Key Research Areas
- Gender Impact Assessment
- Gender Sensitive Practice
- Gender and social policy
- Empowerment for Underprivileged Groups
- Marginalization, Stigma, and Identity
- Community development and organizing
- Caregiving and family relations
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Core Areas of Expertise
Dr. Fok's expertise lies in feminist social work, empowerment‑oriented practice, and gender‑based social policy. She draws on community organizing, gender sensitive, and narrative approaches, alongside sustained advocacy for marginalized women. Her work critically examines how intersecting structural and cultural inequalities shape life trajectories, caregiving responsibilities, and access to rights, equity, and social justice.
Recent Publications
2026
2025
- Using Generative-AI to Support Carer Telephone Support Services: Preliminary Findings
2024
- 性／別與社會工作新論
- 性別理論與實踐：時代的轉變與挑戰
- 邁向女性主義的社會工作：社福機構及社會工作教育在提升性／別意識的角色和實踐
2021
- Positive life stories of stroke-survivor's spousal caregiving in Hong Kong: Lessons for policy and practice
2020
- Recipe of life: A relational narrative approach in therapy with persons living with chronic pain.
Awards & Patents
- 2022 Session's Best Presentation Award in 2022 International Conference on Women: Women with Reights—Achieving a Secured Position for Women in a Global Pandemic
- 2006 University of Toronto Fellowship, University of Toronto
- 2001 Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Scholarship, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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