On March 16, 2013, Edison, New Jersey’s Visionary Lions Club organized the “2013 International Women’s Day Celebration.” Those in attendance included Edison mayor Antonia Ricigliano, New Jersey senator and Democratic Party candidate for governor Barbara Buono, and eminent female lawyers, while a group of girls put on a dance performance. The documentary film “It’s a…
DetailsSource: LGBT ASYLUM NEWSAuthor: PAUL CANNINGPulsihed Time: January 5th, 2012 Increased awareness is changing what was stigmatized treatment of HIV/AIDS in China. This year the country will host its first AIDS Walk, which will include a trek along the Great Wall. There are officially 780,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China, but stigma and discrimination…
DetailsBy YANG YU, Women’s Rights in China Dec. 11, 2012 Sponsored by Women’s Rights in China and joined by several activism organizations, the New York Memorial for Tibetan and Han self-immolation…
DetailsSource: Women’s Rights in China Author: YANG YU Pulsihed Time: 2012-12-12 Sponsored by Women’s Rights in China and joined by several activism organizations, the New York Memorial for Tibetan and Han self-immolation protests was held on Dec. 11, 2012, to show the concern for those dead and wounded Tibetan and Han people for defending human…
DetailsTranslator: Bi, Tianqi Author: WRIC Reporter: Cheng Yao 2012-08-16 From Women’s Rights in China (WRIC) During the visit with friends to the Phoenix County of Tujia Minority Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province, I walked into a bachelor’s village named Xia Qian Tan when going to a mountain village which appeared in the TV…
DetailsSource: http://pelosi.house.gov Author: http://pelosi.house.govPulsihed Time: June 5, 2012 Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616 Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after meeting with Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijing, in New York City: “It was an honor and a privilege to meet Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan…
DetailsWRIC 3-20-2012 During China’s bid for the Olympics in 2001, Beijing Olympic official Liu Jingmin stated that the 2008 Olympic games would be “an opportunity to foster democracy, improve human rights, and integrate China with the rest of the world.” China’s leaders want the world…
DetailsNTD reporters Li Ting and Zhou Ping 05-10-2011 The phenomenon of child brides resurges in China. New York-based NGO Women’s Rights in China’ director Zhang Jing investigated child brides. In…
DetailsConfucian Ideas about Women Confucian thoughts have greatly influenced the minds of China. During the Han dynasty, Confucianism became a part of the official education, which helped spread it across China. In later dynasties, male authority was enforced which brought a woman’s status down. In the Confucian society, women were to hold a lower position…
DetailsIn the weeks since the North China Child Rescue Operations concluded on Dec. 22nd 2011, WRIC’s Huijiawang had received nearly a hundred tips. 12 cases of missing children had been confirmed through files. Liu Ying, a girl aged three, had been reunited with her parents. Our volunteers are actively trying to communicate with the parents…
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