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Liang Jun (activist)
Liang Jun (梁 軍, born 1945) is a Chinese activist and teacher, who has campaigned for women's right to education in China, as well as being a co-founder of both the Henan Community Education Research Centre and China's first women's history museum, the Henan Women and Children Activity Center. Biography Liang was born in Yiyang county in Henan in 1945. She graduated from Beijing Normal University's History Department in 1968. From 1985 she subsequently taught at Henan Women Cadres School, where she was eventually promoted to the role of Vice President. During her time as a teacher she travelled to rural communities talking to women, and giving lectures to professional bodies such as the Women Technical Workers' Association, the Women Cadres' Association, the Women's Teachers' Association, and the Women Medical Workers' Association. An advocate for women's rights in China since the 1980s, and in particular the right to education, in 1998 Liang co-founded the Henan Community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henan Community Education Research Centre
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is also applied to the entirety of China proper. Henan is a birthplace of Han Chinese civilization, with over 3,200 years of recorded history and remained China's cultural, economic and political center until approximately 1,000 years ago. Henan Province is home to many heritage sites, including the ruins of Shang dynasty capital city Yin and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the Eight Great Ancient Capitals of China, Luoyang, Anyang, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, are in Henan. The practice of tai chi also began here in Chen Jia Gou Village (Chen style), as did the later Yang and Wu styles. Although the name of the province () means "south of the ellowriver.", approximately a quarter of the province lies north of the Yellow River, also known as the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
