Join us for a Brownbag Lunch and Presentation by Cambodian Land Rights Activist, Sao Sotheary. Co-hosted by the International Accountability Project (IAP) & IDEX (International Development Exchange).
When: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 12.30 p.m.
Where: IDEX, 827 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110
RSVP: For questions and to RSVP, please contact Joanna Levitt by email joanna@accountabilityproject.org, or phhone (415) 659-0555.
Sao Sotheary, a human rights activist from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, currently serves at the Program Manager for the Community Empowerment and Legal Awareness program of Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA).
Sotheary is deeply committed to promoting housing and land rights, and challenging the exploding rates of illegal land-grabbing and forced evictions that are devastating so many communities across Cambodia. She also has significant experience in grassroots advocacy for women's rights, sexual health education, and domestic violence prevention. Sotheary believes that women's rights and well-being must be an integral part of the movement for land and housing rights, and for development justice.
Sotheary is an author, editor and lead community trainer for the recently published Cambodian Guide to Defending your Land & Housing Rights --a 3-volume book of curriculum designed for community-led workshops in areas threatened by eviction and displacement in the name of development. The Guide is a collaborative initiative of BABSEA, the Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions (COHRE), and San Francisco-based International Accountability Project (IAP).
Sotheary will speak about the current status of land rights and forced evictions in Cambodia, and her work in building a network of grassroots trainers mobilizing communities to hold on to their land and homes, and to demand development that upholds their fundamental human rights.
This is Sotheary's first trip to the United States, and she is particularly interested to meet colleagues from organizations here in the Bay Area that are addressing similar issues. Please RSVP if you are interested to attend, and feel free to pass this notice along to interested friends and colleagues. Thank you!
When: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 12.30 p.m.
Where: IDEX, 827 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110
RSVP: For questions and to RSVP, please contact Joanna Levitt by email joanna@accountabilityproject.org, or phhone (415) 659-0555.
Sao Sotheary, a human rights activist from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, currently serves at the Program Manager for the Community Empowerment and Legal Awareness program of Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA).
Sotheary is deeply committed to promoting housing and land rights, and challenging the exploding rates of illegal land-grabbing and forced evictions that are devastating so many communities across Cambodia. She also has significant experience in grassroots advocacy for women's rights, sexual health education, and domestic violence prevention. Sotheary believes that women's rights and well-being must be an integral part of the movement for land and housing rights, and for development justice.
Sotheary is an author, editor and lead community trainer for the recently published Cambodian Guide to Defending your Land & Housing Rights --a 3-volume book of curriculum designed for community-led workshops in areas threatened by eviction and displacement in the name of development. The Guide is a collaborative initiative of BABSEA, the Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions (COHRE), and San Francisco-based International Accountability Project (IAP).
Sotheary will speak about the current status of land rights and forced evictions in Cambodia, and her work in building a network of grassroots trainers mobilizing communities to hold on to their land and homes, and to demand development that upholds their fundamental human rights.
This is Sotheary's first trip to the United States, and she is particularly interested to meet colleagues from organizations here in the Bay Area that are addressing similar issues. Please RSVP if you are interested to attend, and feel free to pass this notice along to interested friends and colleagues. Thank you!
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