We are devoted to the cause of preserving the rights of women, offering an independent and innovative approach to addressing the difficulties facing Chinese women.
Goals
To practice legal aid, to protect the rights of women, to safeguard legal justice, to improve women's understanding of their legal rights and ability to protect those rights, to research the representative and typical legal challenges faced by Chinese women, and to promote the development of women's rights protection and legal aid.
Major Projects
Rural women's land rights project, female workers training, sexual harassment in the workplace prevention project
Major Achievements
2002, Caijing Magazine's "Top Ten Influential Chinese NGOs"
2007, Voted among the top ten "Annual Legal Persons of Note" by Ministry of Justice and Legal Daily
April 2011, Our "Public Interest Lawyer's Network" was named one of the "2010 Top Ten Good Fortune Chinese Annual Public Service Organizations" by Nanfang Daily and China Pingan Group.
Major Funders
Ford Foundation
Major Partners
Chinese Women's Research Society (中国妇女研究会), American Bar Association, CLD Consultants Beijing (中律原(北京)咨询有限公司), US Embassy, GAP, International Labour Organization, UNWomen
Distinctions
We have flexible and independent operating mechanisms, our staff is talented and professional, we have a wide network of Chinese and international contacts, and we have established a unique model of legal aid.