.contact us |.about us
News > National News...
Search:
    Advertisement
Domestic violence facing social scrutiny in China
( 2003-08-22 16:49) (Xinhua)

Wife beating, regarded in traditional Chinese values as the private affair of a family that should not be intervened in, is becoming increasingly a target of social protest and government regulations.

Rong Weiyi, a professor at the Beijing-based Chinese People's Public Security University, said domestic violence, of which wives are the most common victims, is drawing wider attention of society in China.

Women activists believe it is imperative to set up an anti- family violence network led by governments, with the participation of women's federations, law enforcement organs and communities.

According to a survey conducted by the China Law Institute in Gansu, Hunan and Zhejiang provinces, one third of surveyed families have witnessed family violence, in 85 percent of which women were victims.

The survey showed that domestic violence, both physical and mental, can occur in families of any social class.

In traditional Chinese values, men played the dominant role both in the family and society, while women were expected to be subordinate to them, Rong said.

"Social acquiescence and tolerance of domestic violence is partly a result of such mentality," he said.

However, the Chinese Government has made it clear in its plan for women's development for 2001-2010 that violence targeted at women in any form must be prohibited.

The country's first city-level regulation on the prevention of domestic violence was promulgated in Changsha, provincial capital of Hunan in central China in January 1996. In 2000, a provincial law was passed in Hunan, followed by similar laws and regulations in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Heilongjiang and Hubei provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

By May this year, some 11,000 officials with women's federations in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities were appointed by local courts as special jurors for family violence cases. Legal assistance and service organizations sponsored jointly by women's federations and judicial departments were established in 16 provinces. And shelters for victims were set up in 13 provinces.

Non-governmental organizations also play an important role in the prevention of domestic violence, Rong said.

A community intervention program was established in the Hebei district of north China's municipality of Tianjin three years ago by the Beijing-based Hongfeng (Red Maple) Women's Psychology Consulting Service with the cooperation of the local women's federation.

At the end of 1999, the "Anti-Family Violence" program, the first non-governmental organization of its kind, was initiated by the China Law Institute.

The program put forward that living without violence is a right every woman should enjoy and proposed that a national law should be made to better protect women.

Chen Mingxia, a coordinator of the program, said that the proposal on anti-family violence legislation was submitted in March this year to the National People's Congress.

"Though we still have a long way to go, we are at least on the way," Chen said.

 
Close  
   
  Today's Top News   Top National News
   
+WHO: Bird flu death rises to 15; vaccination recommended
(2004-02-05)
+Solana: EU ready to lift China arms embargo
(2004-02-05)
+Nation tops TV, cell phone, monitor production
(2004-02-05)
+Absence ... still makes China hot
(2004-02-05)
+Hu: Developing world in key role
(2004-02-04)
+China confident of curbing bird flu: official
(2004-02-05)
+Absence ... still makes China hot
(2004-02-05)
+Department store faces music in copyright case
(2004-02-04)
+Official: Bird flu basically under control in China
(2004-02-05)
+Possible punishment for gay pimps
(2004-02-05)
   
  Go to Another Section  
     
 
 
     
  Article Tools  
     
   
     
   
        .contact us |.about us
  Copyright By chinadaily.com.cn. All rights reserved  
主站蜘蛛池模板: 乱亲玉米地初尝云雨| 制服丝袜自拍偷拍| 538国产在线搬运工视频| 好男人在线社区www在线视频一 | 久久人妻无码中文字幕| 欧美亚洲日本视频| 亚洲精品国产福利片| 精产国品一二三产区M553| 四虎精品影院永久在线播放| 高h视频在线播放| 国产精品28p| 6080夜福利| 美女图片在线视频精品播放| 国内精品伊人久久久久av影院| www.日本在线视频| 忍住北条麻妃10分钟让你中出| 中日韩国语视频在线观看| 日韩av一中美av一中文字慕| 做zm被逮判几年| 精品综合久久久久久97| 国产va免费精品观看精品| 青青国产在线视频| 国产在线资源站| 91华人在线视频| 国产日韩精品欧美一区| 777奇米影视四色永久| 国精产品自偷自偷综合下载| 99视频在线免费看| 最近中文字幕的在线mv视频| 亚洲日产韩国一二三四区| 波多野结衣1区| 免看**毛片一片成人不卡| 精品一区二区91| 免费鲁丝片一级观看| 精品国产日韩久久亚洲| 又紧又大又爽精品一区二区| 被夫上司持续侵犯7天| 国产偷v国产偷v国产| 香瓜七兄弟第二季| 国产区视频在线| 黑猫福利精品第一视频|