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WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN CHINA
About Us
WHO WE ARE
Standing up for women and children.
Registered in New York in 2007, Women’s Rights in China is an independent, nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, unaffiliated with any government, political party or religious group. Our volunteers come from different countries and cultural backgrounds, united by universal human rights.
OUR MISSION
Dignity. Equality. Justice.
We protect and advance the political, economic, social and cultural rights of women and children in China. We expose social injustice, advocate for vulnerable groups and cooperate with allied organizations on charitable projects.
WHAT WE DO
Documentation, advocacy and practical assistance.
Anti-Kidnapping ↗
Assistance for Rural Girls ↗
Hu Zukun Said WRIC’s Subsidy is Very Helpful
Li Yuanlong 11-2010 When Hu Xianrong's grandfather Hu Zukun came to Haizi Street to get the assistance subsidy on October 20th, he said that…
Child Brides ↗
First Lady of China, What Have You Done for Iron-Chain Girls?
Netizens reposted a video clip of China's First Lady Peng Liyuan attending the 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education award cere…
Forced Abortion ↗
China’s one-child policy hangover: Scarred women dismiss Beijing’s pro-birth agenda
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Orphans ↗
Why did China stop its foreign adoption program?
author: Yuchen Li 09-08-2024 On August 28, China ended an overseas adaption program that had been in place for more than three decades. Conf…
OUR FOOTSTEPS
Our footsteps
A geographical record of past projects and fieldwork.
OUR STORY
A history of commitment.
WRIC is founded
Registered in New York, WRIC brings together volunteers across countries and cultural backgrounds to advocate for women and children in China.
The Orphans of Shao
Publication of The Orphans of Shao, with an e-book released in September, documents children taken from their families and the search for truth.
Documenting coercive birth policies
WRIC publishes 被國策處決的胎兒, preserving women’s and families’ accounts of coercive family-planning policies.
Preserving names; recognition of the work
WRIC publishes 計劃生育犧牲者名單 (List of Victims of Family Planning). On May 30 in Los Angeles, it receives three awards: two from the Visual Artists Guild and one from Congressman Ted W. Lieu.
Ten years of commitment
WRIC publishes The Status of Females in Rural China as an e-book. Its tenth-anniversary reflection honors volunteers’ commitment and remembers lives lost to persecution.
Speaking at CSW63
WRIC is invited to speak at a panel associated with the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
The actual social status of Chinese women
Jing Zhang speaks on “The Actual Social Status of Chinese Women” at a CSW65-related webinar.
Collective advocacy and public testimony
WRIC protests outside the United Nations in New York over the “chained woman” case and trafficking, calling for an investigation and for UNESCO to revoke Peng Liyuan’s special-envoy title. It pays tribute to imprisoned women prisoners of conscience and joins calls for the U.S. government to oppose the Beijing Winter Olympics.