MLSA domestic violence attorney Caroline Riss is in Cambodia as part of the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Program and has been blogging about her experience. Saturday, August 25, 2012 Last Day in Cambodia I had a great last day in Cambodia. Soren, the Cambodian woman who came to Montana through the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Project in …
Dispatch From Cambodia: Room to Read and Angkor Wat
MLSA domestic violence attorney Caroline Riss is in Cambodia as part of the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Program and has been blogging about her experience. Thursday, August 23, 2012: Kompong Phluk, Cambodia – Floating Village Today I had the very special opportunity to perform site visits with the NGO “Room to Read.” The site visits were …
Dispatch From Cambodia: U.S. Embassy
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who is in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization.This week the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Program from Montana met with staff from the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia to discuss the goals of the exchange. Exchange participants even had the pleasure of a photo taken …
Dispatch From Cambodia: New Beginnings for Street Youth
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who is in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization.According to the Consortium for Street Children, in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, “there are an estimated 616,023 working children aged between 5 and 17 years and 2,000 street children. A further 15,000 …
Dispatch From Cambodia: Women’s Workshop
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who is in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization.I had the opportunity to travel this past weekend to another Cambodian Province on the Gulf of Thailand called Sihanoukville. The province is only about 115 miles from the capital – but it …
Dispatch From Cambodia: Phnom Penh
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who is in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization.Day two in Cambodia proved to be an amazing cultural experience. I was lucky enough to have the morning to explore Phnom Penh with Elizabeth, who is from the YWCA in Missoula. Our hostess …
Dispatch From Cambodia: Legal Support for Women and Children
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who is in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization.I arrived in Cambodia safely and was met by our hostesses Soeum Soren and Soken at the airport. The seventeen hours of flying was a bit rough but so worth it!My first day …
On the Way to Cambodia
This is a blog post from Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney, who will be in Cambodia on exchange to assist with a legal organization. Tuesday, August 7, 2012 I left Helena this morning at 6 am and landed in Seattle at 8 am. My next flight leaves at 2 pm for Korea and then off to …
MLSA Staff Attorney to Assist With Legal Organization in Cambodia
From Caroline Riss, MLSA Staff Attorney:I have been invited by The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center (MC) of The University of Montana (UM) to travel to Cambodia for three weeks in August. The program is supported by the U.S. Department of State and the Women’s Empowerment Exchange Program for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. “The …