The Changing Status Of Women

The Changing Status Of Women

• New Marraige Law 1950, meant women could easily divorce men 
• By 1958-1965 only 2.4% of marraiges involved women under 17 
• By 1966-1976 only 0.8% of marraiges were organised by parents 
• Armed mobs of peasants tried to forcefully take their wives back 
• Local cadres often refused to enforce the law 
• Women now allowed to work alongside the men in communes
• Kindergartens in communes meant women could work far more 
• However often not the case, women often had to work and look after children 
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