Guo Jianmei Explained

Guo Jianmei
Native Name:郭建梅
Birth Date:March 1960
Nationality:Chinese
Pronunciation:Guō Jiànméi
Occupation:Lawyer
Spouse:Liu Zhenyun
Children:Liu Yulin

Guo Jianmei (; born March 27, 1960) is a Chinese lawyer, human rights activist and director of a women's legal aid NGO. In 2005, she was one of 1000 women put forward as nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize.[1] Guo is the recipient of the 2010 Simone De Beauvoir Prize and the International Women of Courage Award in 2011.[2] [3] She received the Right Livelihood Award in 2019.[4] She is married to writer Liu Zhenyun.[5]

Career

Guo was born into a family of peasants in the impoverished region of Hua County, Henan Province. Seeing the poverty, underdevelopment and violation of women's rights in both the previous generations of her own family[6] as well as the village where she lived was the stimulus for her lifelong dedication to improving the rights of women in China.

When she was 18 Guo attended Law School at Peking University, graduating in 1983. She subsequently worked at the Ministry of Justice, The All China Federation of Women and The All China Association of Lawyers. She is currently Executive Director of the Women's Legal Research and Service Centre of the Law School of Beijing University.[7]

In 1995, Guo attended the Fourth International Forum for Women Lawyers and the United Nations international World Conference on Women in Beijing.

Later that same year, she and others founded the Beijing University Law School Women's Legal Research and Services Centre, the first non-profit-making non-governmental organization specializing in women's legal aid in China. The Centre grew to become an influential force in safeguarding the rights and interests of women.[8] In 2010, Beijing University officially disassociated itself from the centre, meaning The Women's Legal Research and Service Centre was no longer affiliated with the university. In 2016 the centre was ordered by the Chinese government to shut down.[9]

Guo participated in a revision of China's Marriage Law in 2001 and the enactment of the Regulations for Legal Aid in 2003. She has published 8 books, and is editor of three volumes of the popular law readers' "Everyday Life Law", and "A Guide to Women's Legal Aid Cases".

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PeaceWomen Across the Globe . 2011-07-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324123233/http://www.1000peacewomen.org/eng/friedensfrauen_biographien_gefunden.php?WomenID=1538 . 2012-03-24 .
  2. Web site: AWIU. awiu.org.
  3. Web site: Secretary Clinton To Host the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards . 2011-06-30 . 2017-03-09 .
  4. Web site: Right Livelihood Awards - 2019 announcement . 2019-09-26 . 2020-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217171230/https://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/2019-announcement/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Permission to Speak. NewsChina. 2018-01-17.
  6. Web site: Guo Jianmei, China's First Public Interest Lawyer | MAKERS Video . 2014-07-07 . 2014-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140705062050/http://www.makers.com/china/guo-jianmei . dead .
  7. Web site: Institute of Contemporary Observation. ico-china.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074240/http://www.ico-china.org/guwm1/einglish/ekcxfzdh0104.asp. 2016-03-04.
  8. Web site: Guo Jianmei: Patron of the Weak. womenofchina.cn. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012008/http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/report/86228-1.htm. 2012-03-22.
  9. News: Tatlow. Didi Kirsten. China Is Said to Force Closing of Women's Legal Aid Center. 2016-01-29. The New York Times. 2020-04-30. en-US. 0362-4331.

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