Lü Pin (activist)
Chinese journalist and feminist activist
Lü Pin (Chinese: 吕频; born 1972) is a Chinese feminist activist and journalist focusing on strategic advocacy to combat gender-based discrimination and violence. She is best known for founding the Feminist Voices (2009–2018), China's largest new media channel on women's issues and for feminist advocacy. She now resides in Albany, New York, where she continues to devote herself to supporting the activism of young feminists across China.
Early life and education
Lü was born in Shandong, China.
In 1994, Lü received her master's degree in Chinese from Shandong University.
In 2017, Lü enrolled in the graduate program in gender studies at University at Albany, SUNY.
In 2020, Lü enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Women & Politics at Rutgers University.
Career
Lü worked as a journalist at the national newspaper for women China Women's News (zhongguo funübao) after graduating from Shandong University. She took part in the United Nations' 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing, which gave rise to a strong wave of NGO organizing related to women's issues in China during the 1990s. Lü resigned from her job and became a freelancer in 2004.
In 2009, she founded the electronic newsletter Women's Voice, which was the precursor of the later multi-platform media hosted on both Sina Weibo and Wechat.
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