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3 Nw. Interdisc. L. Rev. 78 (2010)
The Broadening of Legal Aid and Women's Rights in China: Cooperation and Collaboration between the All-China Women's Federation and the Beijing University Center for Women's Law Studies and Legal Services

handle is hein.journals/nwilr3 and id is 82 raw text is: The Broadening of Legal Aid and Women's Rights in China: Cooperation and Collaboration between the All-China Women's Federation and the Beijing University Center for Women's Law Studies and Legal Services Zhen Angela Lu' Columbia University Introduction Since the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Women's Conference (FUNWC) held in Beijing, the Chinese have become more aware of the status of women in the country. Prior to the conference, there existed a dearth of information and discourse relating to women in the country; women themselves were not aware of the problems affecting other female citizens-most, for example, did not know about the prevalence of domestic violence in China.2 However, after the UN conference, gender inequality became a more prominent topic, and the consideration of the subject matter gradually progressed from an individual-centered perspective to a wider, collective outlook. This shift gave rise to the treatment of gender inequality as a human rights issue. Along with the new human rights perspective, FUNWC also elicited the rise of the concept of non-governmental organizing, which officially entered China's political vocabulary in preparation for the conference. In addition to familiarizing Chinese women with non- governmental organizing, the conference also strengthened China's activist scene by introducing Western human rights language into the country. With these new developments came the growth of civil society in China through the rise of the autonomous organizations. This paper focuses on one organization in particular: the Beijing University's Center for Women's Law Studies and Legal Services. As a small, university-based autonomous organization focused on women and the law in China, the Center is 1 B.A. 2010 (Expected). This article represents an edited copy of an undergraduate thesis for the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. 2 Cecilia Milwertz and Wei Bu, Non-Governmental Organising for Gender Equality in China-Joining a Global Emancipatory Epistemic Community, International Journal of Human Rights 11 (2007): 135. 78

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