The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations engenders the second cultural awakening in Asia and provides a historic opportunity to address the issue of women’s discrimination. The future of Asia rests on the fundamental elimination of discrimination against women. “Discrimination against women” has become a serious “civilization defect.” Patriarchy is the social and cultural cause of it. Such widespread discrimination causes problems in both forms of production in human society and inhibits the effective progress of civilizations. The mainstream trend of civilization awakening and progress in the next millennium is to move out of a patriarchal society and into a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind in which men and women are equal.
性别歧视父权制社会文化觉醒
Zhang Yinjun:Executive President of Nishan World Women’s Forum, China Vice Director of Women and Children Committee of Central Committee of China Association for Promoting Democracy, China