On the morning of June 17 2013, Ms Isabella Liu, the Deputy Secretary General and the ExecutiveDirector of Education Forum for Asia, visited a farm school for women in Changping district, Beijing. Along with her, Ma Chengcheng, the Program Officer of News Department, and three interns from MacEwan University Canada visited the school. The interns are Daniel Czwartkowski, Esther Dijk, and Gaoxiang Lee. The school was founded by Ms. Wu Qing, who is the daughter of the deceasedprominent author Bing Xin, the board of the farm school, and the professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Both Ms. Wu Qing and the President Luo Yao Hong received this visit with greatenthusiasm.
The staff from the Education Forum for Asia group attended a class taught by Professor Wu Qing, who happened to give an opening class on “How to be a person and Constitutions” to various students from Guangdong, Hebei, Gansu and Sichuan provinces. After the class, the audiences were all well informed about the constitutional responsibilities for civilians and the womens role in family and society. They learned these values through the notions of Human, Love, and Trust. Before we left, President Luo Yaohong led the guests on a campus tour with more detailed information about the history of the school.
This farm school for women was established in 1998, with a focus of providing consulting information, professional training, and other supporting services to women living in rural areas. The core goals of the school are to help rural women to discover their full potential, to exercise human rights as a farmer, and to achieve the best outcomes in their personal lives. To attain these goals, the school takes a variety of actions. First, it provides strong support to rural women in realizing their selfdevelopment. Second, it monitors the living conditions of these women in order to provide them with equivalent lifelong education and professional training. Third, it increases the mobility of female migrants, meanwhile improving their living standards and legitimizing their human and labor rights. Finally, the school utilizes the media to exer influence on optimizing social resources and progressing the reform of outdated policy.
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