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dc.contributor.authorYang, Sadie*
dc.contributor.authorLi, Ao*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:16:26Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:16:26Zen
dc.date.issued2009-07-01en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552070903009825
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131698en
dc.descriptionIn its 2005 White Paper on Gender Equality, China announced that its legal system offers women workers complete protection of their rights and interests. However, this strong political declaration has to face an uncomfortable ‘reality check’. New forms of gender discrimination at the workplace have emerged in more subtle ways, and usually under the disguise of protecting women, as authorities have outlawed traditional types of prejudice based on gender. This article draws on a survey of opinions in 25 cities about women in the workplace, to demonstrate how pervasive attitudes to men and women in China have systemically worked against women at work in the new reform era. The article goes on to examine the effectiveness of existing gender equality laws, and identifies their weaknesses. In China promoting gender equality is a course of promoting long-lasting changes in society. In the final part of the article, the authors make concrete suggestions to legislators, judiciary, and international donors on remedying workplace inequalities in China. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent13en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/legal-protection-against-gender-discrimination-in-the-workplace-in-china-131698
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectGovernance and citizenship
dc.titleLegal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in Chinaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryChinaen
oxfam.subject.keywordGender mainstreaming
oxfam.subject.keywordLabour standards
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameWorken
prism.number2en
prism.volume17en
dc.year.issuedate2009en


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