Investigation into “the Characteristic and Demands of Macau Women”

Dr. Agnes Lam, the assistant professor of Department of Communication in Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of UM, member of the Consultative Committee of women Affairs were invited by Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau to host a theme talk on topic of “the Characteristic and Demands of Macau Women” in the morning of Dec 4.
Before the talk, students presented a self-made comedic short film about changes of the Macau women’s social status from time immemorial to introduce the theme. Previously women were regarded the weak community, but with the progression of society, their social status were raised constantly.
According to the finding of a study conducted in 2008 on topic of “Study on the Overall Situation and Demands of Macau Women”, Dr. Lam interpreted to the participants the characteristic, living status and demands of the Macau female today, of which, a series of existing health problems attracted concerns from teachers and students.
Assistant to President Xing Zhi Hong presented souvenir to Dr. Agnes Lam
Generally speaking, the wage level of women with lower income goes too slow to catch the rapid development of Macau’s whole economy. They think little of their health; take less regular body check-up than the middle-class female. With a stronger family value in comparison with those in neighboring areas, they would rather stay home being housewives after marriage, thus always suffering from emotional disturbance. The interviewees showed their needs for elderly-care, counseling and nursery services, yet these mental health services in the community are lack in supply at present.
Besides, Dr. Lam also put forward the problem concerning the moving up of Macau Women’s childbearing age. Since the shortage of medical staff in gynaecological and obstetrical department becomes more and more crucial, we have to face up to the issue whether the related medical resources for the elder parturient women are sufficient or not. In conclusion, the finding disclosed the serious insufficiency in Macau’s caring service, mental consultancy and nursery services had influence on female’s health to a certain extent. Through the talk, the participants realized that they should give more concerns and put emphasis on women’s health problem in future, especially those elder pregnant women and housewives. Questions were raised by many students following the talk arousing warm and active atmosphere.