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“They still haven’t named a woman to the Standing Committee,” she said. “There has not been any concrete achievement at all for women in the last couple of decades and there is evidence that the status of women is actually decreasing.”

China Needs to Spare the Rod in Childrearing | Womens eNews

A 2004 survey by the China Women’s Federation found that 16% of women admitted to being beaten and 14.4% of men admitted they beat their spouses. Juan Wu says the traditional mistreatment of children is where the work against domestic violence begins.