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1、CHINACOUNTRYGENDERREVIEWWORLDBANKPreparedbyElaineZuckermanwithAlfBlikbergandMenglinCaofortheEastAsiaandPacificRegionandtheGenderMethodsThematicGroupPovertyReductionandEconomicManagementNetwork20001CHINACOUNTRYGENDERREVIEWCountryGenderReviews(CGRs)TheBankseekstointegrategenderanalysisintoWorld
2、BankEconomicandSectorWork(ESW),CountryAssistanceStrategies(CASs)andprojects(WorldBank1999a)becauseevidencehasmountedthatcountriesthatdiscriminateonthebasisofgendertendtohavegreaterpoverty,slowereconomicgrowth,weakergovernanceandalowerqualityoflife.Conversely,genderequalityisconducivetopoverty
3、reductionandeconomicgrowth(WorldBank2000a).Therefore,theBankispreparingCountryGenderReviewswhichidentifyandanalyzeprioritygenderissuesconstrainingdevelopment.TheywillbeavailableforESW,CASandprojecttaskmanagersandstaffwhooftenlackresourcestoresearchgenderconcerns(Zuckerman2000).Introductioninc
4、e1949,theChineseCommunistParty(CCP)hassoughttochangetheunequalrelationshipSbetweenmenandwomenandtoprovidelegalprotectionforwomen.Inmanyways,women’sstatushasimprovedoverthelast50years.Someofthemostperniciousmanifestationsofgenderinequalitysuchasbindingwomen’sfeethavebeeneradicated.Womenhavebee
5、nprovidedaccesstoeducationandthepoliticalprocess,longdeniedthem.Butdeeplyentrenchedpatriarchalcustoms,suchasthepreferenceforaboy-childandinferiortreatmentofgirlsinruralfamilies,persist.OtherbackwardgenderpracticesthoughttohavebeeneradicatedduringtheMaoerahavebeenreemergingduringthetransitionf
6、romastatetoamarketeconomy,includingfemaleinfanticide,traffickinginyounggirlsandprostitution.Atthesametime,thetransitiontoamarketeconomyhaspermittedwomentobecomesuccessfulentrepreneurs.TherearemanycomplexitiestoChina’sgendersituation.China’slawsguaranteeingandpromotinggenderequalityareenlighte
7、nedbyanystandardsandcouldserveasabenchmarkforothercountriesstrivingforgenderequality.UnderChineselaw,equalrightsforwomenandmenareguaranteedinaccesstoemployment,equalpay,compulsoryeducation,politicalparticipation,property,marriageandhealth.Tra