Sexual harassment on subways is a widespread problem for women in China

Sexual harassment on subways is a widespread problem for women in China

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/19/asia/beijing-subway-sexual-harrassment-intl/index.html An anti-sexual harassment campaign has launched in parts of the Beijing subway system amid repeated reports of assault against women on the city’s public transport system. Sponsored by the state-run Beijing Women’s Federation, the posters call in bright red text for people to “not act as the silent lamb” and “not be the indifferent…

Beijing shuts down art exhibition on violence against women

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/26/beijing-shuts-down-art-exhibition-on-violence-against-women Beijing authorities have shut down an art exhibition celebrating attempts to combat violence against women, organisers said on Thursday. The exposition, timed to coincide with the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, was to open at Beijing’s Jinge Art Gallery on Wednesday. But when artists arrived hours before its planned…