Liang Jun (; 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 Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

in 1945. She graduated from

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU) () is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education of China, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the B ...

'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 Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

in China since the 1980s, and in particular the right to education, in 1998 Liang co-founded the Henan Community Education Research Centre. The centre worked to support women in rural areas to establish cooperatives, as well as campaigning against domestic violence, and other issues. She has also worked with people who are HIV positive, and established the Red Ribbon Association. She was later appointed Vice President of

Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University (ZZU; ) is a provincial public university in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Henan. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. Zhengzhou University is rank ...

International Friendship Women's College. Liang has also worked as an oral historian, collecting testimonies for China's first women's history museum, the Henan Women and Children Activity Center, which she co-founded with

Li Xiaojiang Li Xiaojiang (; 1951 – 12 February 2025) was a Chinese scholar of women's studies who was arguably the first to bring Women's Studies to importance in post-Mao China. One of China's leading feminist thinkers and writers, she was a professor ...

and others.

Selected publications

* Li Xiaojiang, and Liang Jun. "The Contradictory Aspects of Women Cadres' State of Mind and Social Adjustments: Also on Certain Issues Involving Construction of the Ranks of Women Cadres." ''Chinese Sociology & Anthropology'' 20.3 (1988): 52–68. * Liang Jun. "The Prevention and Cure of AIDS in Rural Areas: Experiences in Community Intervention." ''Chinese Sociology & Anthropology'' 40.4 (2008): 90-96''.''

References

External links

Henan Women and Children Activity Center

Henan Community Center for Education and Research
{{Authority control Living people 1945 births Chinese women activists Chinese women academics Chinese women's rights activists Beijing Normal University alumni Academic staff of Zhengzhou University