Legal protection for women

About the legal protection of women

Regarding the legal protection of women, women and children can be said to be vulnerable groups in this society. People can often see about it in some social news. There is news about women being victimized, so girls must protect themselves. The following is about the legal protection of women. Legal protection of women 1

Laws that specifically protect the rights and interests of women: "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests", "Law of the People's Republic of China on Maternal and Infant Health Care", "Female Workers' Rights and Interests Law" Labor Protection Regulations", "Regulations on the Scope of Prohibited Labor for Female Employees", "Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Severely Punishing Criminals Who Abduct, Traffick and Kidnap Women and Children", "Marriage Law", "Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China" 》.

Laws containing provisions to protect women’s rights and interests: "Labor Law of the People's Republic of China", "Anti-Domestic Violence Law", "Constitution of the People's Republic of China", "People's Republic of China" *Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China", "Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments at All Levels of the People's Republic of China", "Election Law", "Enterprise Law", "Compulsory Education Law", "Prison Law" , "Public Security Management Punishment Regulations".

1. The "Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests" stipulates the following provisions on women's personal rights:

Article 33. The state guarantees that women enjoy equal personal rights with men.

Article 34. Women’s personal freedom shall not be violated. Illegal detention and other illegal means of depriving or restricting women's personal freedom are prohibited. Unlawful searches of women's bodies are prohibited.

2. "Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 34 The woman may terminate the pregnancy during pregnancy or within one year after delivery. Within the next six months, the man may not file for divorce. This does not apply if the woman files for divorce, or if the people's court deems it necessary to accept the man's request for divorce.

Article 46: When divorcing, if the woman loses her fertility due to sterilization or other reasons, the issue of child support shall be handled in a manner that is conducive to the rights and interests of the children and the reasonable requirements of the woman shall be taken into account.

3. "Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 26 During pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, women shall enjoy special labor in accordance with relevant state regulations. Protection and access to help and compensation.

4. "Labor Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 58 The state implements special labor protection for female employees and underage workers.

Underage workers refer to workers who are over 16 years old but under 18 years old.

Article 59 It is prohibited to arrange female workers to engage in labor underground in mines, labor with level 4 physical labor intensity prescribed by the state, and other labor that is taboo.

5. "Anti-Domestic Violence Law"

Article 33 If the perpetrator commits domestic violence and constitutes a violation of public security management, he shall be punished by public security management in accordance with the law; if it constitutes a crime, Investigate criminal liability in accordance with the law. Legal protection of women 2

1. Women’s political rights mean that women have the right to manage national affairs, economic and cultural affairs and social affairs through various methods and forms, and enjoy equal rights to vote and be elected. At the same time, women have the right to lodge complaints, lawsuits and reports to relevant departments when their rights and interests are infringed upon. Although the political rights enjoyed by women are not often used by most ordinary women, they are indeed the most important rights and interests enjoyed by women.

2. Women’s cultural and educational rights. In other words, women have the right to enjoy equal culture and education, as well as the right to request various professional education. Protecting women's cultural and educational rights is an important prerequisite for women to comprehensively improve their own quality and better participate in the management of social affairs. A good educational background can not only greatly improve women's employment and promotion opportunities, improve women's living conditions, but is also an important reflection of women's social status.

3. Labor and social security rights: Women enjoy equal labor rights and social security rights. Women enjoy special protection rights during special periods such as menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.

Although there are still a lot of unequal treatments for women in the employment and career fields at this stage, such as some companies not recruiting women of childbearing age or requiring female employees to stop production and not be able to return to their original jobs after giving birth, etc., with the progress of society and the continuous improvement of the legal system, There are more and more legal provisions for the protection of female workers during special periods.

As long as women enhance their legal awareness, learn and master the laws and regulations related to the protection of women's rights and interests, and understand the relief methods when women's rights and interests are infringed, they can protect women's legitimate rights and interests to the maximum extent. .

4. Property rights mean that women enjoy equal property rights in social life, marriage and family life, including ownership, creditor's rights, inheritance rights, patent rights, copyrights, trademark rights, etc. Equal property rights are the basic rights and interests enjoyed by women and are the basis for women to exercise other rights and interests. Especially in marriage and family life, property ownership and equal property disposal rights are closely related to every woman. Therefore, women must take care to protect their property rights.

5. Personal rights In other words, the personal non-property rights enjoyed by women are various civil rights that are inseparable from themselves and have no direct property content. Personality rights include two parts: personality rights and identity rights.

Personality rights include rights to life and health, rights to freedom, rights to privacy, rights to portrait, rights to reputation, etc. Identity rights include family rights, guardianship rights, spouse rights, copyrights, invention rights, patent rights and other intellectual property rights. Protecting women's personal rights and interests is the top priority in protecting women's rights and interests. In particular, protecting women's right to life and health and personal freedom is an important prerequisite for women to engage in all other affairs.

6. Marriage and family rights refer to the rights and interests that women enjoy among relatives based on marriage, blood relationship, adoption relationship or other kinship relationships. Paying attention to protecting women's rights in marriage and family is an important guarantee for improving women's family status and building a harmonious family. The above are the legal rights that women have. Legal protection of women 3

1. Political rights:

1. Women enjoy equal political rights as men. 2. The state actively cultivates and selects female cadres.

2. Cultural and educational rights:

1. The state guarantees that women enjoy equal cultural and educational rights as men. 2. When admitting students, schools shall not refuse to admit women or raise the admission standards for women on the grounds of gender, except for special majors.

3. Labor and social security rights and interests:

1. Equal labor rights and obligations with men, and equal pay for equal work. 2. Female employees shall not reduce their basic wages or terminate their labor contracts during pregnancy.

4. Property rights and interests:

1. Women enjoy rights and interests in rural land contracting and management, income distribution of collective economic organizations, land expropriation or use of expropriation compensation fees, and use of homesteads, etc. Equal rights for men. 2. Women’s equal rights to property inheritance as men’s are protected by law.

5. Personal rights and interests:

1. Women’s personal freedom and right to life and health shall not be violated. 2. Sexual harassment of women is prohibited. Victimized women have the right to complain to their work units and relevant authorities.

6. Marriage and family rights:

1. The man shall not file for divorce while the woman is pregnant, within 1 year after giving birth, or within 6 months after the termination of pregnancy. Restricting a man's right to request divorce for a certain period of time will help protect the physical and mental health of women, infants and young children. 2. On the issue of division of property during divorce, the principle of taking care of the woman is stipulated.

Legal basis

Article 2 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests", women's political, economic, cultural, social and family life enjoy equal rights with men in all aspects.

The implementation of gender equality is a basic national policy of the country. The state takes necessary measures to gradually improve various systems to protect women's rights and interests and eliminate all forms of discrimination against women.

The state protects the special rights and interests that women enjoy in accordance with the law.

Discrimination, abuse, abandonment, and mutilation of women are prohibited.