Activism Against Domestic Violence in the People’s Republic of China

TY - JOUR

T1 - Activism Against Domestic Violence in the People’s Republic of China

AU - Milwertz, Cecilia Nathansen

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - This article is concerned with nongovernmental or popular activism against domestic violence in the People's Republic of China. The article focuses on how three factors—first, the political context; second, 10 years of activist experience; and finally, international exchange—have influenced and formed activism from the early 1990s to the present. The article addresses the following questions: (a) How and why did activism against domestic violence emerge as an issue addressed by new forms of organizing? (b) How has international interaction influenced and inspired understandings of and action against violence against women? (c) What forms of domestic and international constraints and support have activists encountered?

AB - This article is concerned with nongovernmental or popular activism against domestic violence in the People's Republic of China. The article focuses on how three factors—first, the political context; second, 10 years of activist experience; and finally, international exchange—have influenced and formed activism from the early 1990s to the present. The article addresses the following questions: (a) How and why did activism against domestic violence emerge as an issue addressed by new forms of organizing? (b) How has international interaction influenced and inspired understandings of and action against violence against women? (c) What forms of domestic and international constraints and support have activists encountered?

U2 - 10.1177/1077801203009006002

DO - 10.1177/1077801203009006002

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1077-8012

VL - 9

SP - 630

EP - 655

JO - Violence Against Women

JF - Violence Against Women

IS - 6

ER -