Women on the Frontline
For Women’s Day it would be appropriate to celebrate that, in Cambodia, women are ALWAYS on the frontline when it comes to fighting for social justice.
Believe me: they are tough bunch…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 4/05/2006: Eviction of the Sambok Chap settlement. 1600 families are being displaced to a plot of land 27Km from the center of town. Tenants protesting presence of police armed with electrical bludgeons.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 4/03/2008: Inhabitants from the Reak Riey community demonstrating in front of the Canadian Bank who is threatening to evict them.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 20/12/2007: Dey Krohom inhabitants resisting eviction by 7NG company employees.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 27/10/2010: Boeung Kak lake residents under threat of an eviction by developer Shukaku Inc., trying in vain to voice their concern to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on a visit to Cambodia.
And here is one from yesterdays’ Boeung Kak Lake gathering at the Phnom Penh Municipality…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 7/03/2011: Boeung Kak Lake inhabitants under threat of an eviction by Shukaku Inc., in front of municipality building to make a plea to obtain 15 ha for on site relocation out of the 133 ha concession.