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Somaly Mam

1970 - Today

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Somaly Mam (Khmer: ម៉ម សុម៉ាលី [mɑːm somaːliː]; born 1970/71) is a Cambodian anti-trafficking advocate who focuses primarily on sex trafficking. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Somaly Mam is the 6,538th most popular writer (down from 6,537th in 2024), the 37th most popular biography from Cambodia and the most popular Cambodian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Somaly Mam ranks 6,538 out of 7,302. Before her are Rose Tremain, Tor Ulven, Mary Augusta Ward, Zona Gale, Maylis de Kerangal, and Paweł Huelle. After her are Joe Paterno, Henry Green, Studs Terkel, Éric Vuillard, Muhsin al-Ramli, and Gertrude Atherton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Somaly Mam ranks 447. Before her are Kim Tae-young, Will Arnett, Yelena Yelesina, Essie Davis, Paul Bosvelt, and Gabriela Montero. After her are Ilmārs Bricis, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Patrice Loko, Régine Cavagnoud, Mike Phiromphon, and Steffen Freund.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Somaly Mam ranks 37 out of 40. Before her are Sam Rainsy (1949), Dith Pran (1942), Pen Sovan (1936), Hun Manet (1977), François Chau (1959), and Rithy Panh (1964). After her are Ros Sopheap (1962), Patricia Hy-Boulais (1965), Chan Vathanaka (1994), Leng Ouch (null), Bunpichmorakat Kheun (2006), and Jordan Windle (1998).

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Among WRITERS In Cambodia

Among writers born in Cambodia, Somaly Mam ranks 1. 

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