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Women's RightsThe liberation of women has figured prominently in CCP rethoric and policy since its founding in 1921. A marriage law was among the first laws adopted after the founding of the PRC in 1949. Although much has been done to improve the status and role of women in China, much remains to be done and new problems have (re-) emerged in the wake of the economic reforms and as a result of the one-child policy, including selective abortion, trafficking in women, prostitution, etc. Girls and women in the countryside are especially at risk and disadvantaged when it comes to education and health, whereas women in the cities who are laid off as a result of the restructuring of state-owned enterprises have more difficulties finding new jobs than men do. Women issues got an upswing in China with the UN Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, and many new organizations and hotlines focusing on women's rights and interests have appeared. Hot topics of late in the Chinese media have been domestic violence and the debate during the drafting of the new marriage law. China is a state party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). China's own reports on the status and rights of women:
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