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littlefox
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June 28, 2005 - 09:15 AM |
 
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| Post subject: China amending law to prevent sexual harassment |
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/200 5/June/theworld_June645.xml§ion=theworld&col=
BEIJING - China plans to officially make sexual harassment a crime as part of changes to the law that will also for the first time give the policy of gender equality a legal base, state media said on Sunday.
Amendments to the law on the protection of women’s rights will state unequivocally that it is illegal to subject women to sexual harassment, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The amendments will also order all enterprises and government offices to take steps to prevent the occurrence of sexual harassment, according to the agency. (hmmmmmm?)
A draft of the amendments was submitted to legislators meeting in Beijing Sunday, Xinhua said.
The amended law will also explicitly state for the first time that gender equality is part of national policy in China, Xinhua said, citing lawmakers.
Sexual harassment is “a growing social problem” in China, according to a report in the China Daily on May 20.
“The rising number of cases shows that women still occupy a lower position in society, and are therefore more vulnerable to exploitation and bullying by men,” the paper wrote.
It said a “considerable number” of women have been sexually harassed at some point and to varying degrees, causing emotional trauma or even personal injury.
In the case of career women, offenders typically abuse their authority, combining threats of discharge or defamation with inducements of promotions and pay rises to force female subordinates to submit to their advances.
Chinese women have suffered in silence because there are no explicit laws targeting and defining the issue, it said.
“Although the number of sexual harassment incidents has risen consistently over the years, very few women have initiated legal proceedings against their offenders,” Wang Fengxiang, a lawyer with Zhengyida Law Firm in northwestern China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, told the paper.
Well, let's see how it works. |
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rutuman
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Joined: June 21, 2005
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June 29, 2005 - 10:20 PM |
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i guess foreigners playing with chinese girls wont be on the schedule? lets hope so lf, 4 ur sake
is gettin fleeced, ur passport, half ur inheritance, all ur "face" and years of ur life considered "sexual harassment"?
the police would find it easy to capture them.
just send a notice, "ur passport has been apporved, come and collect" |
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