China Hotlines Advise Women With Marital, Family or Personal Rights Problems

Two new hotlines are putting Chinese women in touch with their legal rights. The telephone helplines are backed by the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) and opened in March this year on a limited trial operation. By the end of September, the two hotlines, which expanded across 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in August, had received more than 20,000 calls. The helpline has also opened on the Internet at www.12338.cn. Source. Zheng Yanyan (ChinaDaily), Chinadaily.com. Please click here for more information (last visited November 9, 2005, reo).