Gender inequality is very common in traditional rural China
Original, GPIG, 03-22-2018
Whether in society or in family, gender inequality is very common in traditional rural China. In places with severe rural poverty, poverty among women is particularly prominent. Since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, the central government has made great efforts to eliminate gender inequality, which has improved women’s status and enabled many women to work outside. The Chinese government has always attached great importance to poverty among rural women. Women were given top priority in policies, when allocating funds and other programs linked to poverty reduction policies and proposals. The Chinese government worked out various policies in favor of the development-oriented poverty reduction work among women and allied enterprises and social sectors and had held events conductive to poverty reduction work among women , resulting in great achievements in promoting employment for poor women, improving education and health service for poor women, increasing women’s participation in public affairs and reducing poverty among women.
The program “reusing micro loans to reduce poverty in rural areas” organized by the All-China Women’s Federation has been successfully conducted in more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China with the following approach - “giving microcredit, greater access to finances for each household, and reusing collective funds”. With 120 million yuan worth of project funds and more than 70 million local supporting fund, it helped more than 300,000 women develop planting, breeding and processing industries, lifting more than 3 million people out of poverty and leading them to a path to prosperity.
The “Happiness Project - Action to Help Needy Mothers” launched by China Population Foundation set up 463 project sites in 29 provinces in China by the end of October 2011 with an accumulative investment of 829 million yuan. These programs assisted more than 253,400 needy mothers and households and benefited 1.138 million people. The “Happiness Project - Action to Help Needy Mothers” made great achievements in its poverty-reduction efforts by relying on its poverty reduction approach which was able to target the right beneficiaries and was implemented at a low cost but with high efficiency.
A poor mother succored by the Happiness Project is dhowing her jowful smile
The Spring Buds Program was initiated by China Children and Teenagers Foundation (CCTF) to help girls who have dropped out of school in impoverished areas to return to school. Over the past years, it has raised more than 800 million yuan, donated more than 900 schools, helped 1.8 million dropped-out girls return to schools and conducted practical technical training for more than 430,000 girls.
The “Water Cellar for Mothers” project was initiated by the China Women’s Development Foundation in 2001 to aid women in water-deficient areas in western China. During 2001 to 2010, more than 400 million yuan was invested in it, building more than 120,000 water cellars for 24 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in western China, constructing more than 1,300 centralized water supply projects, and helping the government solve the drinking water problem for more than 1.7 million people.
Original, GPIG, 03-22-2018
Whether in society or in family, gender inequality is very common in traditional rural China. In places with severe rural poverty, poverty among women is particularly prominent. Since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, the central government has made great efforts to eliminate gender inequality, which has improved women’s status and enabled many women to work outside. The Chinese government has always attached great importance to poverty among rural women. Women were given top priority in policies, when allocating funds and other programs linked to poverty reduction policies and proposals. The Chinese government worked out various policies in favor of the development-oriented poverty reduction work among women and allied enterprises and social sectors and had held events conductive to poverty reduction work among women , resulting in great achievements in promoting employment for poor women, improving education and health service for poor women, increasing women’s participation in public affairs and reducing poverty among women.
The program “reusing micro loans to reduce poverty in rural areas” organized by the All-China Women’s Federation has been successfully conducted in more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China with the following approach - “giving microcredit, greater access to finances for each household, and reusing collective funds”. With 120 million yuan worth of project funds and more than 70 million local supporting fund, it helped more than 300,000 women develop planting, breeding and processing industries, lifting more than 3 million people out of poverty and leading them to a path to prosperity.
The “Happiness Project - Action to Help Needy Mothers” launched by China Population Foundation set up 463 project sites in 29 provinces in China by the end of October 2011 with an accumulative investment of 829 million yuan. These programs assisted more than 253,400 needy mothers and households and benefited 1.138 million people. The “Happiness Project - Action to Help Needy Mothers” made great achievements in its poverty-reduction efforts by relying on its poverty reduction approach which was able to target the right beneficiaries and was implemented at a low cost but with high efficiency.
A poor mother succored by the Happiness Project is dhowing her jowful smile
The Spring Buds Program was initiated by China Children and Teenagers Foundation (CCTF) to help girls who have dropped out of school in impoverished areas to return to school. Over the past years, it has raised more than 800 million yuan, donated more than 900 schools, helped 1.8 million dropped-out girls return to schools and conducted practical technical training for more than 430,000 girls.
The “Water Cellar for Mothers” project was initiated by the China Women’s Development Foundation in 2001 to aid women in water-deficient areas in western China. During 2001 to 2010, more than 400 million yuan was invested in it, building more than 120,000 water cellars for 24 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in western China, constructing more than 1,300 centralized water supply projects, and helping the government solve the drinking water problem for more than 1.7 million people.
