All-China Women's Federation

All-China Women's Federation
AbbreviationACWF
Formation24 March 1949
TypePeople's organization
PurposeWomen's rights
HeadquartersBeijing, People's Republic of China
President
Shen Yiqin
Vice President
Huang Xiaowei, etc
Main organ
National Congress and Executive Committee
AffiliationsCommunist Women's International (Historical)
Women's International Democratic Federation (Historical)
Websitewww.womenofchina.cn Edit this at Wikidata
All-China Women's Federation
Simplified Chinese中华全国妇女联合会
Traditional Chinese中華全國婦女聯合會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Quánguó Fùnǚ Liánhéhuì
Wade–GilesChung-hua Chüan-kuo Fu-nü Lien-ho-hui

The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China Democratic Women's Foundation, and was renamed the All-China Women's Federation in 1957. It has acted as the official leader of the women's movement in China since its founding. It is responsible for promoting government policies on women, and protecting women's rights within the government, while liberating them from traditional norms within society and involving them in social revolution with the aim to promote their overall status and welfare in Chinese society.[1] As a united political community, women in the ACWF achieved political momentum, power among the male elite, and required representation.[2]

  1. ^ Tsui, Justina Ka Yee (1998). Chinese women : active revolutionaries or passive followers? : a history of the All-China Women's Federation, 1949 to 1996 (masters). Concordia University. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. ^ Johns, Jamie (2010). "What Do Women Live For?": "Women of China" and the All-China Women's Federation (Thesis). Columbia University. doi:10.7916/d8542vhs. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-22.

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