Reader on Women’s Human Rights,

                                                                                          edited by Ban Wenzhan and Xia Yinlan, Hunan University Press, May 2012

         This book systematically explains the concept, types and significance of women's human rights as well as the historical process of its recognition and development in China and the international society, expounds the concept, significance and content of various kinds of women’s human rights as well as the obligations and responsibilities of the state and other members of society to respect and protect women's human rights. It summarizes the situation of recognition and realization of various kinds of women’s human rights in China, including the achievements and shortcomings, and introduces the mechanisms of safeguarding women’s human rights in China and the United Nations.

          This book belongs to the series of 'Readers on Human Rights Knowledge' compiled under the orgnization of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, which comes under the National Key Books Publication Planed Project during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period, the Project Supported by the National Press Foundation and the Project Supported by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development.