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Born on September 25, 1975, Ye Haiyan is a social worker and women's rights and gender rights activist. Also known as Hooligan Sparrow (流氓燕), Ye has since 2005 worked to raise awareness and campaign against the sexual abuse of children, and has advocated on behalf of sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS. Her high-profile activism has resulted in significant official unease and attention, and she has reported attacks, threats, and pressure.   
 
Born on September 25, 1975, Ye Haiyan is a social worker and women's rights and gender rights activist. Also known as Hooligan Sparrow (流氓燕), Ye has since 2005 worked to raise awareness and campaign against the sexual abuse of children, and has advocated on behalf of sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS. Her high-profile activism has resulted in significant official unease and attention, and she has reported attacks, threats, and pressure.   
  
Born in a poor village in Wuhan, Hubei, Ye once ran a legitimate massage parlor nearby a similar establishment that was a front for a brothel. During this time, she befriended several prostitutes, and [https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-sex-worker-warrior-ye-haiyan-fights-for-prostitutes-rights noticed the stigma that her employees held against them] and their fear of contracting AIDS from chairs that they momentarily occupied. Later, while managing a karaoke club, she witnessed physical abuse against a sex worker. In 2003, after divorcing her husband, she and her daughter were offered a place to stay in the home of several sex workers, where she heard more horrific stories of their experiences.
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Born in a poor village in Wuhan, Hubei, Ye once ran a legitimate massage parlor nearby a similar establishment that was a front for a brothel. During this time, she befriended several prostitutes, and [https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-sex-worker-warrior-ye-haiyan-fights-for-prostitutes-rights noticed the stigma that her employees held against them] and their fear of contracting AIDS from chairs that they momentarily occupied. Later, while working at a karaoke club in Bobai, Guangxi, she witnessed physical abuse against a sex worker. In 2003, after divorcing her husband, she and her daughter were offered a place to stay in the home of several sex workers, where she heard more horrific stories of their experiences.
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In 2005, Ye began blogging about the plight of sex workers under the moniker "Hooligan Sparrow." Her [https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-sex-worker-warrior-ye-haiyan-fights-for-prostitutes-rights website experienced frequent hacking attacks, and she was maligned as a pimp by web users]. That year, she learned that a 23-year-old sex worker and contributor to her website had been murdered. In 2006, she established a rights association and community group that educated sex workers about health issues and advocated on their behalf in Wuhan. By 2009, Ye had become one of China's leading critics of the criminalization of prostitution, but had won attention from police, and was frequently [[drink tea|invited to tea]]. Following a large protest she organized with sex workers publicly soliciting signatures for a petition to decriminalize sex work, in 2011 Ye was driven from her hometown and forced to return to Guangxi, where she had been married. After returning to Bobai, Guangxi, she established the the China Women's Rights Workshop (中国民间女权工作室) which [http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1272057/activist-ye-haiyan-continues-dirty-battle-sex-workers-rights provided outreach services and distributed free condoms]. Her attempts to register her organization as an NGO failed due to a lack of government support, but her writing and advocacy earned her much financial backing from both low-income and high profile supporters, including internationally renowned artist and rights activist [[Ai Weiwei]].
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In 2012, in effort to better understand the lives of sex workers and to further raise awareness of their plight, she worked briefly in a run-down brothel catering to migrant workers, offering her services for free and writing about it on her Weibo account. At Global Voices, [https://globalvoices.org/2012/01/15/china-prostituting-to-defend-sex-workers-rights/ '''Oiwan Lam translated several of her accounts''']:
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<blockquote> Today I conducted investigative research at a 10-dollar sexshop and witnessed the arrest of a sister by police. These sisters are paid between RMB 10-20 (USD 1.5-3) for having sexual intercourse with their customers. They are serving in the lowest strata of society. I wish that police would exercise discretion and not harshly exploit them with fines. I also wish the public would speak out against this legal robbery of our sisters. The arrest took place in Bobai, Guangxi.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Master Meng Jianzhu [Translator note: Meng is China's Minister of Public Security]: Hope you can understand the pain of the grassroots. Don't exploit administrative fees from sex workers, especially the poorest among them. I wish that the Public Security Bureau could issue an internal notice and ask the police officers to stop raiding poor sex workers, particular as the new year approaches. A humble plea from Ye Haiyan, Chinese grassroots women's rights defender.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Beginning now, I am providing free sexual services for rural migrant workers. First of all, this is to prevent them from being caught and legally robbed by police. Secondly, this is to serve the sexual needs of the grassroots and help relieve social pressure. Thirdly, I want to create a sharp contrast between my love for the grassroots and the cruelty of the government. I hope that they will be touched by my action, which will end tomorrow. [[https://globalvoices.org/2012/01/15/china-prostituting-to-defend-sex-workers-rights/ Source]]</blockquote>
  
In 2005, Ye began blogging about the plight of sex workers under the moniker "Hooligan Sparrow." Her [https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-sex-worker-warrior-ye-haiyan-fights-for-prostitutes-rights website experienced frequent hacking attacks, and she was maligned as a pimp by web users]. That year, she learned that a 23-year-old sex worker and contributor to her website had been murdered. In 2006, she established the China Women's Rights Workshop (中国民间女权工作室) in Wuhan, a rights association and community group. Her attempts to register her organization as an NGO failed due to a lack of government support, but her writing and advocacy earned her much financial backing from both low-income and high profile supporters, including internationally renowned artist and rights activist [[Ai Weiwei]]. By 2009, Ye had become one of China's leading critics of the criminalization of prostitution, but had won attention from police, and was frequently [[drink tea|invited to tea]].
 
  
 
Her high profile 2013 campaign against a Hainan elementary school principal accused of raping several female students attracted much global and official attention, and led to   
 
Her high profile 2013 campaign against a Hainan elementary school principal accused of raping several female students attracted much global and official attention, and led to   

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Born on September 25, 1975, Ye Haiyan is a social worker and women's rights and gender rights activist. Also known as Hooligan Sparrow (流氓燕), Ye has since 2005 worked to raise awareness and campaign against the sexual abuse of children, and has advocated on behalf of sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS. Her high-profile activism has resulted in significant official unease and attention, and she has reported attacks, threats, and pressure.

Born in a poor village in Wuhan, Hubei, Ye once ran a legitimate massage parlor nearby a similar establishment that was a front for a brothel. During this time, she befriended several prostitutes, and noticed the stigma that her employees held against them and their fear of contracting AIDS from chairs that they momentarily occupied. Later, while working at a karaoke club in Bobai, Guangxi, she witnessed physical abuse against a sex worker. In 2003, after divorcing her husband, she and her daughter were offered a place to stay in the home of several sex workers, where she heard more horrific stories of their experiences.

In 2005, Ye began blogging about the plight of sex workers under the moniker "Hooligan Sparrow." Her website experienced frequent hacking attacks, and she was maligned as a pimp by web users. That year, she learned that a 23-year-old sex worker and contributor to her website had been murdered. In 2006, she established a rights association and community group that educated sex workers about health issues and advocated on their behalf in Wuhan. By 2009, Ye had become one of China's leading critics of the criminalization of prostitution, but had won attention from police, and was frequently invited to tea. Following a large protest she organized with sex workers publicly soliciting signatures for a petition to decriminalize sex work, in 2011 Ye was driven from her hometown and forced to return to Guangxi, where she had been married. After returning to Bobai, Guangxi, she established the the China Women's Rights Workshop (中国民间女权工作室) which provided outreach services and distributed free condoms. Her attempts to register her organization as an NGO failed due to a lack of government support, but her writing and advocacy earned her much financial backing from both low-income and high profile supporters, including internationally renowned artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei.

In 2012, in effort to better understand the lives of sex workers and to further raise awareness of their plight, she worked briefly in a run-down brothel catering to migrant workers, offering her services for free and writing about it on her Weibo account. At Global Voices, Oiwan Lam translated several of her accounts:

Today I conducted investigative research at a 10-dollar sexshop and witnessed the arrest of a sister by police. These sisters are paid between RMB 10-20 (USD 1.5-3) for having sexual intercourse with their customers. They are serving in the lowest strata of society. I wish that police would exercise discretion and not harshly exploit them with fines. I also wish the public would speak out against this legal robbery of our sisters. The arrest took place in Bobai, Guangxi.

Master Meng Jianzhu [Translator note: Meng is China's Minister of Public Security]: Hope you can understand the pain of the grassroots. Don't exploit administrative fees from sex workers, especially the poorest among them. I wish that the Public Security Bureau could issue an internal notice and ask the police officers to stop raiding poor sex workers, particular as the new year approaches. A humble plea from Ye Haiyan, Chinese grassroots women's rights defender.

Beginning now, I am providing free sexual services for rural migrant workers. First of all, this is to prevent them from being caught and legally robbed by police. Secondly, this is to serve the sexual needs of the grassroots and help relieve social pressure. Thirdly, I want to create a sharp contrast between my love for the grassroots and the cruelty of the government. I hope that they will be touched by my action, which will end tomorrow. [Source]


Her high profile 2013 campaign against a Hainan elementary school principal accused of raping several female students attracted much global and official attention, and led to


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