Several labour unions, including in central Hunan province and the southern hub of Shenzhen, issued official notices to companies to stop requiring prospective female employees to disclose their marital and childbearing status.
The notices, posted on the Shenzhen, Hunan and Qinghai state-backed unions’ official Wechat pages in the past week, were among the most widely-circulated items on social media on Monday with many netizens saying it was a step in the right direction to address widespread gender inequality.
