The women who won’t let go: Female-led resistance to development harms across Asia

Mongabay30 October 2026, 23:50 UTCThailand

BANGKOK — Now in her mid-70s, Sompong Viengchan has seen 16 prime ministers and 26 cabinets come and go during her fight against a dam upstream of her village. Governments change; her demand for justice remains. Since 1990, Sompong and her neighbors along the Mun and Mekong rivers have fought relentlessly to prove that the […]

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