Keeping women out of the work force is economic nonsense
Gender equality is “humanity’s biggest project,” Lakshmi Puri told the U.N. this past week. Puri, the deputy executive director of U.N. Women, wants to achieve “Planet 50-50” by 2030. When it comes to the workplace, equal employment opportunities aren’t just a benefit to women. Several new ...
Thomas K. Grose
http://n.pr/1CfvrKL
Ministry to study Licadho report on rape by relatives cases
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs yesterday said it is studying a Licadho report that found that nearly one in three cases of rape or attempted rape of a woman were perpetrated by a relative of the victim. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793601/ministry-to-study-licadho-report-on-rape-by-relatives-cases/
New pangolin protections announced
Yesterday was hailed as a “good day for pangolins” after a meeting of signatories to the CITES wildlife protection treaty decided to move the Asian species of “scaly anteater” to the agreement’s Appendix 1 category, which bans all commercial trade in the small mammals in ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-pangolin-protections-announced
Broadcast Bias Means CPP Dominates Airtime
The ruling CPP recieved nearly twice as much television and radio airtime last year than any other political party, and access to the broadcast media continues to be constrained by bias toward Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party, an election-monitoring group said in its annual report. ...
Cambodia, ILO Promotes Decent Work for All
PHNOM PENH: The International Labor Organization (ILO) and MInistry of Labor and Vocational TraInIng launched a Decent Work for All Profile for Cambodia which assesses progress In the development of labor market conditions and protection for workers over the past decade on Monday 30th July. “LaunchIng ...
Acleda shareholders OK expansion into Burma
Shareholders of Acleda Bank yesterday approved a plan to open an initial three branches in Burma, where a year of surprise political and economic reforms are raising expectations of a flood of foreign investment ...
Cambodia sees fewer female lawmakers in upcoming parliament
Twenty-five out of the 123 lawmakers elected during the July 28 national election are female, the official election results have shown. Sunday. The figures indicated that the number of women-lawmakers in the upcoming fifth legislature of the National Assembly is lower than that of the previous ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/10/c_132708901.htm
Technology push for productivity
While industry, particularly the textile, travel bag and footwear sectors, is diversifying to high value added products, upgrading of high technology and modern machinery is needed for all factories, a senior official at the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080065/technology-push-productivity/
Truck ban not as painful as feared, shipper says
Since a crackdown on oversized and illegal trucks began on February 10, the government has checked nearly 100,000 vehicles, taking more than 1,000 off the road and finding 3,000 others in violation of various regulations, according to Transport Ministry spokesman Va Sim Sorya. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/truck-ban-not-painful-feared-shipper-says
GMAC says new labour policy could hurt business
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia yesterday issued a statement asking for the Labour Ministry to reconsider its intent to amend article 89 concerning worker protection and severance pay. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491048/gmac-says-new-labour-policy-could-hurt-business/
International law perspective on protection of human rights in Cambodia
History was created by the European Parliament on September 13. For the time since the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission known as UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia), the Parliament passed a 13-point resolution aimed at according tougher actions against Cambodia and its rulers similar ...
Awathey Ek
http://www.atimes.com/international-law-perspective-on-protection-of-human-rights-in-cambodia/
Cambodia to end border check
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has unveiled a new campaign to boost economic independence and reduce the reliance on preferential trade statuses offered by advanced countries, saying the government will provide better trade facilitation and eliminate unnecessary procedures. ...
Labour Law revision could hurt employers: GMAC
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia welcomed the approval of the amendment of article 89 of the Labour Law on worker protection and severance pay by the government on Friday, but the organisation’s head said the move could financially burden employers. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50494469/labour-law-revision-could-hurt-employers-gmac/
Study says number of adult smokers down
The percentage of smokers over the age of 15 has dropped from 19.5 percent in 2011 to 16.9 percent last year, according to the National Adult Tobacco Survey which was released yesterday by the National institute of Statistics. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17256/study-says-number-of-adult-smokers-down/
Acleda increases share capital
Cambodia’s leading commercial bank Acleda announced late last week that it has injected an additional $42 million to top up the current share capital of $265.7 million, bringing the total registered share capital to $307.7 million. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26026/acleda-increases-share-capital/
Manufacturers say they can’t raise wage to $207 per month
With wage negotiations slated for later this month, the head of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia has warned that the country could lose hundreds of thousands of jobs if workers win their demand for a minimum wage of $207 per month. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/manufacturers-say-they-cant-raise-wage-to-207-per-month/2973869.html
Footwear kicks in as factory exports surge 17 percent
The total value of exports from the garment, footwear and other factories rose 17 percent year on year to $7.1 billion last year, according to a report from Ministry of industry and Handicraft released yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20849/footwear-kicks-in-as-factory-exports-surge-17-percent/
Minimum wage should fall not rise: GMAC
With the fight over the minimum wage hike for the garment and footwear industry coming to a head, factory owners are already digging in their heels, saying any increase in the $128 a month wage could seriously damage an industry that is facing rising competition ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16269/minimum-wage-should-fall-not-rise--gmac/
Pressure mounts on garment industry
Falling productivity and rising infrastructure costs are putting Cambodia’s garment industry at a disadvantage as it tries to compete with rivals Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar, a leading union said yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25317/pressure-mounts-on-garment-industry/
Garment factory owners warn of falling productivity
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) claims falling productivity levels and rising infrastructure costs in the Kingdom’s garment sector could put the country at a disadvantage with its neighbouring competitors. ...
Bun Sengkong and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-factory-owners-warn-falling-productivity