Security officials order activists not to commemorate UN’s Fourth Conference on Women as Chinese president appears in original York for gender equality summitExactly 20 years ago,He Xiaopei set off into the rain for a bike ride that would change her life.
The 38-year-old bureaucrat was bound for Beijing’s northern suburbs where more than 30000 NGO workers, activists and officials from around the globe had gathered in tents and half-built auditoriums to push for gender equality. Related: China’s domestic violence victims could benefit from original legal protections Related: China's Liu Yandong carries the hopes – and fears – of modern feminism Chinese authorities should immediately release “Beijing+20 five.” unhappy reflection on women’s rights are human rights.” #FreeBeijing20Five Related: Meet the Chinese women standing up to inequality Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com