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Violence against Women: Combating Domestic Violence—Global Women’s Issues
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April 8, 2016

Chen Mingxia is co-founder of the China Anti-Domestic Violence Network Law Association (ADVN), which helps women escape abusive relationships. Photo by Wang Tao
Chen Mingxia is co-founder of the China Anti-Domestic Violence Network Law Association (ADVN), which helps women escape abusive relationships. Photo by Wang Tao

A nongovernment organization in China works to end domestic violence. In the early 2000s in China, nobody thought that beating up wives was a crime. Now many people know about domestic violence and a growing number of police, judges and prosecutors are learning that they should take actions against it.

(Pamphlet, 3 pgs.)

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