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A Cambodian activist who’s worked tirelessly to rescue girls from sexual slavery was named the winner on Wednesday of the World’s Children’s prize for the Rights of the Child.
The Swedish prize committee said Somaly Mam was honoured for her ”dangerous struggle” to save girls sold to brothels in Cambodia. She was selected the winner in a vote by 6.6 million children worldwide.
Mam was herself sold as a sex slave when she was a child and in 2006 her 14-year-old daughter was kidnapped, raped and sold to a brothel.
Mam has helped build safe houses that provide refuge, food and health care abd schooling for girls saved from slavery.
The award which honours efforts to better the lives of children worldwide, is split into three parts.
Peru’s Josefina Condori and Agnes Stevens of the U.S. share an honourary award. The committee cited Condori’s work to protect house maids who work under ”slave-like conditions” in Peru and Stevens’ work for homeless children in the U.S. through the Schools on Wheels organization.
Sweden’s Queen Silvia will host an awards ceremony on Friday at Gripsholm’s castle outside Stockholm.
The Swedish prize committee said Somaly Mam was honoured for her ”dangerous struggle” to save girls sold to brothels in Cambodia. She was selected the winner in a vote by 6.6 million children worldwide.
Mam was herself sold as a sex slave when she was a child and in 2006 her 14-year-old daughter was kidnapped, raped and sold to a brothel.
Mam has helped build safe houses that provide refuge, food and health care abd schooling for girls saved from slavery.
The award which honours efforts to better the lives of children worldwide, is split into three parts.
Peru’s Josefina Condori and Agnes Stevens of the U.S. share an honourary award. The committee cited Condori’s work to protect house maids who work under ”slave-like conditions” in Peru and Stevens’ work for homeless children in the U.S. through the Schools on Wheels organization.
Sweden’s Queen Silvia will host an awards ceremony on Friday at Gripsholm’s castle outside Stockholm.
6 comments:
What happen in 2006 should put Ah Hun Xen and ah Hok Landy in jail!
She just want to help girls and see what they did the her daughter?
Son of a bitch need to be hang!
was it the scared technic Dr. Gaiy was talking about?
calm down man, your comment seems beyond the topic. why dun you sometime try to make your comment abit fair to the story?
congratulations miss mam. your works help bring awareness to the plight of cambodian human trafficking. in turn, this help the same cause all over the world as well. great job for your bravery and couragement. a khmer woman contribution not only to cambodia but to the whole world as well. god you bless.
Samaly, your afford have made us khmer a very proud race. You're a truly living Buddha,nevertheless. If my great uncle Samdach Choun Nat's alive today he will indeed amaze of your tirelessness commitment and compassion. I hope to joint your team one day!!! May God Bless.
cpa from cal
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