Alon,<div><br></div><div>I am not sure if it is considered as new law, but the abolition of family registry system</div><div>in 2008 should have contributed to gender equality for various reasons. It more or less</div><div>
dissolved a traditional form of patrilineal hierarchy in law and allowed for more (paper)</div><div>rights for women in terms of heading an independent household or being a sole guardian</div><div>for children. </div><div>
<br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Su-kyoung</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Alon Levkowitz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:levko@smile.net.il">levko@smile.net.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dear Koreanists.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br>
<span>I am looking for legal cases and new laws that stand as landmark in the gender equality of South Korean legal system. </span><br><span>Cheers</span><br></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Alon<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"ParkAvenue BT","serif";color:#1f497d">Dr. Alon Levkowitz<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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