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Cambodia's women activists are redefining the housewife
2013-04-02 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Designer Diane von Fürstenberg will today present the Vital Voices leadership in public life award to Tep Vanny, a self-branded housewife who has become a guiding light in Cambodia's battle against forced evictions. Carried out in the name of progress, forced evictions now rank as one of the world's most serious human rights abuses. Amnesty International defines them as "when people are forced out of their homes and off their land against their will, with little notice or none at all, often with...
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