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“Everything We Do Is Democracy”: Women and Youth in Land Rights Social Mobilization in Cambodia

“Everything We Do Is Democracy”: Women and Youth in Land Rights Social Mobilization in Cambodia

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Date of publication
December 2017
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ISBN / Resource ID
MLRF:2488
Pages
1-16

Cambodian human rights organizations estimate that more than half a million people have been affected by land rights issues. Land conflict in Cambodia is a clear manifestation of structural violence affecting communities which are almost exclusively low income and home to indigenous and ethnic minorities. This article explores the complex interplay of actors, particularly women and youth, in land rights social mobilization (LRSM) in Cambodia, focusing on urban Boeung Kak Lake and rural Areng Valley. The article argues that the disproportionate representation of women and youth in LRSM in Cambodia is both practical as well as strategic. However, despite the role of women and youth at the grassroots and lower levels of mobilization, this movement also appears to be driven and shaped by men. Therefore, this article questions whether and to what extent the LRSM movement comes from the grassroots.

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Rose-Jensen, Sarah R.

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