Women’s public role shrinks in China as official rhetoric shift towards family: Study
- The study found that the association between women and the private sphere remained strong throughout the period analysed, according to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, which published an article covering parts of the study on Sunday.
- The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long portrayed the protection of women’s rights as one of its achievements, but studies have found that their role in public life has diminished in recent years.
- For decades, the party promoted Mao Zedong’s slogan that “women hold up half the sky” as a guiding principle for gender equality.
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- The study found that the association between women and the private sphere remained strong throughout the period analysed, according to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, which published an article covering parts of the study on Sunday.
- The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long portrayed the protection of women’s rights as one of its achievements, but studies have found that their role in public life has diminished in recent years.
- For decades, the party promoted Mao Zedong’s slogan that “women hold up half the sky” as a guiding principle for gender equality.
Sources: Times of India