The native form of this personal name is Mam Somaly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Somaly Mam
ម៉ម សុម៉ាលី
Mam in June 2013
Born
1970 or 1971[1]: 2
Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Nationality
Cambodian
Occupation
Former CEO of Somaly Mam Foundation
Known for
Anti-sex-trafficking
Spouse
Pierre Legros
(m. 1993; div. 2008)
[2][3]
Somaly Mam (Khmer: ម៉ម សុម៉ាលី[mɑːmsomaːliː]; born 1970/71) is a Cambodian anti-trafficking advocate who focuses primarily on sex trafficking.[4] From 1996 to 2014, Mam was involved in campaigns against sex trafficking. She set up the Somaly Mam Foundation, raised money, appeared on major television programs, and spoke at many international events.
After allegations of lying had appeared in The Cambodia Daily in 2012 and 2013, Newsweek ran a cover-story in May 2014 claiming that Mam had fabricated stories of abuse about herself and others. After the Somaly Mam Foundation undertook its own investigation through Goodwin Procter, a Boston-based law firm, she resigned from her position and the foundation shut down in October 2014.[5][6][3] She moved back to live in Cambodia before returning to the US later that year to begin new fundraising activities.
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^"Former Afesip Director Denies Claim of Killings". The Cambodia Daily. 2012-04-23. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
^ abMullany, Gerry (29 May 2014). "Activist Resigns Amid Charges of Fabrication". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
^Pesta, Abigail "Somaly Mam's Story: 'I Didn't Lie.'", Marie Claire, September 16, 2014. Accessed September 16, 2017.
^Wilwohl, Joshua (2014-10-18). "Somaly Mam Foundation Ceases Operations". The Cambodia Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
^Taylor, Adam (29 May 2014). "Why would Somaly Mam quit her own sex-trafficking foundation?". Today's WorldView (blog). The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
SomalyMam (Khmer: ម៉ម សុម៉ាលី [mɑːm somaːliː]; born 1970/71) is a Cambodian anti-trafficking advocate who focuses primarily on sex trafficking. From 1996...
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