Chinese Women: Holding Up the Sky or a Glass Ceiling?

Courtesy:Young Minds of C3S Medium page

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Vishwesh Sundar is Member, YMC3S highlights the changing role of women in Chinese society during Mao’s era and post-Mao era.

Mao is famously quoted for his phrase “women hold up half the sky” or in other words, half of the workforce. He considered women comrades as an asset for his country. In addition, feminism in China was a result of ‘state policy’ rather than activism from various feminist groups, as in western societies[i]. However, the notions of feminism have constantly been changing and evolving through the years in China... Click here to read the full article