Latest items for China
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"They [Chinese women in rural areas fighting to get their rights to land ownership back, which they lost due to marrying outside their village in rural China] are also exposing a gap between the ruling Communist Party’s words and its actions. Many courts, which are controlled by the party, refuse to take on the women’s lawsuits. Even when women win favorable rulings, local officials have refused to implement them, fearing social unrest. Women have been harassed, beaten or detained for pursuing their rights in these cases" (para 9).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"They [Chinese women in rural areas fighting to get their rights to land ownership back, which they lost due to marrying outside their village in rural China] are also exposing a gap between the ruling Communist Party’s words and its actions. Many courts, which are controlled by the party, refuse to take on the women’s lawsuits. Even when women win favorable rulings, local officials have refused to implement them, fearing social unrest. Women have been harassed, beaten or detained for pursuing their rights in these cases" (para 9).
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"That was the question [why Chinese women in rural China lose government payouts that were rightfully theirs at birth because of marrying an outsider] uniting these women in Guangdong Province, in southern China. They were joining a growing number of rural women, all across the country, who are finding each other to confront a longstanding custom of denying them land rights — all because of whom they had married" (para 4). "Now, women [Chinese women who have lost rights to land ownership and other benefits because of marrying someone outside their village in rural China] are fighting back, in a rare bright spot for women’s rights and civil society. They...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"That was the question [why Chinese women in rural China lose government payouts that were rightfully theirs at birth because of marrying an outsider] uniting these women in Guangdong Province, in southern China. They were joining a growing number of rural women, all across the country, who are finding each other to confront a longstanding custom of denying them land rights — all because of whom they had married" (para 4). "Now, women [Chinese women who have lost rights to land ownership and other benefits because of marrying someone outside their village in rural China] are fighting back, in a rare bright spot for women’s rights and civil society. They...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"For decades, women in this situation [of being married to someone outside of their village in rural China, therefore losing land rights and benefits] had little recourse. Some accepted their deprivation as normal. But there are signs of a quiet resistance unfolding as women have become more educated and found more ways to connect with one another. The number of court rulings involving the words “married-out women” jumped to nearly 5,000 five years ago from 450 in 2013, according to official data" (para 18). This information shows that the rise in women's awareness of their rights, along with education and the courage to speak up, has enabled them to boldly...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"For decades, women in this situation [of being married to someone outside of their village in rural China, therefore losing land rights and benefits] had little recourse. Some accepted their deprivation as normal. But there are signs of a quiet resistance unfolding as women have become more educated and found more ways to connect with one another. The number of court rulings involving the words “married-out women” jumped to nearly 5,000 five years ago from 450 in 2013, according to official data" (para 18). This information shows that the rise in women's awareness of their rights, along with education and the courage to speak up, has enabled them to boldly...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"For decades, women in this situation [being married to someone outside of their village in rural China] had little recourse. Some accepted their deprivation as normal. But there are signs of a quiet resistance unfolding as women have become more educated and found more ways to connect with one another. The number of court rulings involving the words 'married-out women' jumped to nearly 5,000 five years ago from 450 in 2013, according to official data" (para 18). This information shows the grass-roots levels of organizations formed by women in rural China to address women's issues in the region (MR-CODER COMMENT). "She [Ms. Ma, a married-out woman in rural China] bought...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"For decades, women in this situation [being married to someone outside of their village in rural China] had little recourse. Some accepted their deprivation as normal. But there are signs of a quiet resistance unfolding as women have become more educated and found more ways to connect with one another. The number of court rulings involving the words 'married-out women' jumped to nearly 5,000 five years ago from 450 in 2013, according to official data" (para 18). This information shows the grass-roots levels of organizations formed by women in rural China to address women's issues in the region (MR-CODER COMMENT). "She [Ms. Ma, a married-out woman in rural China] bought...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7
"Ms. Li’s and Ms. Huo’s [married-out women living in rural China fighting for their rights on land ownership] stories also reflect the greater say that younger women have over where they should live. Traditionally, women moved to their husbands’ homes; older generations of married-out women returned to their villages only after divorcing or becoming widowed. Younger ones have embraced bringing their husbands to their own villages, in part to assert their independence" (para 36).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7
"Ms. Li’s and Ms. Huo’s [married-out women living in rural China fighting for their rights on land ownership] stories also reflect the greater say that younger women have over where they should live. Traditionally, women moved to their husbands’ homes; older generations of married-out women returned to their villages only after divorcing or becoming widowed. Younger ones have embraced bringing their husbands to their own villages, in part to assert their independence" (para 36).
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-6
"That was the question [why Chinese women in rural China lose government payouts that were rightfully theirs at birth because of marrying an outsider] uniting these women in Guangdong Province, in southern China. They were joining a growing number of rural women, all across the country, who are finding each other to confront a longstanding custom of denying them land rights — all because of whom they had married" (para 4). "In much of rural China, if a woman marries someone from outside her village, she becomes a 'married-out woman.' To the village, she is no longer a member, even if she continues to live there. That means the village...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-6
"That was the question [why Chinese women in rural China lose government payouts that were rightfully theirs at birth because of marrying an outsider] uniting these women in Guangdong Province, in southern China. They were joining a growing number of rural women, all across the country, who are finding each other to confront a longstanding custom of denying them land rights — all because of whom they had married" (para 4). "In much of rural China, if a woman marries someone from outside her village, she becomes a 'married-out woman.' To the village, she is no longer a member, even if she continues to live there. That means the village...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"That was the question [why Chinese women lose government payouts that were rightfully theirs since birth because of marrying outside their village] uniting these women in Guangdong Province, in southern China. They were joining a growing number of rural women, all across the country, who are finding each other to confront a longstanding custom of denying them land rights — all because of whom they had married" (para 4). "In much of rural China, if a woman marries someone from outside her village, she becomes a 'married-out woman.' To the village, she is no longer a member, even if she continues to live there. That means the village assembly —...more
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"That was the question [why Chinese women lose government payouts that were rightfully theirs since birth because of marrying outside their village] uniting these women in Guangdong Province, in southern China. They were joining a growing number of rural women, all across the country, who are finding each other to confront a longstanding custom of denying them land rights — all because of whom they had married" (para 4). "In much of rural China, if a woman marries someone from outside her village, she becomes a 'married-out woman.' To the village, she is no longer a member, even if she continues to live there. That means the village assembly —...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"As China embraced market reforms starting in the 1980s, the government began taking over rural land for factories, railways and shopping centers. In exchange, villagers received compensation, often in the form of new apartments or certificates entitling them to dividends from the land’s future use. The government mandated that female village members be given equal compensation. But it left the definition of 'members' to the male-led village assemblies. And to many of those assemblies, one group didn’t qualify: married-out women" (para 15-16). "The law itself has loopholes. A top legal body last fall urged prosecutors to protect the rights of women who marry outside their villages, in line with constitutional...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"As China embraced market reforms starting in the 1980s, the government began taking over rural land for factories, railways and shopping centers. In exchange, villagers received compensation, often in the form of new apartments or certificates entitling them to dividends from the land’s future use. The government mandated that female village members be given equal compensation. But it left the definition of 'members' to the male-led village assemblies. And to many of those assemblies, one group didn’t qualify: married-out women" (para 15-16). "The law itself has loopholes. A top legal body last fall urged prosecutors to protect the rights of women who marry outside their villages, in line with constitutional...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LO-DATA-3
"It is unclear how many women [who marry outside their village in rural China] have been denied land rights because of marriage, but the number has grown as the population has become more mobile, with people marrying across provinces, not just villages. Government-backed surveys indicate that as many as 80 percent of rural women — hundreds of millions of people — are not listed on their villages’ land documents. That makes it hard for them to defend their claims if disputes arise, such as if they marry outsiders" (para 17).
Variables: LO-DATA-3
"It is unclear how many women [who marry outside their village in rural China] have been denied land rights because of marriage, but the number has grown as the population has become more mobile, with people marrying across provinces, not just villages. Government-backed surveys indicate that as many as 80 percent of rural women — hundreds of millions of people — are not listed on their villages’ land documents. That makes it hard for them to defend their claims if disputes arise, such as if they marry outsiders" (para 17).
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Women [who have married outside their village in rural China] who cannot prove their land rights also have a harder time investing or securing loans to start businesses, scholars have noted" (para 23).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Women [who have married outside their village in rural China] who cannot prove their land rights also have a harder time investing or securing loans to start businesses, scholars have noted" (para 23).
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
The following information indicates that local authorities systematically dismiss or minimize rural Chinese women’s complaints regarding the loss of land and village benefits following marriage outside their village, even though these entitlements were originally granted to them at birth (MR-CODER COMMENT). "They [Chinese women in rural areas fighting for their rights to land ownership] are also exposing a gap between the ruling Communist Party’s words and its actions. Many courts, which are controlled by the party, refuse to take on the women’s lawsuits. Even when women win favorable rulings, local officials have refused to implement them, fearing social unrest. Women have been harassed, beaten or detained for pursuing their rights...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
The following information indicates that local authorities systematically dismiss or minimize rural Chinese women’s complaints regarding the loss of land and village benefits following marriage outside their village, even though these entitlements were originally granted to them at birth (MR-CODER COMMENT). "They [Chinese women in rural areas fighting for their rights to land ownership] are also exposing a gap between the ruling Communist Party’s words and its actions. Many courts, which are controlled by the party, refuse to take on the women’s lawsuits. Even when women win favorable rulings, local officials have refused to implement them, fearing social unrest. Women have been harassed, beaten or detained for pursuing their rights...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DTCP-LAW-1
The following information indicates that village-level customary governance bodies are permitted to determine legal membership and land entitlements and apply these rules in a manner that treats women differently from men, denying women equal rights to property and benefits upon marriage outside the village (MR-CODER COMMENT). "On paper, the women’s legal chances look good. Scholarly analyses have found that many court rulings in these cases favor married-out women. But those are the cases that make it to court, not those that judges throw out or officials force into out-of-court mediation. And villages often refuse to recognize rulings against them — as was the case for several of the Guangdong women"...more
Variables: DTCP-LAW-1
The following information indicates that village-level customary governance bodies are permitted to determine legal membership and land entitlements and apply these rules in a manner that treats women differently from men, denying women equal rights to property and benefits upon marriage outside the village (MR-CODER COMMENT). "On paper, the women’s legal chances look good. Scholarly analyses have found that many court rulings in these cases favor married-out women. But those are the cases that make it to court, not those that judges throw out or officials force into out-of-court mediation. And villages often refuse to recognize rulings against them — as was the case for several of the Guangdong women"...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
" That [a woman marrying outside of her village in rural China] means the village assembly — a decision-making body technically open to all adults, but usually dominated by men — can deny her village-sponsored benefits such as health insurance, as well as money that is awarded to residents when the government takes over their land. (A man remains eligible no matter whom he marries)" (para 6). ".. A woman [wo married outside her village in rural China] in her 20s, surnamed Huo, sued her village as soon as she learned that it had cut her off in 2020. (She found out when, after delivering her first child, the hospital...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
" That [a woman marrying outside of her village in rural China] means the village assembly — a decision-making body technically open to all adults, but usually dominated by men — can deny her village-sponsored benefits such as health insurance, as well as money that is awarded to residents when the government takes over their land. (A man remains eligible no matter whom he marries)" (para 6). ".. A woman [wo married outside her village in rural China] in her 20s, surnamed Huo, sued her village as soon as she learned that it had cut her off in 2020. (She found out when, after delivering her first child, the hospital...more
March 9, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"Her [Ms.Ma, a Chinese woman who married outside her village in rural China] village had started distributing payouts several decades ago, after contracting its teeming fish ponds to a private company. But Ms. Ma was cut off in 1997, after she married an outsider. Even when she divorced and moved back home several years later, the village continued to refuse her" (para 27).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"Her [Ms.Ma, a Chinese woman who married outside her village in rural China] village had started distributing payouts several decades ago, after contracting its teeming fish ponds to a private company. But Ms. Ma was cut off in 1997, after she married an outsider. Even when she divorced and moved back home several years later, the village continued to refuse her" (para 27).
March 9, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Maricris [Philipina domestic worker], who I [the reporter] met in Manila in 2022, grew up the child of street vendors, and in 2018 answered a Facebook advertisement for domestic workers in Vietnam. She had no passport, but she and the other women recruited were instructed to queue at a particular booth when they went through border control at Manila airport. They were waved through. On arrival in Hanoi, she was told that there was no domestic job. Instead, the women were taken by armed guards across the Chinese border to a hotel in Guangzhou. The hotel was filled with Filipino and Vietnamese women, and it was there Maricris discovered she...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Maricris [Philipina domestic worker], who I [the reporter] met in Manila in 2022, grew up the child of street vendors, and in 2018 answered a Facebook advertisement for domestic workers in Vietnam. She had no passport, but she and the other women recruited were instructed to queue at a particular booth when they went through border control at Manila airport. They were waved through. On arrival in Hanoi, she was told that there was no domestic job. Instead, the women were taken by armed guards across the Chinese border to a hotel in Guangzhou. The hotel was filled with Filipino and Vietnamese women, and it was there Maricris discovered she...more
March 9, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"...Maricris [Filipino woman], who I [the reporter] met in Manila in 2022, grew up the child of street vendors, and in 2018 answered a Facebook advertisement for domestic workers in Vietnam. She had no passport, but she and the other women recruited were instructed to queue at a particular booth when they went through border control at Manila airport. They were waved through. On arrival in Hanoi, she was told that there was no domestic job. Instead, the women were taken by armed guards across the Chinese border to a hotel in Guangzhou. The hotel was filled with Filipino and Vietnamese women, and it was there Maricris discovered she was...more
Variables: ACR-DATA-1
"...Maricris [Filipino woman], who I [the reporter] met in Manila in 2022, grew up the child of street vendors, and in 2018 answered a Facebook advertisement for domestic workers in Vietnam. She had no passport, but she and the other women recruited were instructed to queue at a particular booth when they went through border control at Manila airport. They were waved through. On arrival in Hanoi, she was told that there was no domestic job. Instead, the women were taken by armed guards across the Chinese border to a hotel in Guangzhou. The hotel was filled with Filipino and Vietnamese women, and it was there Maricris discovered she was...more
Feb. 25, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Belgium, Brunei, China, France
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Internationally, incest laws vary greatly, with some countries like Italy having conditional legality and others like Afghanistan imposing extreme penalties, including death."(para 3)."On the other extreme, incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan (if same-sex relations)."(para 6)."Twenty-two countries around the world have not criminalized incest. Portuguese law, for example, does not criminalize incest. Additionally, no laws prohibit consenting relatives from having sexual relations in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Incest is also legal in Argentina, Brazil, India, the Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey."(para 7)."In the following countries, incest is legal: Belgium, China, France, Japan, Latvia,...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Internationally, incest laws vary greatly, with some countries like Italy having conditional legality and others like Afghanistan imposing extreme penalties, including death."(para 3)."On the other extreme, incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan (if same-sex relations)."(para 6)."Twenty-two countries around the world have not criminalized incest. Portuguese law, for example, does not criminalize incest. Additionally, no laws prohibit consenting relatives from having sexual relations in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Incest is also legal in Argentina, Brazil, India, the Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey."(para 7)."In the following countries, incest is legal: Belgium, China, France, Japan, Latvia,...more
Feb. 12, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DV-SCALE-1
2
Variables: DV-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: LO-SCALE-3
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Variables: LO-SCALE-3
1
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-2
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Variables: LO-SCALE-2
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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: LO-SCALE-1
1
Variables: LO-SCALE-1
1
Jan. 20, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, China, Congo, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Haiti, Honduras, Madagascar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1
4
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1
4
Jan. 17, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t’s the infertile couples that Ashley [an American surrogate] works with in China, where surrogacy is illegal, but who know to take advantage of the lax laws and friendly agencies in states like Idaho and California" (para 17). Surrogacy is illegal in China, but couples continue to purchase surrogates in other countries (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t’s the infertile couples that Ashley [an American surrogate] works with in China, where surrogacy is illegal, but who know to take advantage of the lax laws and friendly agencies in states like Idaho and California" (para 17). Surrogacy is illegal in China, but couples continue to purchase surrogates in other countries (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China in 2023 was 0.90 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 15.61 per 100,000. The chart also displays that the rate of reported rapes in the Macao Special Administrative Region in China in 2022 was 2.98 per 100,000 population and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 17.32.
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China in 2023 was 0.90 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 15.61 per 100,000. The chart also displays that the rate of reported rapes in the Macao Special Administrative Region in China in 2022 was 2.98 per 100,000 population and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 17.32.
Dec. 10, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for China in 2023 was 20.2%.
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for China in 2023 was 20.2%.
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that China's laws permit abortion on request. The laws do not indicate a gestational limit, and regulatory mechanisms surrounding abortion vary. Sex-selective abortion is prohibited.
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that China's laws permit abortion on request. The laws do not indicate a gestational limit, and regulatory mechanisms surrounding abortion vary. Sex-selective abortion is prohibited.
Nov. 2, 2025, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-PRACTICE-1
"The effects of China's infamous One Child Policy (1979 to 2015) still drives this in part. Selective abortions favouring sons have resulted in widespread gender imbalance. Coupled with reduced population growth, this may have spurred a trend towards allowing children to marry" (para 33).
Variables: ISSA-PRACTICE-1
"The effects of China's infamous One Child Policy (1979 to 2015) still drives this in part. Selective abortions favouring sons have resulted in widespread gender imbalance. Coupled with reduced population growth, this may have spurred a trend towards allowing children to marry" (para 33).
Nov. 2, 2025, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AOM-LAW-1, AOM-DATA-1, AOM-DATA-2
"In China, the minimum age for marriage is 22 for men and 20 for women. But UNICEF estimates that there are more than 35 million girls who married before the age of 18" (para 32).
Variables: AOM-LAW-1, AOM-DATA-1, AOM-DATA-2
"In China, the minimum age for marriage is 22 for men and 20 for women. But UNICEF estimates that there are more than 35 million girls who married before the age of 18" (para 32).
Nov. 2, 2025, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Poverty squeezes the problem. In vulnerable households, girls can be sold as child brides. Families may also 'buy' foreign brides from neighbouring countries. Aidan McQuade, former director of Anti-Slavery International, wrote in 2018 that he had been told that the most popular age of girls for the China 'market' was between 13 and 16 years old. 'These girls typically fetch between $2,000 and $3,000 for 'three years and a baby'.'After delivering a child and staying with a Chinese man for three years, he relayed, she may then be sold on to other men in China for 'similar usage'. " (para 34-36)
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Poverty squeezes the problem. In vulnerable households, girls can be sold as child brides. Families may also 'buy' foreign brides from neighbouring countries. Aidan McQuade, former director of Anti-Slavery International, wrote in 2018 that he had been told that the most popular age of girls for the China 'market' was between 13 and 16 years old. 'These girls typically fetch between $2,000 and $3,000 for 'three years and a baby'.'After delivering a child and staying with a Chinese man for three years, he relayed, she may then be sold on to other men in China for 'similar usage'. " (para 34-36)
Oct. 29, 2025, 11:54 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"[H]aving exhausted every other strategy to combat demographic decline, China will start paying women to have babies" (para 2). The low birth rate despite populaition decline intervention strategies indicates that small families are the norm and more acceptable in China than larger families (LEN - CODER COMMENT). "China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said the direct subsidies for childbirth, intended to cover 'living expenses paid to female employees during maternity leave,' would bring China one step closer to becoming a 'childbirth-friendly society'" (para 5). This demonstrates that China is currently not a child-birth friendly society and that large families are uncommon and may even be discouraged (LEN - CODER COMMENT)....more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"[H]aving exhausted every other strategy to combat demographic decline, China will start paying women to have babies" (para 2). The low birth rate despite populaition decline intervention strategies indicates that small families are the norm and more acceptable in China than larger families (LEN - CODER COMMENT). "China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said the direct subsidies for childbirth, intended to cover 'living expenses paid to female employees during maternity leave,' would bring China one step closer to becoming a 'childbirth-friendly society'" (para 5). This demonstrates that China is currently not a child-birth friendly society and that large families are uncommon and may even be discouraged (LEN - CODER COMMENT)....more