China’s ‘two sessions’: adviser urges end to forced marriages of mentally ill rural women
CPPCC member Jiang Shengnan calls for crisis intervention centres and reporting hotlines as part of comprehensive prevention mechanism
Jiang Shengnan, a writer and member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, China’s top political advisory body, warned that tackling the issue presented multiple challenges.
There was a lack of support for such women when it came to marriage-related decision-making, Jiang told state-run China News Service on Tuesday, ahead of the “two sessions” – China’s annual top legislative and advisory meetings.
She said some parents forced their daughters into marriage for profit amid weak legal penalties for rights violations.
She proposed a wide-ranging year-long campaign against forced marriages of such women, spanning preventive education, case discovery and rescue, placement, rehabilitation and judicial relief.