'A Chinese dinner was enjoyed at the monthly meeting "of the Community Church Women's Auxillary on Monday, with a talk by Mrs. V.
Chen as the main attraction of the morning's programme, Mrs, Chen, who isa prominent! welfare worker amongst her cwt! countrypeople, chose for her subject "Chinese women in industrial life." She gave a short history of how these women first became absorbed Into local industries and mentioned that there were no less than 150,000 women industrial workers in the, district of Shanghai alone, Mrs, Chen felt very strongly about the -hard-Ships her sex had to suffer in the shops and factories, and the poor wages they received for a long. day's work in comparison with the men. There are laws, she remarked, for the protection of female workers, one of which ensures eight weeks holiday to carry prospective mothers over the period of child birth, Those who are "responsible for enforcing these laws, and the author-Mies in charge of employment at the various factories are exceeding! slack in this respect, said the speak for. She stated that economic con-Gitions often forced these women to continue working in a totally unfit condition, and no steps were taken to see that they had adequate xest ud care at these times,
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