Abstract
This paper discusses the interconnection of historic, legal, and cultural contexts that result in the perpetuation of discrimination against women in Chinese society. The contextual analysis attempts to explain the causes for an increase in trafficking of women and the deplorable human rights violations perpetrated upon women in China today. The remedies to eliminate trafficking proposed in this paper are not easily implemented. The OCP must be revised to provide more incentives to rational family planning rather than harsh punishments and coercion. China needs to reverse a long-standing cultural tradition of male son preference and discrimination against women. We know that laws, if implemented, can change society. Therefore, we are recommending revision of the OCP and zealous enforcement of the Chinese and international civil rights treaties and trafficking laws that do provide protection for women and foster gender parity.
Recommended Citation
Susan Tiefenbrun and Christie J, Edwards,
Gendercide and the Cultural Context of Sex Trafficking in China,
32 Fordham Int'l L.J. 731
(2008).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj/vol32/iss3/1