A Timeline of the Women’s Rights Movement 1848 – 1998 1848 The world’s first women’s rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, NY, July 19-20. A Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions is debated and signed by 68 women and 32 men, setting the agenda for the women’s rights movement that followed. 1849 Elizabeth Smith Miller…
DetailsWe are watching the situation in Hong Kong closely. Around the world, the United States supports internationally recognized fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. We urge the Hong Kong authorities to exercise restraint, and for protestors to express their views peacefully. The United States supports universal suffrage in…
DetailsA PART OF PHOTOS BY WRIC’s VOLUNTEERS On October 11, 2014, Guizhou Province Miao and Sansui County; farmers, students, workers, merchants, taxi drivers and other demonstrations of tens of thousands of people gathered throughout the day, protested the containment of the county government.That night, thousands of protesters were armed. Riot police, closed all roads…
DetailsSource: Women’s Rights in China volunteer Translated by: Qing Zhang Aug 8,2014 Last February, officials escorted Chinese dissident Lin Zhang’s daughter, Anni, away from her elementary school and detained her for several hours. When three activists, Huapin Li, Cheng…
DetailsSource： WRIC Translated by: Anna Li and Wendy Mei 37 year-old farmer and father of four, Wang Guang Rong, took his own life because of the “more than one child fine”. The “more than one child fine” and the related birth control…
DetailsSource： WRIC 07-29-2014 On July 28, 2014, a full-length play, “Stones of Tiananmen” was stage read for the first…
DetailsSource： WRIC Volunteer: Su, Changlan July 28, 2014 Translated by: Anna Li and Wendy Mei Core Tip: On April 4, 2014, Ma Sheng Fen sent me a message saying:…
DetailsWomen’s Rights in China volunteer: Su Chang Lan Translator: Molly A. Moffitt On the afternoon of June 26, Women’s Rights in China Activists Xie Wen Fei, Wang Fu Lei, and Wang Mo…
DetailsSource: WRIC Translated by Anna Li and Wendy Mei June 7, 2014 Hong Kong Journalist Association said journalists generally believe there is a limited freedom of the press. Hong Kong Reporter Association’s “2014 Annual Report of Freedom of Expression” said, in the past year, there was a significant deterioration in Hong Kong’s freedom of the…
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