Sunday, October 22, 2023

习近平谈妇女工作:发挥妇女在社会生活和家庭生活中的独特作用 [Xi Jinping talks about women's work: giving full play to women's unique role in social life and family life]

 

 我们强调促进男女平等发挥妇女在各个方面的积极作用,都是对的,要坚定不移。 同时,我们也要注重发挥妇女在社会生活和家庭生活中的独特作用,发挥妇女在弘扬中华民族家庭美德、树立良好家风方面的独特作用。-2013年10月31日,习近平在同全国妇联新一届领导班子成员集体谈话时的讲话 We emphasize the promotion of gender equality and the active role of women in all aspects, which is right and must be unswerving. At the same time, we must also pay attention to the unique role of women in social life and family life, and give full play to the unique role of women in promoting the family virtues of the Chinese nation and establishing good family traditions. -On October 31, 2013, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation]

The issue of women's rights in China has taken an interesting turn  in China.  On the one hand, equality in the workplace remains a goal  At the same time that equality is now contextualized by the notion of women's traditional role in society (Bringing Family Values Back into the Gender Equality Laws: 中华人民共和国妇女权益保障法 [Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests]). 

Now leading print organs in China has produced a set of graphics enhanced insights on the issues: 习近平谈妇女工作:发挥妇女在社会生活和家庭生活中的独特作用 [Xi Jinping talks about women's work: giving full play to women's unique role in social life and family life]. These are made up of portions of text drawn from remarks delivered by Xi Jinping between 2013 and 2020. 

妇女事业始终是党和人民事业的重要组成部分。党的十八大以来,以习近平同志为核心的党中央从党和国家事业发展全局出发,高度重视和积极推进妇女工作。习近平总书记围绕妇女事业和妇联工作发表的一系列重要论述,是指导各级妇联组织进一步做好新时代妇女工作的行动指南。人民网•中国共产党新闻网 带您学习习近平总书记关于妇女和妇联工作的一系列重要论述,本篇聚焦“发挥妇女在社会生活和家庭生活中的独特作用”。[Women's cause has always been an important part of the cause of the Party and the people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to and actively promoted women's work based on the overall development of the party and the country's cause. A series of important expositions issued by General Secretary Xi Jinping around women's causes and the work of women's federations are action guides for women's federations at all levels to further improve women's work in the new era. People's Daily • China Communist Party News Network will take you to study a series of important expositions by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the work of women and women's federations. This article focuses on "playing the unique role of women in social life and family life."]

The essence of the insights--especially as they align the policy of the Communist Party and its oversight of family based social relations is this: equality is contextually framed and that tradition plays a role in defining context in all aspects of social life.

 要引导妇女带动家庭成员,发扬尊老爱幼、男女平等、夫妻和睦、勤俭持家、邻里团结等中华民族传统美德,抵制歪风邪气,弘扬清风正气,以好的家风支撑起好的社会风气。—2018年11月2日,习近平在同全国妇联新一届领导班子成员集体谈话时的讲话 [It is necessary to guide women to lead family members to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation such as respecting the elderly and caring for the young, equality between men and women, harmony between husband and wife, diligence and thrift in housekeeping, and unity among neighbors. They should resist unhealthy tendencies, promote clean and healthy trends, and support good social atmosphere with good family traditions. —On November 2, 2018, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation]

This approach to gender equality aligns quite closely with the emergence, at roughly the same time, of  a new element to New Era Theory: 习近平文化思想 [Xi Jinping's cultural thought]. See here, here, here, here, and here.

The text graphics are worth some substantial consideration.  From a comparative perspective, its fundamental orienting premise may not be aligned with those emerging in developed liberal democracies. That, in turn, will have a substantial effect both (1) on the application and development of international soft and hard law, as well as (2) the consequences of compliance with extraterritorial national business and human rights schemes, like that being developed in Europe and sanctions based regimes in the U.S. It also suggests the evolving contours of Socialist Human Rights in the area of gender.

The text graphics follow below in the original Chinese and crude English translation.



Xi Jinping talks about women's work: giving full play to women's unique role in social life and family life

Women's cause has always been an important part of the cause of the Party and the people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to and actively promoted women's work based on the overall development of the party and the country's cause. A series of important expositions issued by General Secretary Xi Jinping around women's causes and the work of women's federations are action guides for women's federations at all levels to further improve women's work in the new era. People's Daily • China Communist Party News Network will take you to study a series of important expositions by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the work of women and women's federations. This article focuses on "playing the unique role of women in social life and family life."

Today in the 21st century, creating a better life is inseparable from the comprehensive progress of women's cause, and it also requires the majority of women to contribute greater wisdom and strength. We must persist in protecting women's rights and interests in development, improve women's livelihood through development, and achieve simultaneous development of women's causes and economic and social development. We must remove obstacles and create an environment to maximize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of women and enhance their sense of gain, happiness and security. We must give full play to the role of the government and mobilize social forces to support and help women enjoy a brilliant life.
—On October 1, 2020, Xi Jinping’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Women in Beijing


 
Give full play to the unique role of women and promote the core socialist values to take root in the family. I have said that a family is the smallest country, and a country is composed of thousands of families. Do a good job in family work, give full play to women's unique role in social life and family life, give full play to women's unique role in carrying forward the family virtues of the Chinese nation and establishing good family traditions, and jointly build the harmony of the larger society with the harmony of small families and form a family The vivid situation of family happiness and health is an important task assigned by the Party Central Committee to the Women's Federation. It is also an important focus for the Women's Federation to serve the overall situation and serve women.
—On November 2, 2018, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation

 

I noticed that you established the Ministry of Family and Children's Work in this reform. In the next step, we must adhere to the core socialist values as the guide, establish a new era of family values, guide women to love not only the small family, but also love the country, lead family members to jointly sublimate the feelings of patriotism and love for the family, and build a relationship of love and mutual love. Family relations, carrying forward the family virtues of upward kindness, embodying the family pursuit of co-construction and sharing, giving full play to advantages and responsibilities in promoting family harmony, love among relatives, healthy growth of the next generation, and providing for the elderly.
—On November 2, 2018, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation


It is necessary to guide women to lead family members to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation such as respecting the elderly and caring for the young, equality between men and women, harmony between husband and wife, diligence and thrift in housekeeping, and unity among neighbors. They should resist unhealthy tendencies, promote clean and healthy trends, and support good social atmosphere with good family traditions.
—On November 2, 2018, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation


 
In my report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, I proposed the strategic task of cultivating new people of the era who will take on the responsibility of national rejuvenation. The Women's Federation should focus on this major issue, find the right entry point for cultivating moral character in family work, and help children buckle down the key to life. The first button. It is necessary to help women handle the relationship between family and work and become new-era women who are responsible for society and contribute to their families.
-On November 2, 2018, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation


We emphasize the promotion of gender equality and the active role of women in all aspects, which is right and must be unswerving. At the same time, we must also pay attention to the unique role of women in social life and family life, and give full play to the unique role of women in promoting the family virtues of the Chinese nation and establishing good family traditions.
-On October 31, 2013, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation


Women must consciously shoulder the responsibility of respecting the elderly, caring for the young, educating their children, and play a role in building family virtues. As a mother, you should pass on the concepts of love for learning, love for labor, and love for the motherland to your children from an early age, help them form beautiful minds, promote their healthy growth, and become useful people to the country and the people when they grow up. The family is the basic cell of society. Thousands of families have a good family tradition, good education for their children, and a good social atmosphere.
—On October 31, 2013, Xi Jinping’s speech during a collective conversation with members of the new leadership team of the All-China Women’s Federation


Source: "Excerpts of Xi Jinping's Excerpts on Women, Children and Women's Federation Work" Editors: Song Meiqi, Huang Zhen
Design: Qudong Omni Media Studio Mao Ran




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