Major Events
On January 5, 1993, the magazine, "The Farmer's Daughter" was launched in Beijing and distributed nationwide. Chen Muhua, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, and Bing Xin, a famous writer, wrote congratulatory messages for the launching of the magazine, and the highest circulation of the magazine reached 230,000 copies;
In 1994, Xie Lixia, the editor-in-chief, was awarded the International Woman of Ability Award, and she donated all the $1,000 she received as the starting capital for the "Rural Women's Education Development Fund" initiated by the magazine. International Women's Award, she donated all the $1,000 she received as the starting fund for the "Rural Women's Education Development Fund" initiated by the magazine;
In 1995, Xie Lihua, editor-in-chief of the magazine, participated in the Fourth World Women's Conference in Beijing and made a speech at the "Words from the Editor-in-Chief" conference in Beijing, where she was honored with the title of "Women's Education Development Fund". In 1995, editor-in-chief Xie Lihua attended the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing and published the article "Women Have No Borders" in the column of "Words from the Editor-in-Chief". As a result, the magazine began extensive cooperation with women's organizations and foundations around the world, and initiated various projects to promote the progress and development of rural women;
December 1995, the official opening of the Zaoyang Literacy Class in Hubei Province was a milestone in the literacy path of the "peasant girls";
April 1996, the first "Home for Working Girls" in the country. In April 1996, the first "Home for Working Girls" was set up in Beijing, which became the first NGO specializing in serving and defending the rights of migrant women;
In May 1997, the first training course for female rural doctors was held in Anguo City, Hebei Province, and 30 female rural doctors from poor areas participated in the three-month training. This was Nongjiawu's first program to focus on rural women's health;
In October 1998, the Beijing Nongjiawu Practical Skills Training School was founded, the first of its kind in China to provide free training for rural women and young women in the western and impoverished areas of the country, where they have the least opportunity for development.
In September 2001, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, Mr. Haney, visited the school and gave a great encouragement to the Farmer's Daughters;
In September 2001, the Beijing Farmer's Daughters Cultural Development Center was established. In September 2001, Beijing Farmer's Daughters Cultural Development Center was established, which marked the beginning of Farmer's Daughters as a real NGO;
In May 2002, Gu Xiulian, vice-chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, inspected Farmer's Daughters, and highly praised its work;
In May 2002, Gu Xiulian, vice-chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, visited Farmer's Daughters.
In July 2003, "Farmer's Daughters" and the China Women's Development Foundation*** co-organized the "Under the Blue Sky" fund-raising dinner to raise money for the "Emergency Relief Fund for Working Girls". "
In March 2004, Peng Peiyun, former vice-chairman of the National People's Congress and chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, attended the graduation ceremony of the one-year program class of the Farmer's Daughters School and left a message. In March 2004, Peng Peiyun, former Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress and Chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, attended the graduation ceremony of the first year class of the "Farmer's Daughters" school and left her best wishes for the "Farmer's Daughters" school;
In May 2004, Mrs. Elaine Wolverson, wife of the President of the World Bank, and her entourage visited and inspected the "Farmer's Daughters" school. Elaine Wolfson, wife of the President of the World Bank visited the "Farmer's Daughters" school, and Mrs. Elaine Wolfson wrote the following message: "You are doing a very meaningful job, you are teaching the women the skills they need, and you are giving them plenty of love, thank you for your work";
June 2004, Ms. Zhao Xiaolan, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and her entourage visited the "Farmer's Daughters" school. In June 2004, Ms. Zhao Xiaolan, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, and her entourage visited the "Farmer's Daughters" school, and Zhao Xiaolan encouraged the trainees, saying that "women can do everything";
In December 2004, the Beijing Farmer's Daughters Cultural Development Center set up a decision-making group through capacity building, separating decision-making from implementation, laying the foundation for the establishment and development of the Council;
In January 2005, a 12-member delegation from the Swedish Parliament visited the Working Girls' Home and had a discussion with the staff of the Working Girls' Home;
In July 2005, the "Rural Women's Participation in Water Users' Associations" project was officially launched, which was the first cooperation between Farmer's Daughter and the World Bank.
July 2005, the "Rural Women's Participation in Water Users' Associations" project, the first cooperation between "Rural Women" and the World Bank, was officially launched, which was the first time that "Rural Women" extended the tentacles of gender training to men's territories. "On January 8, 2006, Zhu Shanlu, the Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and Line Lianping, the deputy director of Beijing Municipal Education Committee, visited the school to conduct research;
In February 2006, Farmer's Daughter was selected as the "Most Responsible NGO in 2005. In April 2006, the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Home for Working Girls and the 4th Seminar on the Rights and Interests of Working Girls were held in the China Women's Activity Center;
In May 2006, Mrs. Veerman, the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands, and her delegation visited the Farmer's Daughters. Mrs. Veerman, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands, visited the school and donated 100,000 RMB to the school on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Quality of the Netherlands;
August 2006, the core members of the school attended a seminar on "The Value of Governance", which was organized by the Information and Consultation Center of the NPO. The "Value of Governance" training was organized by the NPO Information and Consultation Center in August 2006, which marked the beginning of the construction of the board of directors of the institution "Farmer's Daughter".
In September 2006, the Farmer's Daughter Scholarship Program was awarded the "Top Ten Project Award of the First Social Welfare Demonstration Project".
On March 14, 2007, President Xie Lihua was awarded the "2007 International Women's Leadership of the Year Award" by Voices That Matter, and the Honorary Chair of Voices That Matter, Hillary Clinton, was honored with the "2007 International Women's Leadership Award" by Voices That Matter. "At the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C., Vital Voices Honorary Chairwoman Hillary attended the award ceremony and presented the award to the recipient. Four sisters from China*** were honored with this award.
On October 20, 2008, the entrepreneurship support project for poor rural left-behind women of the Beijing Nongjia Women's Cultural Development Center was shortlisted as a candidate for the "2nd China Development Market (07~08)" sponsored by the World Bank and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
On November 1, 2008, Beijing Nongjiawu Cultural Development Center was awarded the "One Foundation Model Project".
On November 2, 2008, the Third Asia-Pacific Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (Hong Kong 2008) awarded the Beijing Nongjia Women's Cultural Development Center the "Asia-Pacific Outstanding Practice in Suicide Prevention" award for the participation of both men and women in the Life Crisis Intervention Project.
In 2010, it was awarded the first "Rainbow Heart Outstanding Project Award" by the Capital Charity and Public Welfare Organizations Association;
In April 2010, it was designated as a "National Women's Training Base" by the All-China Women's Federation.
In 2010 and 2011, the Beijing Nongjia Women's Cultural Development Center's post-disaster reconstruction project and the rural girls' safety education project were awarded the Rainbow Heart Outstanding Project Prize by the Association of Capital Charities and Public Welfare Organizations (ACCWO).
On April 27, 2011, the Party Branch of the Department of Newspapers and Periodicals of the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) presented more than 100 kinds of excellent social science periodicals and 6,000 volumes of such periodicals to the Farmer's Daughters, and Li Dongdong, deputy director of the GAPP, attended the ceremony of the presentation of the periodicals and participated in the symposium with the Farmer's Daughters' School.
In 2012, Beijing Farmer's Daughter Cultural Development Center was awarded the "2012 Best Public Welfare Organization" by the China Public Welfare Festival.