The Second Graduation Ceremony of the Capacity Building Mileage Programme was held on May 12 2006 at Hong Kong Baptist University Academy Hall. Certificates were awarded to a total of 323 graduates. Among them, 171 have accumulated 25 mileage points and were awarded Level 1 Certificate, 80 awarded Level 2 Certificate (with 50 mileage points), 44 awarded Level 3 Certificate (with 75 mileage points), and 28 awarded Level 4 Certificate (with 100 mileage points).

At the ceremony, certificates were also presented to learners and collaborating community organizations with outstanding performance.

Officiating at the ceremony were the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr York Chow; Women's Commission Chairperson, Ms. Sophia Kao; President of The Open University of Hong Kong, Professor C. Y. Leong; General Manager of Commercial Radio, Ms. Rita Chan; Deputy Secretary of Education and Manpower Bureau, Mrs. Betty Fung; and Director, LiPACE, The Open University of Hong Kong, Professor Lui Yu-hon.

Over 500 family members and friends of the graduates, as well as guests from various sectors of the community also attended the ceremony to share the joy of the graduates.

This is the sixth year since the establishment of the Women's Commission. The Commission organised a conference entitled "Together We Build a Harmonious Community" in June to review its work in the first five years, and to provide an opportunity for people from all sectors who were concerned about women issues to discuss issues related to the well-being of women and to explore the future direction and strategies to promote gender equality and the status of women.

(1) Pre-Conference Events

(2) Conference

Conference Programme

The Women's Commission is undertaking two IWD-related initiatives in support of the Commission's coming five years' overarching theme of "Together We Build a Harmonious Community". The two initiatives are: (a) to organise a mini-exhibition on good practices on women's contribution towards promoting family and social harmony; and (b) to produce information leaflets listing activities of various organisations to celebrate IWD or activities with the themes of family/social harmony. We invite all interested organisations and community groups to participate in these two activities. With your strong support, we believe that we could work together to make the 2006 IWD the most meaningful and widely celebrated! (Programme Details and Means to participate)

Following on the successful footsteps of the first two series of "Women with Dreams" jointly produced by the Women's Commission and Radio Television Hong Kong in 2002-03 and 2004, a new series of docu-drama "Women with Dreams III" has been produced. Ten independent stories will be featured around the experiences and encounters of various female characters. Different aspects of life of women and people around them, including women's capacity building, gender awareness, caring families, women's safety, gender prejudices and barriers encountered, are presented. Please watch out for the broadcast, which is from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Sunday during the period of 12 February - 16 April 2006 on TVB Jade. The programme can also be viewed at RTHK's website.