Women's congress aims to close income gap, lift status
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="widening">widening</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="gap">gap</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="discussion">discussion</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="delegates">delegates</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 11<span word="th">th</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Women">Women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span>.</p><p>"<span word="More">More</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="opportunities">opportunities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="resources">resources</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="abilities">abilities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="administrating">administrating</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="development">development</span>," <span word="Song">Song</span> <span word="Xiuyan">Xiuyan</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="All">All</span>-<span word="China">China</span> <span word="Women">Women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="congress">congress</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="draw">draw</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blueprint">blueprint</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="advancement">advancement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="promote">promote</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="mainstreaming">mainstreaming</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="policymaking">policymaking</span> <span word="process">process</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="promoting">promoting</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="equality">equality</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Party">Party</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="administrative">administrative</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> 18<span word="th">th</span> <span word="CPC">CPC</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>-<span word="widening">widening</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="gap">gap</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="surveys">surveys</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Statistics">Statistics</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span>, <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="inequality">inequality</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>.</p><p><span word="Surveys">Surveys</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1990, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="dwellers">dwellers</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="about">about</span> 77.5 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ratio">ratio</span> <span word="declined">declined</span> <span word="to">to</span> 70 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1999 <span word="and">and</span> 67.3 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2010.</p><p>"<span word="Gender">Gender</span> <span word="inequality">inequality</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="imminent">imminent</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="discrimination">discrimination</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhou">Zhou</span> <span word="Haibin">Haibin</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Labor">Labor</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="breadwinners">breadwinners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="entrenched">entrenched</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="people">people</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="minds">minds</span>, <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="inequality">inequality</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="employment">employment</span>, <span word="promotion">promotion</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="income">income</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhou">Zhou</span>.</p>
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