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As previously stated, women's political participation in China is overwhelmingly low. There is a small proportion of women taking positions at higher levels or any key sectors. Most female leaders usually served in provincial governance and as central government vice-ministers.
Women in China make up approximately 49% of the population. [a] [4] In modern China, the lives of women have changed significantly due to the late Qing dynasty reforms, the changes of the Republican period, the Chinese Civil War, and the rise of the People's Republic of China (PRC). [5]
Category: Chinese women in politics. 16 languages. ... 20th-century Chinese women politicians (127 P) 21st-century Chinese women politicians (1 C, 40 P) *
Chinese President Xi Jinping said women have a critical role and must establish a "new trend of family", as the nation grapples with an ageing population and record decline in the birth rate. Xi ...
As for the future of women in politics in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announced in his speech at the Japan National Press Club on 19 April 2013 that a major goal of his national growth strategy is "having no less than 30 per cent of leadership positions in all areas of society filled by women by 2020." [182]
Chinese women haunted by their parents’ struggles and their own sacrifices under the one-child policy eye parenthood with reluctance – making Beijing’s pro-birth push a tough sell.
[13]: 113 After the founding of the PRC in 1949, newly established local governments continued to prioritize women's political mobilization. [10]: 64 The famous quote from Mao Zedong, reported to have been uttered in 1968, reflects the commitment of the new government of the People's Republic of China: "Women hold up half the sky".
Local women's federations have also long lacked the power to act, causing local women's rights to face unreformed institutional problems such as political marginalization, bureaucracy, and poor implementation, which has hindered the further development of national feminism in China.