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Former Cambodian sex slave honoured by US magazine
0 Comments | AFP, October, 2006
NEW YORK (AFP) — A former Cambodian sex slave turned activist is to be honoured by US magazine Glamour at a ceremony in New York for her work rescuing girls from brothels in Southeast Asia. Somaly Mam will be presented with one of the magazine's Women of the Year awards by Mariane Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002.
"Somaly Mam is an inspiration to women around the world," Glamour Editor in Chief Cindi Leive said ahead of the ceremony. "She overcame horrific childhood abuse and has devoted her life to rescuing other girls from similar fates." "She's bringing the issue of sexual slavery to the attention of the world, thus giving the hundreds of thousands of children who are currently...
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