Veasna Chea Leth

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Chea. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Veasna.
The native form of this personal name is Chea Veasna. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Veasna Chea Leth
Born1944
Cambodia
CitizenshipCambodia
AwardsBBC 100 Women

Veasna Chea Leth (born 1944) is a lawyer from Cambodia, who was the first female law student at the Royal University of Law and Economics. During her studies in the 1990s she lived in an underground space under the university due to the lack of female dormitories.[1][2][3] During her work as a lawyer she raised awareness of the issues that Cambodian women face in accessing university education, due to a lack of appropriate accommodation. This led to the author Alan Lightman establishing the Harpswell Foundation to support women,[4] of which she is an Honorary Board Member.[5]

In 2018 she was nominated as one of the BBC's 100 Women.[6]

References

  1. ^ elkarequinta (2018-11-21). "15 inspiring women from Asia-Pacific named on BBC's 100 Women list". Smile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ BellaNaija.com (2018-11-20). "Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Amina Mohammed, Bola Tinubu named in BBC 100 Women for 2018 | See Full List". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ "Educating young women, rebuilding Cambodia". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ "MIT physicist empowers young Cambodian women by building them a dormitory". The New York Times. 2007-11-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ "Meeting with honorary Board Member Chea Veasna". Harpswell Foundation. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  6. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

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