All-China Women's Federation

All-China Women's Federation
All-China Women's Federation
Simplified Chinese	中华全国妇女联合会
Traditional Chinese	中華全國婦女聯合會
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōnghuá Quánguó Fùnǚ Liánhéhuì
Wade–Giles	Chung-hua Chüan-kuo Fu-nü Lien-ho-hui

All-China Women's Federation
	Headquarters of the ACWF
Abbreviation	ACWF
Formation	24 March 1949
Type	People's organization
Purpose	Women's rights
Headquarters	Beijing, People's Republic of China
President	Shen Yiqin
Vice President	Huang Xiaowei, etc
Main organ	National Congress and Executive Committee
Affiliations	Communist Women's International (Historical); Women's International Democratic Federation (Historical)
Website	www.womenofchina.cn

The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China Democratic Women's Foundation, and was renamed the All-China Women's Federation in 1957. It has acted as the official leader of the women's movement in China since its founding. It is responsible for promoting government policies on women, and protecting women's rights within the government, while liberating them from traditional norms within society and involving them in social revolution with the aim to promote their overall status and welfare in Chinese society.^[1] As a united political community, women in the ACWF achieved political momentum, power among the male elite, and required representation.^[2]

^ Tsui, Justina Ka Yee (1998). Chinese women : active revolutionaries or passive followers? : a history of the All-China Women's Federation, 1949 to 1996 (masters). Concordia University.
^ Johns, Jamie (2010). "What Do Women Live For?": "Women of China" and the All-China Women's Federation (Thesis). Columbia University. doi:10.7916/d8542vhs.

[1] Tsui, Justina Ka Yee (1998). Chinese women : active revolutionaries or passive followers? : a history of the All-China Women's Federation, 1949 to 1996 (masters). Concordia University.

[2] Johns, Jamie (2010). "What Do Women Live For?": "Women of China" and the All-China Women's Federation (Thesis). Columbia University. doi:10.7916/d8542vhs.

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