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Chinese Women Face Rampant Gender Discrimination From Employers, Report Says

Human Rights Watch says 19 percent of job advertisements in 2018 were designated "men only." Meanwhile, several tech companies feature young female employees in ads to attract male counterparts.

China's employers engage in blatant gender discrimination, often advertising jobs for "men only," while others hire women with physical attributes aimed at appealing to their male coworkers, according to a new study published this week by Human Rights Watch.

An analysis by HRW of more than 36,000 job postings over the past five years in China found rampant

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