Eight people, three women and five men, are crouched in the dirt in the center of a roundabout where the main road at Poipet –a major Cambodia border town– merges with the check point to Thailand. Dust swirls in the wind as they squint their eyes at the sun. Others playing the waiting game mill about […]
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Restoring First Foods to the Columbia River Basin
by Michelle Tolson -USA- “I want to make money, but I have to take care of the fish,” said Yakama Nation fisherwoman Caroline Looney Hunt when asked how much salmon she sells each year. “I sell it locally to our…
Tagged with: Food, Indigenous Culture, Land Rights, Native Americans, Natural Resources, Science, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Tep Vanny: The Woman from Village Number 22
by Michelle Tolson –Cambodia– “The way [Cambodian] women demonstrate is not physical. They use their voices. It is a collection of voices to spread awareness. For men, there is more violence. When someone commits violence against them, they feel like…
Tagged with: activism, Cambodia, Economy, Land Rights, Politics, women activists
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Tibetan Nomads Lose Ground to Development
by Michelle Tolson –Mongolia– On May 31 2012, the Tibetan Women’s Association dutifully recorded the self-immolation of Rikyo, a Tibetan nomad woman and mother of three who set herself on fire near a monastery at a town in Ngaba County…
Despite Profits, Beer Companies Do Not Provide Living Wage For Cambodian Promoters
by Michelle Tolson –Cambodia– Entertainment venues are very popular in Cambodia. They are well supplied with beer and young women to serve it. Karaoke clubs and beer gardens are frequented by Khmer men who expect women to sit and drink…
Tagged with: Cambodia, HIV/AIDS, human rights, poverty, Sex Work, Violence Against Women
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Borei Keila Evictions Highlights Economic Hierarchy Among Poor in Cambodia
by Michelle Tolson –Cambodia– On January 12th, 2012 I traveled 45 km outside of Phnom Penh with a group of human rights workers and journalists to a relocation site for the evictees of the Borei Keila slum, which had been…
Tagged with: Cambodia, Displacement, Economic Inequality, human rights, Politics, poverty
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Life-Skills Training to Break the Cycle of Violence in Mongolia
by Michelle Tolson –Mongolia– One night while relaxing at home after a long day of horseback riding, I heard a loud banging on a door downstairs. It was a man adamant to be let in. He was probably drunk. This…
Tagged with: Domestic Violence, Education, Laws & Legislation, Mongolia, NGO's, Violence Against Women
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
