China's domestic violence up 70pc
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
BEIJING, Nov 26 (Reuters): Domestic violence is widespread and on the rise in China, where complaints of abuse soared 70 per cent last year, state media said Monday, citing a women's advocacy group.
The All China Women's Federation received 50,000 complaints last year, and the "number of cases (had increased) in recent years", the China Daily quoted Jiang Yu'e, head of the group's and interests department, as saying.
Women in rural areas, especially those who had gone to work in cities, were particularly susceptible, Jiang said, citing a 2006 survey.
Some 11.6 per cent of rural women said they had 'fought with their husbands' during the previous year, a proportion rising to 13.5 per cent for rural women working in cities.
The All China Women's Federation received 50,000 complaints last year, and the "number of cases (had increased) in recent years", the China Daily quoted Jiang Yu'e, head of the group's and interests department, as saying.
Women in rural areas, especially those who had gone to work in cities, were particularly susceptible, Jiang said, citing a 2006 survey.
Some 11.6 per cent of rural women said they had 'fought with their husbands' during the previous year, a proportion rising to 13.5 per cent for rural women working in cities.