Minister calls for women’s role in digitalisation of economy
Ahead of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, the MInistry of Tourism addressed women’s role In the digitalisation of Cambodia’s economy at a special event on their premises In Phnom Penh on Friday. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501449700/minister-calls-for-womens-role-in-digitalisation-of-economy/
CNRP to Hold Ceremony for Grenade Victims
Supporters of the opposition CNRP and relatives of the 16 men, women and children killed in a grenade attack during a protest rally in 1997, will hold a Buddhist ceremony today at the scene of the blasts in front of the old National Assembly in ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-hold-ceremony-for-grenade-victims-43867/
UN: invest in women
Cambodia needed to invest in women to aid its development and integration into the ASEAN economic community, United Nations Under Secretary-General Noeleen Heyzer said yesterday. Heyzer, executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP), met with Minister of Women’s Affairs ing Kantha ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358228/Business/un-invest-in-cambodian-women.html
U.S. sees Cambodia's anti-trafficking efforts floundering
Cambodia is not doing enough to combat human trafficking, the United States said on Thursday, leaving the Asian nation at risk of economic sanctions unless it takes firmer action. Corruption impedes law enforcement, prosecutions and provision of services to victims, the influential Trafficking in Persons ...
Matt Blomberg
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trafficking-cambodia/u-s-sees-cambodias-anti-trafficking-efforts-floundering-idUSKCN1TL21Q
NGOs raise climate change risk
At a conference on the topic of the environment yesterday, civil society groups repeatedly raised the risk of natural disasters and hazards that Cambodia will face if the effects of climate change are not adequately addressed. The one-day conference in Phnom Penh sought to find solutions ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32349/ngos-raise-climate-change-risk/
Cambodian PM heads for UN summit in New York
From September 25 to 27, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the UN Summit for the adoption of the Post 2015 Development Agenda and the Global Leaders’s Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, where he will deliver his remarks at the two submits. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=303105
Seeking to cultivate young Cambodian leaders
US Ambassador William Todd created the Ambassador’s Youth Council in Cambodia in 2012, one of 80 such groups of youth around the world. The goal is to create better relations between Cambodia and the US and to cultivate young leaders for Cambodia, he said. “Those ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/seeking-to-cultivate-young-cambodian-leaders/2564238.html
Secretary of state hits out at silk scheme
A government official has harshly criticised a prominent silk promotion project, implemented last year by the international Trade Center (ITC), saying it has not been fruitful. Mao Thora, secretary of state for the Ministry of Commerce, made his comments during a seminar on export diversification at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012121860337/Business/secretary-of-state-hits-out-at-silk-sheme.html
Cambodia Rice Federation seeks to raise development fund from exporters
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has approved to raise the requisite funding for rice sector development through the export fees paid by the rice exporters, according to local sources. The fund will be reportedly used for educating rice farmers about potential crop issues through television and ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/cambodia-rice-federation-seeks-raise-development-fund-exporters
Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang region home to traditional pottery
When talking about fine clay pottery in Cambodia, one always thinks of pottery products made in Kampong Chhnang province. The province, located some 91 kilometers north of the country’s capital Phnom Penh, is well known for its clay pottery. The name of the province “Kampong Chhnang” ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/839478.shtml#.UuYNShD-LIV
Families Seek Missing Relatives in Malaysia
Ten months after the government suspended sending Cambodian women to work as maids in Malaysia, following numerous reports of abuse by employers and recruitment companies, families say they have completely lost contact with their loved ones who continue to work in Malaysian households. Local rights group Adhoc has recorded ...
Cambodia Launches "One Tourist, One Tree" Campaign To Promote Green Tourism
Cambodia on Wednesday launched a “one tourist, one tree” campaign, aiming to promote green tourism and environment protection, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said. “We have already prepared tourism gardens in 11 provinces including cultural Siem Reap province, coastal Preah Sihanouk province and eco-tourism side in Kratie ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2013-02/27/c_132196175.htm
Workshop mulls which fruits sweetest for regional plan
German development agency GIZ held a consultation workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday for its two-year Facilitating Trade in Agricultural Goods in Asean (FTAG) initiative, holding discussions with Ministry of Agriculture officials and local traders aimed at identifying the most suitable fruit and vegetable crops for ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/workshop-mulls-which-fruits-sweetest-regional-plan
Aquaculture pushed for women
A project in Stung Treng province is giving women the opportunity to participate in one of the fastest-growing food-production sectors in Cambodia: aquaculture fisheries – a field that has also traditionally been among its most male-dominated. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aquaculture-pushed-women
Lender singled out after documentary
Some 1,000 employees from one of Cambodia’s largest microfinance institutions gathered in the Koh Pich exhibition hall yesterday to watch A River Changes Course, the award-winning documentary about three Cambodians from different backgrounds all struggling to eke out a living in fast-changing times. Why Angkor Mikroheranhvatho (Kampuchea) ...
Joe Freeman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lender-singled-out-after-documentary
Experts call for women’s part in demining activity
Demining experts on Monday encouraged women to work in defusing unexploded ordnance to reduce the number of explosive remnants of war in Cambodia and some Asean countries. The statement was made at a regional workshop aimed to “enhance mine action knowledge” held from November 12 ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/experts-call-womens-part-demining-activity
Mondulkiri police detain undocumented Vietnamese workers
Police in Mondulkiri province detained 27 Vietnamese who crossed the border illegally in Sen Monorom city. Deputy provincial police chief Tieng Saoroth said they were detained for questioning on Saturday in Sen Monorom city where they were selling clothes. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298197/mondulkiri-police-detain-undocumented-vietnamese-workers/
Taskforce to fight Sihanoukville crimes
With the spike in crimes following a huge influx of Chinese nationals, interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday assigned four main units under the ministry to set up a support team to restore security in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533013/taskforce-to-fight-sihanoukville-crimes/
Prime Minister Hun Sen told the world to promote women in political affairs
Prime Minister Hun Sen at the “Global Leader’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment held at New York, said that Cambodia has actively joined UN member states to implement policies, strategies and action plans aimed to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-told-the-world-to-promote-women-in-political-affairs-8993
Increasingly, Cambodian women seeking higher education abroad
Cambodian women face many obstacles to success in education, including domestic violence and sexual violence, but an increasing number of them are seeking higher education and more work skills.More than 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is female, and many see the new generation as a ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/increasingly-cambodian-women-seeking-higher-education-abroad/3086134.html