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随着中国经济迅速发展，越来越多的外来流动务工者（又称“新市民”）涌入大城市。根据《中国流动人口发展报告2016》1，我国每6人中就有1人是流动人口，其中将近一半是女性。对于这些“新市民”家庭，他们面临着各种挑战，例如生存、居住、健康、子女教育以及与当地社区的融入等。而这些压力很多都落在女性的肩上。何桂香就是这一群体中的一员。
为了全家人能过上更好的生活，2008年，桂香将孩子留在老家，跟随丈夫从黑龙江来到上海务工。面对陌生的环境和大城市快速的生活节奏，桂香感到恐慌和不安。桂香曾和众多“新市民”姐妹一样在服装厂打工，但收入微薄。为了能多存点钱，她和姐妹们有病都不敢去医院。
2011年桂香在上海怀了老二。一次偶然的机会，桂香被邻居拉到家附近的新市民生活馆（生活馆），参加那里组织的免费孕期课程。在桂香第一次怀孕期间，她和身边很多“新市民”姐妹一样，怀孕后都不做定期产检，而是都快生了才跑去医院。为此，桂香很难相信生活馆会提供免费的讲座和帮助。
自2009年以来，GSK与非盈利性机构新途开展合作，通过在大城市建立“新市民生活馆”来改善流动人口家庭的生活健康。生活馆定期组织健康教育活动，重点关注流动人口社区妇女和儿童的健康。
意想不到的是，在课程中桂香学到了很多孕期保健知识，了解到在怀孕期间如何更好地照顾自己和小宝宝。这一切引起了桂香极大的兴趣，她开始定期参加生活馆组织的各类健康活动。
慢慢地，桂香觉得在改变自己健康意识的同时，也应该将这些知识传递给更多姐妹，帮助更多人的健康生活。于是，她从2012年开始参加生活馆培训，并最终成为了一位“健康大使”。
健康大使这一新的身份也给桂香带来了全新的视野与更高的追求：她一边参与志愿者活动，一边学习更多知识、练习瑜伽，提升自我。和9年前刚来上海时相比，今天的桂香在生活馆的帮助和引导之下，已蜕变成一位健康美丽的新时代女性。
何桂香的蜕变与成长，让我们每一个GSK人都感到欣慰与自豪。我们祝愿所有中国妇女“三八节”快乐，并希望更多像何桂香一样的“新市民”女性可以追求梦想，让人生变得更加丰富多彩。
Care for women, let's do more
As China’s economy rapidly develops, more and more migrant workers, also known as “new citizens”, are flowing into big cities. According to the China Migrant Population Development Report 2016 1, one-sixth of the Chinese population are migrant workers, and nearly half of them are women. Migrant families face various challenges, including low family income, inadequate housing, limited access to healthcare, insufficient education resources for the children and unsuccessful assimilation. The pressure of tackling these challenges usually falls on women’s shoulders. Guixiang He is one of them.
To make a better life for her family, Guixiang left her child behind in Heilongjiang and moved to Shanghai with her husband in 2008 to work. Living in a fast paced city with unfamiliar surroundings made Guixiang very stressed at first. Like many other female migrants, she worked in a garment factory, earning just enough to meet basic needs. She and her many migrant sisters choose not to go to the hospital when ill to save money.
In 2011, Guixiang got pregnant for the second time. During her pregnancy, she had the chance to be invited to visit the New Citizen Life Centre (NCLC) by her neighbour to listen to a free talk on pregnancy. During her first pregnancy, she didn’t have regular health check-ups. Like many migrant women, they only go to the hospital when they are about to give birth. Therefore, it was hard for her to believe the centre was providing free talk and support.
Since 2009, GSK China has partnered with a non-profit organisation Xintu Centre to improve the overall wellbeing of migrant families through the creation of New Citizen Life Centres in big cities. These centres organise health education activities on a regular basis, mainly focusing on women and children’s health in the migrant community.
Through the workshop, Guixiang gained a lot of new knowledge on how to take better care of herself and her baby during pregnancy. All of these aroused her interest in participating in more health-related activities organised at the NCLC.
As Guixiang gained awareness on the importance of health, she felt strongly about sharing the information to help more women like herself. In 2012, she attended trainings provided by Xintu Centre and became a “Health Ambassador”.
Guixiang’s new role as a “Health Ambassador” has broadened her horizon and increased her aspiration. She continued volunteering, learning new things and practicing yoga as part of her personal development. It was nine years ago when Guixiang first arrived in Shanghai. Today, she has transformed into a beautiful, healthy and modern woman.
We have witnessed and are very proud of Guixiang’s growth. We want to wish all Chinese women a happy “International Women’s Day” and hope more women like her will be able to pursue their dreams and improve their well-being.
