Sophea`s Profile

Activist
Sophea Chrek is a feminist activist from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. From a garment
worker background, Sophea has been vigorously working to empower young women
workers for the last eight years. Most recently, she was involved in different
movements fighting for social, economic and political change.
Sophea believes in the ideal of “people over profit” and has devoted herself to
advocating for a more just and secure Cambodia “where people can live their lives
happily without fear and have access to resources.”
Sophea is looking forward to the iLEAP program as a chance “to create a space
[amongst the fellows] where we can share our challenges and successes from
experience and enhance our support of each other.”
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Sophea Chrek
International Fellow 2014, Cambodia
sophea@iLEAP.org
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