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The daughter of a prominent Beijing rights activist is laid off from her job amid fears of financial problems.

A dissident writer in China describes why she believes Mo Yan should not have received the literary award.

Gao Wenjuan was alone Aug. 20 at Ritan Park, one of the three designated zones for protesting during the Olympics, although no protests have yet been ...

The government offers free IUD removal to some women, but many more will have to pay or face medical complications.

Battling ill-health, exiled Chinese doctor and AIDS whistleblower Gao Yaojie criticizes corruption in China, says she wants a simple death.

Leta Hong Fincher, author of 'Betraying Big Brother,' talks to RFA's Mandarin Service about China's nascent feminist movement.

The pastor of an unofficial Protestant church says China's ruling Communist Party is trying to limit members' activities.

China's 'stability maintenance' regime is particularly tough on women seeking redress from state.

A Chinese petitioner believed to be institutionalized after she approached the country's leader with her complaint tells her story of the incident.

Chinese petitioner Ran Chongbi protests police inaction over her daughter's rape.

A Chinese couple who tried to set fire to themselves in Tiananmen Square in protest at a forced eviction face detention.

A Vietnamese rights activist recently freed from jail describes life under probation.

The editor of a political magazine in Hong Kong discusses China's new first lady.

A Uyghur factory worker risks her freedom to expose ethnic discrimination in China.

The former colleague of a group of petitioners describes the events that led them to attempt a mass suicide protest.

U.S.-based women's rights activist Zhang Qing talks about the stark lack of female faces at the highest level of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

A gender scholar defends the right of Chinese women to choose what they want to wear.

A land activist and a religious activist suffer poor conditions in a Vietnamese jail.

Elnur Sidiq discusses her husband’s detention and the uncertainty of his situation.

The mother and sister-in-law of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng describe the harsh restrictions placed on their family.

Chinese political prisoners' family members in the US tell RFA their wishes for the holiday season.

Female students are furious at unequal gender standards used in China's university application process.

A Chinese woman describes being raped by an unidentified man during a kidnapping in Beijing earlier this month.

The U.S.-based wife of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng says her husband is still recovering from years of ill-treatment in detention.

A Chinese writer takes satirical aim at Maoist support for Bo Xilai.

A former student describes life under China's Red Guards.

Three women have their say on the politics of human rights in China.

An activist recently released from prison describes her fight for justice after being crippled during a beating.

The founder of one of Cambodia’s most influential NGOs talks about how to more effectively combat human trafficking in her country.

A Chinese petitioner tells why she continues to protest against the 're-education through labor' system that changed her life.