摘要
COVER STORY In a country where the majority of people will steer clear of controver syatall costs, GuoJianmei, fearless lawyer and champion of humanrights, has no qualms about diving into the areas of lifewhere she can do the most goo d . Guo has been in strumental in raising awar eness and putting intopr actice a legal aid system in China, but more especially giving under-r epr esented women access tole galrep resentation. She has found that wom e n ’ sfamilial rights, their personal rights and their rights inthe wor kplace are the three most frequently violated .Her NGO, the fir st of its kind in China to focus onle gal aid for women, addr esses these issues and hasbeen a run a way success. This legal pioneer now seeksto promote the development of China’s emerging legal system as a whole and in the process try to deal withthe fla ws and contradictions that remain.
COVER STORY In a country where the majority of people will steer clear of controver syatall costs, GuoJianmei, fearless lawyer and champion of humanrights, has no qualms about diving into the areas of lifewhere she can do the most goo d . Guo has been in strumental in raising awar eness and putting intopr actice a legal aid system in China, but more especially giving under-r epr esented women access tole galrep resentation. She has found that wom e n ' sfamilial rights, their personal rights and their rights inthe wor kplace are the three most frequently violated .Her NGO, the fir st of its kind in China to focus onle gal aid for women, addr esses these issues and hasbeen a run a way success. This legal pioneer now seeksto promote the development of China's emerging legal system as a whole and in the process try to deal withthe fla ws and contradictions that remain.
