The Centre provides a cooperative framework in which researchers within the University of Hong Kong and in the broader community come together around the common cause of analyzing the diversity of women’s experience in different cultures.

Established in 1995, the WSRC organizes seminars, conferences and symposia on subjects of importance to women and gender studies. It is committed to promoting research in areas crucial to the development of women’s studies, such as gender, cross-cultural awareness, sexuality as well as the transformation of teaching methodologies and curricula.