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 Womens 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 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 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 and others.