Legal counseling for women is online

Need the law by your side? Click if you are a female net-surfer.

An Internet site has opened that offers legal counseling for women who face problems at various places such as at home, work or society.

Lawyer Choi Eun-Soo, 34, a winner of the Women's Movement Prize of the Year in 1998 through her handling of a sexual harassment case at Seoul National University, runs the Internet site www.womenlaw.co.kr. Opened to the net-public in November, it is filled with services for women through such offerings as the ¡®Women's Law Square¡¯ and the ¡®Women's Legal Counseling.¡¯

In the ¡®Women's Law Square,¡¯ visitors can find information on ¡®Women and Family,¡¯ ¡®Women and Labor,¡¯ ¡®Women and Sexuality,¡¯ and ¡®Women and Business.¡¯ In the ¡®Women and Sexuality¡¯ section, the visitors will be able to read extensive information concerning the crime of sexual violence, the legal process and rights of the victims.

Shin Suk-Ho kyle@donga.com