Abstract The purpose of this research is to highlight the extent to which government policy has violated the human rights of women in China. Government policy is important for the organization of countries. Government policies aim to resolve political, economic and social problems that can harm the functioning of a country. Successful government policies prove to be efficient and effective when their implementation is deemed successful. The one-child policy has proven effective in reducing the size of the population. As old policy rules were relaxed, family planning officials in the region began drafting less strict family planning protocols. Although it proved to be an effective policy in curbing population growth, the one-child policy targeted Chinese women. A review of government policy and its impact on the female population shows a link between population policy and its discrimination against women. Although China has reduced the stipulations of its one-child policy, the enforcement of this policy has hindered women's natural human rights through the imposition of restricted childbirth.IntroductionFollowing a thirty-five policy years aiming to improve economic and social concerns in the region, the People's Republic of China began to relax its family planning regulations. Before China's population policy was implemented, the population experienced massive increases and decreases. The aftermath of the civil and world wars before 1949 led to high mortality rates in the country. With the end of the national conflict and the arrival of new leadership, population growth was greatly encouraged by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong. During this period, the size of China's population increased significantly...... middle of document ...... published May 1, 2014).• United Nations General Assembly, Universal Declaration of Human Rights , December 10, 1948, 217 A. (III), available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3712c.html [accessed March 9, 2014] • “What are human rights? What are human rights. http://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/pages/whatarehumanrights.aspx (accessed April 29, 2014). • World Bank. (2014). Fertility rate, total (births per woman) Data retrieved on May 1, 2014 from the World Data Bank: World Development Indicators• Yang, Dennis Tao. 2008. Agricultural crisis and famine in China from 1959 to 1961: investigation and comparison with Soviet famines. Comparative Economic Studies 50, no. 1:1-29, http://search.proquest.com/docview/201687756?accountid=15070. • Yu, Jiangxia and Jingwei Liu. 2009. The new biopolitics. Journal of Academic Ethics 7, no. 4: 287-296, http://search.proquest.com/docview/521178676?accountid=15070.