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Li Maizi

Li Maizi (aka Li Tingting) has worked for several years in advocacy for women's and LGBTQIA+ rights in the People's Republic of China. Since 2012 she has become known for organising public performance art-style protests calling attention to gender equality issues

March 2017

  • Li Maizi, right, with her fellow women’s rights advocate Zheng Churan.

    I went to jail for handing out feminist stickers in China

    Li Maizi
    The backlash is painful, but it coexists with progress as women activists manage – slowly – to bring about a change in attitudes
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