"A fervent activist aims to convince maltreated wives and daughters that they are men's equals."L.A. Times article on feminist activism in rural China
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(...) Along with her 14-year-old magazine, Xie founded the Cultural Development Center for Rural Women, China's first nongovernmental organization focused on women living outside the city.She has sponsored programs in literacy training and suicide prevention, as well as some aimed at increasing women's political participation. She dispenses micro-loans for enterprising rural women.
These days, she focuses on the plight of China's largest underclass -- the millions of women who leave the countryside as migrant workers -- and especially on abduction and trafficking schemes that enslave women as prostitutes.(...)
Fascinating article but... American media expressing concern for women's rights in a country? Uh oh, looks like another war up ahead... According to U of Ottawa Professor Michel Chossudovsky, there are already 29 U.S. Army bases encircling China.
[ 07 January 2008: Message edited by: martin dufresne ]