"Do You Hear Women Sing" Favorite 

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Date: 

Nov 24 2013

Location: 

Beijing

On Nov 24, 2013, more than 10 Chinese feminist activists sang the feminist song "Do You Hear Women Sing" in the cabin of Beijing Metro Line 13 (adapted from the famous song "Do You Hear the People Sing" in the musical "Les Miserables". Beijing has the most stringent control on society. The activists used the subway as a public space for rights advocacy to develop the "pop-up" program to promote the "Eliminate Violence against Women Day" on November 25. In addition to eight singing girls, there are also two girls who were distributing lyrics and promotional materials to passengers, such as "Feminism ABC", "Rape Myth" and postcards against sexual harassment and gender violence.

External sources: 

https://www.163.com/lady/article/9EKJNH3E00264NDR.html
https://youtu.be/_PFzG8QCurg
Posted by JiaxinWang on May 14 2021

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.

Notes

This project had an effect on a small scale as the activists were only singing in one cabin of a subway line. However, the news about it could encourage people to know that there were many people who are support gender right and work on it. It will cheer those people caring about gender issues to do something stand by the group.