Mu Sochua

Politician

1954 –

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Who is Mu Sochua?

Mu Sochua is an elected Sam Rainsy Party opposition member of the Cambodian parliament and a mother of three children. In 2005, she received the Leadership Award in Washington, DC, from the Vital Voices Foundation, co-founded by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. In 2002 she mobilized 12,000 women candidates to run for commune elections, with over 900 women winning and still actively promoting the women's agenda at the grass-roots level. In that same year she helped create and pass the Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill, which imposes severe penalties on marital rape and abuse of minors. Her work in Cambodia also includes campaigns with men to end domestic violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS; working for the rights of female entrepreneurs; working for labor laws that provide fair wages and safe working conditions for female workers; and working for the development of communities for squatters with schools, health centers, sanitation, and employment.

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Born
May 15, 1954
Phnom Penh
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • Cambodia
Profession
Education
  • Master's Degree, University of California, Berkeley
    Social work
  • Bachelor's degree, San Francisco State University
    Psychology

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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