Beijing lawyers aid Chinese women seek legal redress
A Beijing 8th Lawyer Office staffed mainly by women provides free or low cost aid to women facing discrimination at work and in divorces. They have counseled over 3,000 women and pursued about 400 court cases in three years. They emphasize accessible legal help with fees from 13 cents to 54 cents for consultations and modest divorce rates.
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Beijing
China
Tiananmen Square
All- China Women’s Federation
Legal Center
Canton
Guangzhou
Sichuan
Zhang Xiaoqing
Yu Lin
Tian Hui
Zhang
Afghan rebels step up attacks on Soviet backed regime
Western diplomats report intensified rebel operations across Afghanistan with battles near Kandahar Charikar Khord Panjshir. Five Soviet soldiers killed in June clashes as withdrawal continues from Kandahar and 13 provinces under Geneva accords.
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New Delhi
India
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Kabul
Spin Boldak
Kunar
Nangarhaya
Ghazni
Paktia
Logar
Panjshir
Chahardar
Charikar
Khord
Gulbahar
Japanese Fathers Trapped Between Work and Family Life
In Japan a wave of self help books highlights family time as a crisis for working men. Surveys show most husbands spend long hours at work and few share housework, while mothers urge more family presence despite men’s focus on career and promotions.
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Tokyo
Kingsley Ward
Japan
Naoyuki Oki
Oki
Canadian baby denied Roman numeral name in BC
Colleen O Hara failed to register her four month old as Gerald Charles O Hara The Fourth Thompson because Roman numerals are not allowed in names. She wanted to honor his father Gerald Charles Thompson III and preserve the family name, while officials require spelling out the numeral. She vows to continue the fight to name her son as she wishes.
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Mission, British Columbia
Rocky III
Queen Elizabeth II
Gerald Charles O’hara Thompson IV
Colleen O’hara
British Columbia
Division of Vital Statistics
Gerald Charles Thompson III
Franca Santucci
O’hara
Gerald Charles O’hara
Thompson
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