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VAW in China: Framework and Barriers to Implementation

VAW in China: Framework and Barriers to Implementation. Xiying WANG Associate Professor School of Social Development and Public Policy Beijing Normal University Post-doc Fellow Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. Brief Literature Review.

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VAW in China: Framework and Barriers to Implementation

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  1. VAW in China: Framework and Barriers to Implementation Xiying WANG Associate Professor School of Social Development and Public Policy Beijing Normal University Post-doc Fellow Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

  2. Brief Literature Review • Concept “domestic violence”, “violence against women” • conducting survey to explore the prevalence and risk factors of violence • using case studies to explore why women have been abused and still stay in abusive relationships • legal discussion of how to protect the abused women by law, with the view of enacting a special law against domestic violence • discussion on how to establish multi-sectional collaboration to prevent and intervene gender-based violence 2

  3. Survey • In a nationally representative sample from the 1999- 2000 Chinese Health and Family Life Survey, Parish et al. (2004) found that 34 percent of women and 18 percent of men between 20 and 64 years of age had been hit during their current relationship • Wang, Fang and Li (2013) conducted a quantitative study on men’s perpetration and women’s experiences of gender-based violence in China with 1,103 women and 1,017 men aged 18 to 49. Among female respondents who were ever partnered, 39 percent reported experiencing physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence. Men’s reporting was higher, with 52 percent of ever-partnered men reporting perpetration of physical and/or intimate partner violence.

  4. Legal framework • Constitution – article 49； • Marriage Law （2001）- article 3 • Criminal Law- article 260； • women rights guarantees law • Stipulations against domestic violence remain spread across various laws, while an anti-domestic violence law has so far not been passed

  5. Multi- Sectoral Approach • In July 2008, seven central governmental bodies – including the Publicity Department, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Health, and All China Women’s Federation – jointly published Opinions on Preventing and Deterring Domestic Violence, which regulates the responsibilities of each institutions and was regarded as a breakthrough of the implementing multi-sectoral approach on against gender-based violence in China. • Barriers 5

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