On August 21, 2006, an international forum was held in Beijing on gender discrimination in employment and possible mechanisms for relief. More than 50 experts attended the forum organized by the Department of Law of C...On August 21, 2006, an international forum was held in Beijing on gender discrimination in employment and possible mechanisms for relief. More than 50 experts attended the forum organized by the Department of Law of China Women＇s University （CWU） and the CWU Center for Study of Human Rights for women. They were from the Renmin University of China, Harvard University of the United States and other prestigious institutions of higher learning, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Women＇s Development Fund, as well as China＇s Supreme People＇s Court, the Beijing Municipal Women＇s Federation and the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions. Topics of debate included the importance of eliminating gender discrimination in employment and the criteria for its affirmation, how serious the problem is in China and factors that make it possible for it to exist, sex harassment at worksites and the hazards such malpractices may cause, legislative and judicial methods used in foreign countries to counter gender discrimination in employment and the relevant mechanisms for relief, and China＇s legislative and judicial measures against gender discrimination in emolovment.展开更多
文摘On August 21, 2006, an international forum was held in Beijing on gender discrimination in employment and possible mechanisms for relief. More than 50 experts attended the forum organized by the Department of Law of China Women＇s University （CWU） and the CWU Center for Study of Human Rights for women. They were from the Renmin University of China, Harvard University of the United States and other prestigious institutions of higher learning, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Women＇s Development Fund, as well as China＇s Supreme People＇s Court, the Beijing Municipal Women＇s Federation and the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions. Topics of debate included the importance of eliminating gender discrimination in employment and the criteria for its affirmation, how serious the problem is in China and factors that make it possible for it to exist, sex harassment at worksites and the hazards such malpractices may cause, legislative and judicial methods used in foreign countries to counter gender discrimination in employment and the relevant mechanisms for relief, and China＇s legislative and judicial measures against gender discrimination in emolovment.
