Sophie Richardson is China director at Human Rights Watch. She is the author of “China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence” (Columbia University Press, Dec. 2009), an in-depth examination of China’s foreign policy since 1954’s Geneva Conference, including rare interviews with policy makers. Follow her on Twitter at @SophieHRW. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/sophie-richardson/rss en Equal Pay and Opportunity Unpaid Domestic and Care Work Tue, 05 Jun 2018 01:30:00 +0000 Sophie Richardson https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/06/05/chinese-government-pushes-harmful-gender-roles-onto-leftover-women https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/06/05/chinese-government-pushes-harmful-gender-roles-onto-leftover-women China’s state-run organization on gender equality is promoting a damaging narrative about women’s subservience in an attempt to fix social issues, Human Rights Watch China director Sophie Richardson writes.