Chinese women face mounting trouble UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Despite tremendous government efforts, women in China face growing unemployment, increasing domestic violence and extensive poverty in rural areas, China's U.N. ambassador said Monday. While the participation of Chinese women in politics, education and health care has gradually improved in the past few years, more than 100 million women are still illiterate and the violation of women's rights is not uncommon, Ambassador Qin Huasun said. "In a word, there is still a long way to go before the various forms of discrimination against women can be eliminated and gender equality fully realized," he told the U.N. Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558294023-161>
