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Christian Kreutz, Web 2.0 for Development Blogger, is in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Now. Cambodian Education System Changes To OpenSource Software!

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On another note, I got an email from Javier Solas (interviewed the Linux Chix on his staff last fall) from Open Institute who has been leading the Khmer OS project and building the educational technology plan for Cambodia letting me know of major project milestone: The Cambodian Education System Changes to Open Source Software and KhmerOS.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

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I’m a big believer about putting things into the universe. But what we did for this Southeast Asian community, working with Hmong and Lao families, is we wanted to create a more supportive chemical abuse and reducing the use of chemical and drugs. . In the survey and interviews process, that is the primary way to reach everyone.

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Women Activists Profiled by Mariane Pearl in Glamour

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Pearl has profiled 9 women in 9 countries: Cambodia: Somaly Mam, a former sex worker who founded Acting for Women in Distressing Situations , an organization that rescues sex workers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and gives them job training. Screenshot from Global Diary: Uganda by Mariane Pearl women activist Mariane Pearl

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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I interviewed Christina for the Big Vision Podcast last month. There is actually a great piece by a professor at George Washington University, Ronald Weitzer. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation. He wrote a brilliant piece about the moral crusade of this issue, and that's not to say that it's not to be taken seriously.