It is a trait that has earned the Malaysian recognition on the international stage as director of the Penang-based Third World Network (TWN).

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Around the world other groups joined the fray, from mainstream activists, such as the Penang-based Third World Network ( www.twnside.org.sg), to fringe elements like the Berkeley, California-based civil disobedience body The Ruckus Society ( www.ruckus.org).

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Her lender: a nonprofit group called Mi-Bospo, a part of Women's World Banking, a global nonprofit network of 55 Third World lenders and banks.

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