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A Rare Meeting with Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

Alyse Nelson

Vital Voices co-founder Alyse Nelson shares her surreal trip to Suu Kyi's run-down compound in Burma, and the dissident's message to women.

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Alyse Nelson and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Photo: Marc Bryan-Brown)

Vital Voices co-founder Alyse Nelson took a rare and frightening journey into Burma to personally present democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi with a leadership award.

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