Women's Resource Center

A licensed therapist, Judy was the Director of Clinical Social Work Services at a hospice, and also worked with at-risk youth and their families. Prior to her work as a clinician, she was a community planner working in Harlem, NY, with American Indians in Arizona and with migrant workers. As a consultant to local, state and federal governments she helped draft legislation for substance abuse, rape, fair housing, communityhealth, and mental health programs.


Michelle Morin is the General Manager of La Noria Hotel and Restaurant. Surpassing her role as hotel manager, Michelle dedicates personal time and effort to her Cambodian staff. On their behalf, she arranges training and educational opportunities for their development.

Prior to her work in Cambodia, Michelle founded a small consulting firm in Canada. For nine years she worked with corporate, government, NGOs and youth groups, emphasizing the development of staff potential, a passion she has brought with her to Cambodia.


Prak, Manila is currently Nursing Education Coordinator at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap. She has been employed at the hospital in various nursing roles since 1999.

A nurse mid-wife, Manila is particularly interested in health education for women in all areas of their lives, especially prenatal, birth and infant care. She is also very concerned and interested in the mental health and well being of the women and mother's she sees through her work at the hospital. Manila is married and the mother of a teen-age daughter.


(Picture) Juanita Rice is a Presiding Domestic Trial Judge in Denver, Colorado, USA. Her long professional career has focused on all topics affecting women, children and families, especially domestic relations cases involving children and domestic violence. She has a deep commitment to justice and the empowerment of women.

From 1995-1997 she trained and consulted with the Cambodian Court Training Project (funded by USAID) as a Senior Legal Advisor. Her professional career has long been concerned with human rights issues, and in Cambodia her work focused on Cambodian laws and customs, international treaties and covenants. She also worked closely with he Ministry of Justice and NGOs working for legal reform and systemic change.

Since her work in Cambodia she has returned many times. Now that she is planning to retire from her judicial duties in early 2009 she and her husband will move to Cambodia to live.


Bouny Te was born in Cambodia and lived her first few years in the refugee camps along the Thai border. The, after moving to Canada, she attended school and was graducated from the Simon Fraser University, specializing in Early Childhood Education. Upon Graduation, she returned to Cambodia volunteering at the Angkor Hospital for Children as a translator. Later she joined the Cambodia Orphan Save Organization.

Currently, Bouny is Project Ccordinanor for the NGO, Human Translation, an agency focused on building local capacity. In the fututre she hopes to work to prevent the trafficking and exploitation of children.



Thy, Engneang works as an assistant at a hotel while she completes her university studies. She is in the Business School of Build Bright University and plans to be employed as an accountant when her studies are completed. At the hotel she works at the reception desk, handling reservations and helping guests plan their itineraries and helping assist with their many requests and assorted problems.


Dary, Vanna was born in Kampong Charm Province and attended the Kampong Charm Regional Nursing School. For six years she worked at the Angkor Hospital for Children as a nurse. In 2007 she was recruited for the position of Executive Secretary. Dary, concerned with the welfare of mothers and children, is also interested in the administration of health services.She is married and the mother of two children, a four year old boy and two month old baby girl.


Visal Maray (Mom) is an administrative office manager at the Angkor Hospital for Children. Mom is married and has a baby boy named Ros Manit.

Ouk Mon, Sohpeap is the latest board member to join our group. She is an accountant and office manager at a local NGO and she has volunteered to help WRC as our accountant. Previously, Sopheap was responsible for the translation of documents and the lengthy and complicated submission requirements for our NGO, and she is dedicated to helping women be empowered through our program.

ADVISOR

Mary Katherine O'Connor is a Professor in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches in the MSW and Ph.D. programs. She received her M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Prior to entering academics, Dr. O'Connor was a member of the Peace Corps, working in community organizing and public health education As a Fulbright scholar in Brazil she conducted research with street children, and helped to develop a masters program in social work.

Dr. O'Connor has written numerous book chapters and journal articles with a particular focus on child welfare issues, social justice, research methods, and collaborative or alternative models of organization practice. She has just completed a research project funded by the Pew Charitable Trust investigating best practices of organizations serving the urban poor.

OUR THANKS

Michael Owen is a principal and co-founder of Baystrategy, LLC a management consulting firm based in Los Angeles.

Michael is sponsoring this web site for the Women's Resource Center. We appreciate this support which makes it possible for us to reach people who are interested in our work. Many have already visited the site and, in the future, more will do so because of Michael's interest and generosity.

We also thank Tobias Rose-Stockwell for his design of this web-site. Tobias is the director of Human Translation, an NGO bringing services to villages in Cambodia.