Getting to Action on Issues of Gender Equality in China: From Participatory Training to Government Officials’ Participating in Change Behavior
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The Science Communication Project @ISU was founded in 2010 with the goal of enhancing collaborative research on, education for, and the practice of public science communication, broadly conceived. Our biennial symposia- which include public presentations of multidisciplinary research and interactive workshops- bring together a network of scholars who share interests in public engagement of science, environmental communication, natural resource management, and agriscience. Conference proceedings showcase research, evaluations, and critiques of science communication-related practices and phenomena.
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Although the central government of China published the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests in 1992 and refined it in 2005, gender equality is still an issue on which the local governments has taken little action because of a lack of operational and technical guidance in legal practices. This paper focuses on analysis of effectiveness of participatory trainings of governmental officials aimed at increasing skill levels in using a gender perspective to intervene in domestic violence situations and mediate non-violent family conflicts. The evaluation results suggest the trainings received highly positive feedback from participants across the country, and across professional fields.