Women in China make up approximately 49% of the population. In modern China, the lives of women have changed significantly due to the late Qing dynasty...

Women in ancient and imperial China were restricted from participating in various realms of social life, through social stipulations that they remain...

the census data in China has recorded a significant imbalance in the sex ratio toward the male population, meaning there are fewer women than men. This...

Abortion in China is legal at all stages of pregnancy and generally accessible nationwide. Abortions are available to most women through China's family...

Women in China are under-represented in government, especially in high-ranking positions. In ancient and historical China, women were restricted from many...

World War II, Japanese troops forced hundreds of thousands of women from Australia, Burma, China, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Indonesia...

one of China's leading experts on prostitution, argues that "invisible" prostitution — in the form of women providing sexual services to cadres in exchange...

Among the GII components, China's maternal mortality ratio was 32 out of 100,000 live births. In education 58.7 percent of women age 25 and older had completed...

Feminism in China refers to the collection of historical movements and ideologies in time aimed at redefining the role and status of women in China. Feminism...

In China, women had different kinds of clothes in ancient times. Those clothes changed with the dynasty. For examples, in the 1920s, the Cheongsam was...

China is a main source and also a significant transit and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to trafficking in persons...

The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China...

Women's health in China refers to the health of women in People's Republic of China (PRC), which is different from men's health in China in many ways...

China has a history of female infanticide which spans 2,000 years. When Christian missionaries arrived in China in the late sixteenth century, they witnessed...

Women in agriculture in China make up a diverse group of women who support agricultural activities in their country. Because China is a large country,...

changes, including the elevation of women's status and the gradual dilution of traditional customs. In contemporary China, although men still dominate the...

globalization on women in China examines the role and status of Chinese women relative to the political and cultural changes that have taken place in the 20th...

domestic violence. In 2004, the All-China Women’s Federation compiled survey results to show that thirty percent of the women in China experienced domestic...

19th century 40–50% of all Chinese women may have had bound feet, rising to almost 100% among upper-class Han Chinese women. In the late 19th century, Christian...

the Republic of China is considered the origin of modern fashion in China. Cheongsam is the traditional dress of Chinese women in China and the world,...

North Korean women fall victim to human trafficking upon migrating to the neighboring country of China. North Korea's discrimination of women in the workforce...

Slavery in China has taken various forms throughout history. Slavery was nominally abolished in 1910, although the practice continued until at least 1949...

medical college for women in China. Known as the Hackett Medical College for Women (夏葛女子醫學院), this college was located in Guangzhou, China, and was enabled...

Mental health in China is a growing issue. Experts have estimated that about 130 million adults living in China are suffering from a mental disorder....

parents in old age, while women are not. Further, Chinese agrarian society influences sex preference, as agriculture is often perceived as men's work in China...

Social issues in China are wide-ranging, and are a combined result of Chinese economic reforms set in place in the late 1970s, the nation's political and...

Although women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II, economic conditions for women remain unbalanced. Modern...

author writes: since women in China are always subject to abuse, the history of women is, naturally the history of abuse of women in China. The author revealed...

male feminists in early feminism in China represented the image of ideal women in the imagination of men. Key female feminists in China in the 19th to 20th...

Sheng nü (Chinese: 剩女; pinyin: shèngnǚ), translated as 'leftover women' or 'leftover ladies', are women who remain unmarried in their late twenties and...