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From: Morry Hermón from the School of Social Welfare <[email protected]>
Dear School of Social Welfare alumni, faculty, staff and friends. On September
14th, esteemed alumna Mu Sochua will be giving the 2009 Friedlander Lecture at
4pm in Boalt Hall.
For those of you who live or work in San Francisco and can’t make it to the
Berkeley campus on a Monday afternoon, Mu Sochua will also be giving a public
talk at the World Affairs Council of Northern California on Thursday, September
17th at 6pm, located in downtown San Francisco. The event is free to SSW
alumni.
Please join us there or pass this link along to your SF colleagues who might be
interesting in attending: http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2572
Mu Sochua, Member of Cambodian Parliament and Women’s Human Rights Advocate
Thursday, September 17th
6pm - 7pm
The World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200
(between Bush and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco)
Title:
Cambodian Democracy and Human Rights under Siege: One Woman's Fight
Description:
The UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare proudly presents alumna Mu Sochua (MSW
’81) — opposition leader, social worker, and women's rights advocate — for the
2009 Walter Friedlander Memorial Lecture on
Monday September 14th, at 4pm. Sochua will discuss her years battling sex
trafficking, domestic violence against women, government corruption and land
grabs in Cambodia, and the court case that has now attracted the attention of
the UN High Commission on Human Rights.
One of the most outspoken members of the Cambodian parliament, Mu Sochua has
taken on the Prime Minister in a test of her country’s legal system. In a
series of events that began last year, over the summer Mu Sochua had her
parliamentary immunity stripped and faced trial without legal representation
(her lawyer was threatened by Prime Minister Hun Sen to drop his client or be
disbarred).
Hers is one of at least six cases in which the Cambodian government is
currently using the courts to silence opposition leaders, journalists and human
rights groups, reports the Asian Human Rights Commission. According to UC
Berkeley Law School faculty member Stephen Golub, “Sochua's battle is important
in and of itself, but also resonates far beyond Cambodia. It has important
implications for US foreign policy and for development aid provided by our
country and many others.
To read more about this issue, you can read two recent articles in the
Washington Post and the New York Times.
Mu Sochua originally served as a member of Prime Minister Hun Sen's cabinet but
left the position after witnessing government corruption; she is now a senior
member of the Sam Rainsy Party. A former minister of women's affairs, in 2005
she was nominated20for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with women trapped in
the Cambodian and Thai sex trade. In 2007, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert
Birgeneau presented Sochua with the prestigious Elise and Walter A. Haas
International Award for her distinguished record of service to her people and
country.
The World Affairs Council is located near the Montgomery Bart Station and the
Sutter-Stockton Garage.
For more information, please contact Morry Hermón, Director of Development, UC
Berkeley School of Social Welfare at (510) 643-5433, or e-mail
[email protected]
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