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Women’s Affairs Minister Ing Kantha Phavi on Tuesday defended the government’s policies on promoting gender equality and preventing discrimination against women, but conceded that challenges remain in achieving principles set out in the U.N.’s convention to stop discrimination against women. Speaking in Geneva to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),…
New Project Seeks to Encourage Women in Politics
The project seeks ways to support women, especially young women and first-time voters, to more actively participate in the political process. PHNOM PENH — Despite making up more than half the population, Cambodian women are under-represented in the country’s decision-making process, according to the organizers of a new campaign aimed at increasing female political participation. Ahead…
Abused women’s support services to expand
Helping women find better employment opportunities is key to ensuring they feel able to report rape and sexual abuse, government and civil society representatives said yesterday. Although Cambodian courts are prosecuting an increasing number of cases involving violence against women, economic concerns stop many from reporting all but the most extreme abuse, officials said. ……
Women’s Rights Assessed by UN Committee in Geneva
Rights groups on Monday shared their concerns about the treatment of women in Cambodia with member states of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva. Cambodia last updated the committee—which meets three times a year to assess how member states are faring with implementing the principles set forth in…
Quote ‘Out of Context’ Says Women’s Minister
Women’s Affairs Minister Ing Kantha Phavi said yesterday that comments she made in a radio broadcast last week, in which she appeared to blame female Boeng Kak protesters for bringing police violence on themselves, were taken out of context from a radio interview given some months ago. A radio report broadcast last week included a…
