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ACWF helps Chinese women address difficulties
2003-08-15
Xinhua
Chinese women's federations at various levels have spared no efforts to meet the actual needs of Chinese women during the past five years, said Gu Xiulian, Vice President of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) here Thursday.
According to the ACWF's statistics, more than 63 million rural Chinese women received agricultural technology training courses from 1998 to 2003, while over five million urban women were given professional training. To date, a total of two million Chinese women have been employed or re-employed with the ACWF's help.
At the same time, Chinese women's federations have helped more than two million women shrug off poverty by offering them small loans worth 950 million yuan (about 114.5 million US dollars).
Meanwhile, the potable water difficulties of nearly 800,000 local people in western China have been solved thanks to the " Mothers' Water-Cellars" project which was launched by women's federations and helped raise 200 million yuan (about 24.1 million US dollars).
Chinese women's federations at various levels also attracted a total of 300 million yuan (about 36.1 million US dollars) in donations from home and abroad to help 750,000 drop-out girls return to school.
Chinese Women's federations have also actively participated in the amendment to the Marriage Law, in the formulation of the Law on Land Contract in the Rural Areas and in the supervision of the implementation of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests.
However, Gu, also vice-chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, pointed out that there are still some problems in the development of Chinese women which need to be addressed with urgency. Efforts should be continued for women's political participation, women's employment and the protection of female workers' rights.
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