Hong Kong Women Doctors Association
Hong Kong Women Doctors Association Limited
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
About
Founded in 2006, Hong Kong Women Doctors Association is a non-profit association based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong working on gender equality, health, community development.
The Hong Kong Women Doctors Association (HKWDA) is a non-profit association founded in October 2006 by female doctors from different specialties and generations. It aims to promote the interests and welfare of women in the medical profession in Hong Kong. Its activities include continuing medical education, mentorship and careers talks for medical students, and community service for grassroots and underprivileged people in Hong Kong. It also provides public health information and maintains professional links with women doctors in mainland China, the Greater Bay Area and internationally. Membership is open to female medical students and registered female medical practitioners in Hong Kong, with male medical students and practitioners able to join as Friends of HKWDA.
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Mentor-Mentee Student Program
Education · Hong Kong
Pairs practising women doctors as mentors with medical students.
Microsurgical Skills Workshop
Education · Hong Kong
Hands-on microsurgical suturing training for medical students, held with CUHK Ophthalmic Microsurgical Training Centre.
Ripples Action
Gender equality · Hong Kong
Community service programme empowering women from vulnerable backgrounds, including a community service project in Yuen Long.
Hong Kong Foreign Domestic Worker Health Initiative
Health · Hong Kong
Health checks and health education for female migrant workers.
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Hong Kong Trade Development Council, CUHK Ophthalmic Microsurgical Training Centre, Shenzhen Medical Women's Association, Guangdong Medical Women's Association, Medical Women International Association, Philippines Medical Women's Association
