Liao Bin, Head of her Village Committee in Hunan, China. Photo: UN Women/Jenni Ratilainen. All rights reserved.Liao Bin, from the Hunan province in China, was elected as the head of her Village Committee at 27. Her average day looks like this: hours spent in efforts to boost the economy of the village, caring for the left-behind children of migrant workers, and then whatever is left of the day she spends visiting village residents to hear about their concerns, and organising various skills training programmes for the villagers.
“Chinese women are as capable to govern and lead as men, and must be given equal opportunities to do so,” she says.
