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Feminist Five
The Feminist Five is a group of five young Chinese feminists who planned a demonstration against sexual harassment on public transportation. They became known after the Chinese goverment arrested them for this demonstration. [1]
In early March 2015, young feminists around China were preparing to distribute stickers with information about gender equality and sexual harassment, such as men groping women on crowded trains and buses, to commemorate the
The timing of the arrest and detention of the feminist five increased the amount of international attention at this event. Several goverments and NGOs on women´s rights saw their arrest as a provocative and disrespectful action from the Chinese goverment towards the international feminist community. The feminists were arrested right before the International Women’s Day and during Chinese president Xi Jinping´s preparations to co-host UN summit on women’s rights as a celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth UN Conference on Women in Beijing. [1][4] In reaction Hillary Clinton tweeted, “Xi hosting a meeting on women’s rights at the UN while persecuting feminists? Shameless.” [1] Such global diplomatic and media pressure lead to the eventual release of the Feminist Five. [1][4][5]
After thirty seven days of detention, on April 13, 2015 the Feminist Five were released on bail. They were the first group of social activists in China who were released from detention all together. Not in prison anymore, the women are still considered criminal suspects by the Chinese government. This restricts their job opportunities, physical mobility and takes their freedom and citizen rights. Their fight for total freedom is not over yet. [4]
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- ^ a b c d e f Hong Fincher, Leta (Fall 2016). "China's Feminist Five". Dissent. 63 no. 4: 84–90 – via Projekt MUSE.
- ^ a b Jacobs, Andrew (April 5, 2015). "Taking Feminist Battle to China's Streets, and Landing in Jail". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Zeng, Jinyan (April 17, 2015). "China's feminist five: 'This is the worst crackdown on lawyers, activists and scholars in decades'". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Zheng, Wang (2015). "Detention of the Feminist Five in China". Feminist Studies. Vol. 41, Issue 2: p. 476-482 – via EBSCOhost.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Haynes, Suyin (November 14, 2018). "Author Leta Hong Fincher Shows Why the World Should Pay Attention to China's Feminists". Time. Retrieved March 28, 2019.