Oung Chanthol

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Oung Chanthol (born 1967 in Kampot, Cambodia) is founder and executive director of the Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC). She has documented cases of rape, trafficking, and domestic abuse in Cambodia, and the CWCC has mounted awareness campaigns against sex trafficking, educating local authorities and broadcasting radio and television messages. Chanthol was awarded the 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership.[1]

She is a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders from 2006 (a five year period).

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  1. ^ "The 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership – CITATION for Oung Chanthol" (Retrieved on February 9, 2008)


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