and landing well-paying jobs, but let’s not forget the less rosy reality of a widening gender pay gap. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong women have made great strides in earning university degrees and landing well-paying jobs, but let’s not forget the less rosy reality of a widening gender pay gap. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Be wary of effusive praise for women’s achievements – gender inequality is still entrenched in Hong Kong

Alice Wu says despite progress, we are a long way from gender equality, and even well-meaning attempts to extol successes tend to leave out inconvenient truths

Alice Wu
Alice Wu

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Hong Kong women have made great strides in earning university degrees and landing well-paying jobs, but let’s not forget the less rosy reality of a widening gender pay gap. Photo: Sam Tsang Hong Kong women have made great strides in earning university degrees and landing well-paying jobs, but let’s not forget the less rosy reality of a widening gender pay gap. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong women have made great strides in earning university degrees and landing well-paying jobs, but let’s not forget the less rosy reality of a widening gender pay gap. Photo: Sam Tsang
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