Ten Years of Chinese Women's Studies (1995-2005): Responding to the Beijing Platform for Action

Author: Tan Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The Women's Studies Forum presents this book as a tribute to the 10th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, this book addresses 15 aspects, including women and poverty, women and education, women and health, violence against women, women and economy, women and political participation, women's human rights and law, women and media, the survival and development of girl children, women's organizations, women and culture, elderly women, marriage and family, and discipline construction. It covers the major areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action and reflects the hot topics in women/gender studies in China since the Fourth World Conference on Women, as well as the development trajectory in research fields, perspectives, and depth.