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AOFS - Asia-Oceania Federation for Sexology

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Board Members: 
Reiko Ohkawa (Japan) : President (2012-2014)
Margaret Redelman (Australia) : President Elect (2014-2016)
Nam-Cheol Park (Korea) : Vice-President
Arif Adimoelja (Indonesia) : Past-President (2010-2012)
Peicheng Hu (China) : Past President (2008-2010)
Kyoko Yamanaka (Japan) : Secretary General
Srilatha Balasubramanian (Singapore) : Assistant Secretary General
Narayana Reddy (India) : Membership Secretary
Atsushi Nagai (Japan) : Assistant Membership Secretary
Joanna Mak (Hong Kong) : Treasurer
Stanislaus Lai (Hong Kong) : Treasurer

AOFS Foundation

In 1990, Emil Man Lun Ng of the University of Hong Kong invited prominent sexologists from various Asian regions to a "Conference on Sexuality in Asia" in his University. At the end of the Conference, all participants saw the need to form an Asian Federation for Sexology to continue the communication and strengthening of sexuality work in Asian.
In 1992, the Federation was formally registered in Hong Kong with Emil Man Lun Ng as the Foundation President, and the Conference in Hong Kong taken as the First Asian Congress in Sexology.
In 2003, by request of the World Association for Sexology and various sexology organizations in Australia, the Federation formally changed its name to Asia-Oceania Federation for Sexology to include membership from Australia and other Oceania countries
The office bearers and executive committee are selected for periods of 2 years.

 

Presidents of the Federation

1990-1992   Emil Man Lun Ng  (Hong Kong)

1992-1994   Emil Man Lun Ng  (Hong Kong)

1994-1996   Prakash Kothari  (India)

1996-1998   Edwin HW Yen  (Taiwan)

1998-2000   Hyung Ki Choi  (Korea)

2000-2002   Seichi Matsumoto  (Japan)

2002-2004   Ganesan Adaikan  (Singapore)

2004-2006   Prakash Kothari  (India)

2006-2008   Veropal Chandeying  (Thailand)

2008-2010   Hu Peicheng  (China)

2010-2012   Arif Adimoelja  (Indonesia)

2012-2014   Reiko Ohkawa  (Japan)

 

AOFS has biennial Congresses.
The AOFS congress history:

  1   1990  Hong Kong  ‘Sexuality in Asia’

  2   1992  Shanghai   (China)

  3   1994  New Delhi   (India)

  4   1996  Taipei  (Taiwan)

  5   1998  Seoul  (Korea)

  6   2000  Kobe  (Japan)

  7   2002  Singapore

  8   2004  Mumbai  (India) ‘Sexuality in a Changing World’     

  9   2006  Bangkok  (Thailand)  ’Sexuality: No East, No West’

10   2008  Beijing  (China)  ‘Sexual Health, Civilization, Harmony’  

11   2010  Bali  (Indonesia) ‘Sexuality throughout the Life Span’

12   2012  Matsue  (Japan)  ‘Promotion of Sexual Health in Asia-Oceania’

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13   2014  Brisbane  (Australia)

14   2016  Korea