Posted by Francis Koh on 22 Oct 2013

The jobs Chinese girls just can't do

Chinese women are banned from studying a number of subjects, "from tunnel engineering to navigation," allegedly out of respect for women's safety.

It's "blatant gender discrimination," argued one student activist, Xiao Meili.

"No-one had stood up to these universities before, and told them these policies were wrong. Why didn't anyone want to change anything? It really made me very angry."

 

Read More: www.mining.com/chinese-girls-want-to-break-down-barriers-to-mining/


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