User:Wikiedits0503/Ye Haiyan

Biography
Ye Haiyan (born 1975) is a Chinese gender activist, best known for her action in favor of women, prostitutes, and children against violence and sexual aggression. She exposed the harsh conditions of local brothels, in which sex workers were sexually and physically abused. Before Haiyan became an activist in 2001, she used to work at a karaoke bar and massage parlor.

Activism in Time
'''A website came to support sex workers in 2005, this website was created by Ye. In the year that followed she became the founder of China Grassroots Women’s Rights Center.'''

In May of 2012, her NGO office in Guangxi was raided by eight plainclothes men who also reportedly attacked her. Haiyan said after the attack that she presumed the men had been sent by the local government.

On 27 May 2013, she campaigned and protested against a school director in Hainan accused of raping six female students, aged 12 to 13, sparking national outrage via Sina Weibo -- a microblogging website that is one of the largest social media platforms in China. She held a poster to tell the principal to have a room with her implying to have sex with her instead of the youth: "Principal, call me if you want to get a room. Leave the pupils alone."

Circa June of 2013, the filmmaker Ai Xiaoming has supported/worked together with Ye in her campaign by publicizing discourse similar to that of what Ye was campaigning regarding the alleged rape of the 6 high school girls, who were violated by their principal.

On the 6th of July 2013, Ye alongside her daughter and boyfriend Ling Huobo, was abandoned and left on the side of the road by Guangdong secret agents.

In May 2014, she was attacked in her home and arrested for being a whistleblower. She exposed the harsh conditions of local brothels, in which sex workers were sexually and physically abused.

A documentary was shown at the Sundance Film Festival back in 2016, by the name Hooligan Sparrow, depicts the 2013 campaign about the schoolgirl rape incident. In the documentary Ye alongside other activists in her area, campaigned to raise awareness of the issue while the whole project struggled to stay afloat.

Family
While her activism has exposed the authorities and school officials, it has had a negative effect on her daughter because no school is willing to enroll her.