Major ceremony takes place in area considered the cradle of Chinese ritual culture; critics say patriarchal spectacle is ‘antiquated’.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged US$110 million for female empowerment worldwide as the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women got ...

Accra, Sept. 30, GNA – Thirty years ago, the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women of the United Nations was held in Beijing. The conference adopted the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform ...

Nushu emerged from the isolated villages of southern China and is the only language created and used exclusively by women. Today it is celebrated across China as a symbol of female empowerment, but ...

The conference was billed as a celebration of China’s achievements in supporting women. But the government has mostly wiped out independent advocacy groups. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing China ...

Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, promised to advance women’s rights and empowerment ...