Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to examine generally how Chinese women fared under communism and more specifically, delve into how marketization has adversely impacted the status of women in China. It is this author's contention that despite the overall improvements in the standard of living, Chinese women are increasingly being marginalized economically. The long-term effects of subjugating the advancement of women for the immediate benefits of China's experimentation with a market economy hold vast implications for the future of the country. As China progresses economically, politically and socially, it cannot afford to leave half of its population behind as it marches toward the next century.
Automated Citation
Anna M. Han,
Holding-Up More Than Half the Sky: Marketization and the Status of Women in China
, 11 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 791
(2001),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/facpubs/33
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