We have suggested that the current law be amended and the period during which women are not allowed to be fired after maternity leave be extended from 45 days to six months but without success.

There is no doubt that a lot of work needs to be done to update the law and this could be the first move into the right direction. But at the same time, a stronger policy and message of enforcement needs to be put into place.

One of the main problems for women in the workplace today regards equal opportunity for women to return to work after maternity leave.

Because of the pool problem, we did carefully examine law firms and professors as well in looking for good women and minorities to appoint as district judges and appellate judges.

After the law was announced, we started getting calls from women who wanted to know what would happen if they got married,

After the law was announced, we started getting calls from women who wanted to know what would happen if they got married, ... You can't rule out a sex offender coercing the mother. They tend to target single moms to have access to their kids. This isn't good.