It's Not OK

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  Park Sun-young (South Korea) — Women in Human Rights

  womensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine

  She also speaks up for the so-called “comfort women,” Korean women and girls who were forced into prostitution by the Japanese military during World …

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  Radio Free Asia

  

  Sivanxai Phommalath (Laos) — Women in Human Rights

  womensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine

  Corruption, mismanagement, and abuse from local police swiftly followed. Phommalath’s family of three saw their plot of land expropriated, along with …

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  Radio Free Asia

  

  Tran Thi Nga (Vietnam) — Women in Human Rights

  womensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine

  But still she doesn't let go. “You don't receive complaints from citizens,” she continues to shout. “You cover up for police harming citizens.” “They …

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  Radio Free Asia

  

  Gao Yu (China) — Women in Human Rights

  womensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine

  Gao’s career began the year that her country made a 180-degree turn toward a market economy. In 1979, as then-leader Deng Xiaoping launched economic …

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  Radio Free Asia

  

  Dechen Pemba (Tibet) — Women in Human Rights

  womensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine

  “My work today is dedicated to supporting voices from inside Tibet and the Chinese People’s Republic,” she said at the 2011 Geneva Summit on Human …

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  Radio Free Asia

  

  Susanna Hla Hla Soe (Myanmar) — Women in Human Rights

  womensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine

  But more than 50 years of military rule and ethnic conflicts have destroyed these freedoms. Many Myanmar women—particularly members of ethnic …