Women’s Rights in China Condemns Su Changlan Sentencing in Fuoshan Court
By WRIC Apr 01, 2017 On March 31, 2017, women’s rights activist Ms. Su Changlan was sentenced…
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A Meteor Across the Night Sky—Harry Wu and the Laogai Museum
August 23, 2016 by Jing Zhang I received a call from a former prisoner of conscious still living in China. The caller gave his condolences and asked for information on Mr. Wu. He also asked whether the Laogai Research Foundation would continue to sponsor jailed dissidents or their families. I replied that all of…
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Can the Two-Child Policy Improve the Human Rights Situation in China?
Author: Jing Zhang Translantor: Jennifer Yuan Women’s Rights in China Director Jing Zhang was invited to give a speech at the conference “The Prospects for Democratization in China” organized by The China Democracy Forum, New York University (NYU)…
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Viral Ad Sparks Outpouring for ‘Leftover Women’ in China
VOA Joyce Huang April 12, 2016 An emotional advertisement about “leftover women” in China, which has gone viral, has uncovered not only the society’s deep-rooted discrimination against single women, but also the Chinese government’s inaction in tackling gender inequity issues, analysts say. The four-minute-long document-style video, part…
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By SBS reporter Katrina Yu A Beijing women’s legal aid law firm has submitted a formal report pressing the Chinese government for more clarification on the country’s recently enacted domestic violence law. The new law was celebrated by women’s rights activists around the country, but many are critical of certain gaps and a lack of…
DetailsWE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Pressure Hong Kong and China governments to be transparent in the disappearance of 5 booksellers from Hong Kong
NorCal HK Club Published Date: Jan 10, 2016 1) Both governments should also ensure Chinese law enforcement agents stop operating in Hong Kong. These five book sellers are the shareholders/co-owners of Mighty Current Media, known for publishing books critical of Chinese senior officials. Reports from Hong Kong media has rumored some of them had been snatched…
DetailsReal Housewives of the Upper East Side
By Nian Hu Financial dependency and gender roles in marriage By definition, a housewife is a woman whose main occupation is running her family’s household and who does not work outside the home. She is, for the most part, financially dependent on her husband, the breadwinner of the family. But the women described…
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By Nian Hu Loosening standards for men while tightening standards for women What makes a man “hot”?”? If we take a look at the list of the sexiest men alive—a list that includes actors Channing Tatum, Ryan Reynolds, and Chris Hemsworth—we notice that they all have a similar body type, with glistening washboard abs…
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By Nian Hu, a student at Harvard The stigmatization of menstruation Call it the crimson wave, Aunt Flo, or cousin red—call it anything but what it actually is. Menstruation, the process by which the body sheds the lining of the uterus through the vagina, is all too familiar to any woman of childbearing age.…
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