Katherine Brickell - Home SOS

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3 List of Abbreviations List of Abbreviations ADBAsian Development BankADHOCThe Cambodian Human Rights and Development AssociationAPRODEVAssociation of World Council of Churches related Development Organisations in EuropeASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian NationsAusAIDAustralian AidBRIBelt and Road InitiativeBKLBoeung Kak LakeCAMBOWThe Cambodian Committee for WomenCCHRThe Cambodian Center for Human RightsCDHSCambodia Demographic and Health SurveyCEDAWThe Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against WomenCNRPCambodian National Rescue PartyCOHRECenter on Housing Rights and EvictionsCPPCambodian Peoples’ PartyCRPCompliance Review PanelDKDemocratic KampucheaDVDomestic violenceECCCThe Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaELCEconomic Land ConcessionFDIForeign Direct InvestmentFUNCINPECNational United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative CambodiaGADCGender and Development for CambodiaGADNETThe Gender and Development NetworkGIZDie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitGMSGreater Mekong SubregionGTZDie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische ZusammenarbeitICNLThe International Center for Not‐for‐Profit LawIDIInclusive Development InternationalILOInternational Labour OrganizationLANGOThe Law on Associations and Non‐Governmental OrganizationsLICADHOCambodia League for the Promotion and Deference of Human RightsLMAPLand Management and Administrative ProjectMOWAMinistry of Women’s AffairsNAPVAWThe National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against WomenNCSWFThe National Committee for Upholding Cambodian Social Morality, Women’s and Khmer Family ValuesNGONon‐governmental organisationNGO‐CEDAWCambodian NGO Committee on CEDAWNISNational Institute of StatisticsOHCHROffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsP4PPartners for PreventionPRKPeople’s Republic of KampucheaRGCRoyal Government of CambodiaSNCSupreme National CouncilUNUnited NationsUNDPUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUNGAUnited Nations General AssemblyUNHCRThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUN‐HABITATUnited Nations Human Settlements ProgrammeUNODCUnited Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeUNTACUnited Nations Transitional Authority in CambodiaUNWOMENThe United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of WomenUSUnited StatesUS$United States DollarVOAThe Voice of AmericaWHOWorld Health OrganizationWMCWomen’s Media Centre

4 About the Author About the Author Katherine Brickell is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), UK. Her research cross‐cuts social, political, legal, and development geography, with a longstanding focus on the domestic sphere as a precarious and gendered space of contemporary everyday life. She has over 15 years of research experience in Cambodia and since 2017 has begun to undertake new collaborative work in the UK and Ireland. Home SOS is Katherine’s first monograph and follows the publication of co‐edited collections including Translocal Geographies (2011 with Ayona Datta), Geographies of Forced Eviction (2017 with Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia and Alex Vasudevan), The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia (2017 with Simon Springer), and The Handbook of Displacement (2020 with her RHUL colleagues). In recognition of research excellence, she was conferred the Gill Memorial Award by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS‐IBG) in 2014 and the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2016. She is editor of the journal Gender, Place and Culture and is former Chair of the RGS‐IBG Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group.

5 Series Editor’s Preface Series Editor’s Preface The RGS‐IBG Book Series only publishes work of the highest international standing. Its emphasis is on distinctive new developments in human and physical geography, although it is also open to contributions from cognate disciplines whose interests overlap with those of geographers. The Series places strong emphasis on theoretically informed and empirically strong texts. Reflecting the vibrant and diverse theoretical and empirical agendas that characterize the contemporary discipline, contributions are expected to inform, challenge and stimulate the reader. Overall, the RGS‐IBG Book Series seeks to promote scholarly publications that leave an intellectual mark and change the way readers think about particular issues, methods or theories. For details on how to submit a proposal please visit: www.rgsbookseries.com . David Featherstone University of Glasgow, UK RGS‐IBG Book Series Editor

6 Acknowledgements

7 Chapter One: Fire in the HouseIntroduction Crisis Ordinaries of Domestic Violence and Forced Eviction The Survival Work of Domestic Violence and Forced Eviction The Gender‐Based Violences of Domestic Violence and Forced Eviction Converging Research Trajectories Overarching Methodological Approaches Structure of the Book

8 Chapter Two: Conceptualising Domestic CrisesIntroduction Crisis Ordinary and Survival‐Work Bio‐necropolitics and Precarity Intimate War and Slow Violence Law and Lawfare Rights to Dwell Conclusion

9 Chapter Three: National Trajectories of Crisis in CambodiaIntroduction National Trajectories

10 Chapter Four: Attrition Warfare, Precarious Homes, and Truncated MarriagesIntroduction Domestic Violence in Cambodia Forced Eviction in Cambodia Conclusion

11 Chapter Five: Un(Invited) and (Un)Eventful Spaces of Resistance and CitizenshipIntroduction Legislating Against Domestic Violence Contesting Forced Eviction Conclusion

12 Chapter Six: Intimate Wounds of Law and LawfareIntroduction The Law and Lawfare of Domestic Violence The Law and Lawfare of Forced Eviction Conclusion

13 Chapter Seven: Dwelling in the Crisis OrdinaryIntroduction Inhabiting the Fire: Dwelling in the Crisis Ordinary Fanning the Fire: Political Geographies of Home Legislating the Fire: Towards a Feminist Legal Geographies Project Conclusion

14 References

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16 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1 SOS sign in Boeung Kak Lake, Phnom Penh, 2011. Figure 1.2 Orm’s sugar cane juice stall outside her home, Siem Reap, 2004.... Figure 1.3 Exterior of Orm’s home, Siem Reap, 2004. Figure 1.4 Domestic violence law poster in Pursat Province, 2013. Figure 1.5 Slorkram river community before (26 March) and after (27 March) t... Figure 1.6 Audio‐taped tour of Boeung Kak by residents, 2013.

2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 The fall of Phnom Penh, 1975.Figure 3.2 Khmer Rouge women's unit harvesting rice.Figure 3.3 Elite Town III, Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, 2019.Figure 3.4 One park development built on the former Boeung Kake Lake, 2018....

3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Kalliyan’s new house (right) next to her parents’ (left), Siem Re...Figure 4.2 The shattered brick line of an evicted house in BKL swallowed up ...Figure 4.3 Evidence of inundated homes, 2013.Figure 4.4 Interviewee’s photograph of their drowned home, 2013.Figure 4.5 Civica Royal Phnom Penh Golf Club, 2013.Figure 4.6 Vacant plots at Trapaing Anhchanh resettlement site, 2013.Figure 4.7 Typical makeshift housing at the Trapaing Anhchanh resettlement s...Figure 4.8 Chankrisna’s watch, 2014.

4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Stopped ‘One Billion Rising’ cycling event, 2014.Figure 5.2 Boeung Kak women’s workshop, 2013.Figure 5.3 BKL women’s lotus‐wielding activism, 2012.Figure 5.4 Lotus flowers at the barricade line, 2012.Figure 5.5 SOS protest on the former BKL as US President Obama lands to atte...Figure 5.6 Tep Vanny with Hillary Clinton, Vital Voices Awards, Washington D...

5 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 A typical commune office where local reconciliation takes place, ...Figure 6.2 Security guards at a protest in Phnom Penh, 2014.Figure 6.3 Phan Chhunreth in a ‘Stop Violence Against Women’ T‐shirt, 2014....Figure 6.4 Tep Vanny interview with the media outside the US Embassy in Phno...Figure 6.5 Release of the ‘BKL 13’, 2013.Figure 6.6 Drawing of ‘Mother Tep Vanny’ (top) with ‘Nana’ (middle) and a bo...Figure 6.7 Reaching out to Michelle Obama outside the US Embassy, 2015.Figure 6.8 Amnesty International protest outside the Cambodian Embassy in Lo...Figure 6.9 Tep Vanny upon release from jail, 2018.Figure 6.10 ‘Footprints’ artwork by Cambodian schoolchildren under the direc...