Zhang Leilei
Media Development Consultant & Academic Staff, SOAS
Zhang Leilei is a Chinese feminist activist whose strategic campaigns have effected profound change, but not without considerable difficulty and threat to her livelihood. Leilei is the founder of Chinese group F Feminists in Guangzhou and she is the principle organiser and participator of the Chinese #Metoo movement. She conducted the offline campaign called 'Human Billboards', as well as a nationwide campaign to start mechanisms against sexual harassment in universities. She is also following up several influential cases against discrimination of women in the work place and is a facilitator of feminist awareness and training programs. While she studied Gender, Media and Culture (MA) at Goldsmiths University, she was the coordinator of VaChina feminist group in London.
Listen to Episode 14 Navigating Online & Offline: Social Activism in China