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Global social movement for the cause of women : cases of the United States, China and Afghanistan

English Abstract

Woman in the world, was born to be classified as vulnerable. They do not have the tall body and strong physique like men, and often get violence and abuse both in physical and mental. They have less freedom and can not get a good education like men. When they work, they often face a variety of obstacles.They could be unemployment because of the fertility, they could possibly face to give up their work because of sexual harassment. When their rights and interests are threatened, there is no enough legal resources that would provide them with protection, and even in many countries, men and women is unequal in law. Nowadays, people begin to pay more and more attention to global social movement for the cause of women, and it also becomes an important issue of human history development. It is the production of women development, and also the result of the expanding of international relations. Women development is an important part in global social movement for the cause of women, and it experiences three stages as WID, WAD and GAD, and has gradually entered the mainstream of social consciousness. However, women still face many barriers in the context of development, such as lack of education, lack of access to employment opportunities, poor working conditions and low level of health care, etc. All of these reflect that there are still some problems in global social movement for the cause of women. The rapid development of globalization brought opportunities for women development, but also brings challenges. This article attempts to analyze the current situation of global social movement for the cause of women in the United States, China and Afghanistan from the perspective of education, employment and health care, and then explain why people need to carry out global social movement for the cause of women how to do is better in today’s world.

Issue date

2016.

Author

Yu, Si Fan

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department

Department of Government and Public Administration

Degree

M.A.

Subject

Feminism -- United States

Feminism -- China

Feminism -- Afghanistan

Women -- United States -- Social conditions

Women -- China -- Social conditions

Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions

Supervisor

Song Weiqing

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Library URL
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