Ye Haiyan facts for kids

Ye Haiyan (born 1975) is a Chinese gender activist, best known for her action in favor of women and children against violence. She is also well known by the name of Hooligan Sparrow (流氓燕).

Activism

In 2006, Ye became the founder of China Grassroots Women’s Rights Center.

In May of 2012, Ye was driven to a wall after accumulating debt, and was denied NGO as there was no local government to support her. Her determined writing an advocacy gained her the trust of better known Chinese artists like Ai WeiWei. The NGO office Ye was using after support in Guangxi was raided by eight plainclothes men who reportedly attacked her. Haiyan said after the attack that she presumed the men had been sent by the local government.

Personal Life

Ye's activism has exposed the authorities and school officials but has had a negative effect on her daughter because schools are not willing to enroll her.

Ye and her family faced harassment by the public following her detainment in 2013, and eventually had to leave their home and reside in the Guangdong province.