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Chinese women, victim of violence or epitome of frailty

Pooja | Nov 28 2006

Violence against women takes various forms, like, assault, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, rape, trafficking in women and girls, forced prostitution, honor killings, dowry-related violence, female infanticide and other harmful practices and...

Tags: China, The Declaration On The Elimination of Violence against Women, United Nations General Assembly, UN Gender Theme Group, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Khalik Malik, Li Ying, Centre For Women's Law Studies, Legal Services For Peking University Law School, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Politics & Society

Interview

Sara Rich

Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won�t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

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