Gender discrimination in China - Building Gender Balanced Business

• One in 4 Chinese women say they were denied a job because they are female, according to a broad survey. 28% report dealing with employers who set different requirements based on gender for the same job.

• One in 25 said they had been made to sign job contracts that barred them from marrying or getting pregnant.

• The findings, from a survey of 3,000 women, found that more than 1 in 5 women said employers cut women’s salaries when they had children, with 1 in 9 reporting losing their jobs for having a baby.

 In other words, the 90-day maternity leave mandated under Chinese law was ignored.

“The Xinhua report”:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/14/content_11541903.htm