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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, November 26, 2001

Tibetan Women's Rights Well Protected

The rights of Tibetan women in all walks of life have been well protected over the past five years. Statistics from the Tibetan Women Federation show that some 32.82 percent of cadres in the Tibet Autonomous Region are women at the end of 2000. With the help of Project Hope and Spring Bud Program, 85.6 percent of school-aged girls had entered school. Some 46.8 percent of jobholders in Tibet were women, with the number totaling 581,700.


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--Education

  • Illiteracy Rate Drops


    • Illiteracy rate of Tibetan women in 2000 was 22.2 percentage points lower than that in 1995, as the strategy of revitalizing China through science and technology is implemented in Tibet.

  • Project Hope Achieves Remarkable Success


    • With the help of Project Hope and Spring Bud Program, 85.6 percent of school-aged girls had entered school, 18.2 percentage points higher than 1990.

    Proportions of female students in schools in the region have witnessed a steady increase. In average institutes of higher learning, the proportion stood at 44 percent; vocational technical schools, 51.5 percent; average high schools, 47 percent; specialized middle schools, 50 percent; primary schools, 46.1 percent; and schools for adults, 50 percent.

    --Jobholders

    There were 15,200 female specialized technical personnel in Tibet at the end of last year, up 22.6 percent over 1995.

    At the end of 2000, some 46.8 percent of jobholders in Tibet were women, with the number totaling 581,700, among whom 81,400 live in town, 14.17 percentage points higher than 1995, and some 500,300 live in rural areas.

    Females working in the industries of manufacture, social services and medical care accounted for 47.58 percent of the industries' total.

    --Medical Care

    With the constant improvement in medical care, some 48 maternal and child hygiene centers had been established in Tibet, which had benefited nearly 545,000 mothers and children.

    Some 20.1 percent of women delivered their children at hospitals in Tibet, 16.5 percentage points higher than 1990.



    ItemsProportion
    of women
    cadres32.82%
    school girls85.6%
    higher learning students44%
    vocational technical students51.5%
    average high school students47%
    specialized middle school students50%
    primary school students46.1%
    students in schools for adults50%
    jobholders46.8%
    staff in industries of manufacture, social services and medical care47.58%

    Sustained efforts have been made to promote and effectively protect Chinese women's rights in the political, economic, social, educational, marital, domestic and other spheres. The extent of Chinese women's involvement in the management of state and social affairs has markedly increased.

    The ratios of women deputies to the Ninth NPC and women members on the CPPCC Ninth National Committee have risen by 0.8 and 2 percentage points, respectively, as compared with the NPC and CPPCC National Committee of the last terms.

    At present, women civil servants account for one third of the country's total. Women hold leading posts in the Party committees and governments of 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, an increase of 46.47 percent over the figure five years ago.

    In the 668 cities of China, there are 463 women mayors and vice-mayors. Among the leaders of the federations of trade unions of each province, municipality and autonomous region, there are one to two chairwomen or vice-chairwomen.

    Quoted from

    White Paper on China's Human Rights in 2000

    Click here to see details in Chapter V: Protection of Women and Children's Rights



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