Family, children and youth

Family, children and youth policy and administration

Child allegedly beaten at Prey Speu

Officials at the Prey Speu Social Affairs Center in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district are scrambling to deflect criticism after reports surfaced that a young boy and a man were beaten and injured there, with the director of the center saying the boy injured himself ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27112/child-allegedly-beaten-at-prey-speu/

Homeless children back from Vietnam

Twenty-nine homeless Cambodians, including 20 children, will be repatriated from Ho Chi Minh City today. Apart from the children, the group consists of nine adults – three men and six women. Of the 20 children, 10 are boys and 10 are girls, according to Ministry of ...

Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27017/homeless-children-back-from-vietnam/

Ongoing challenges in Kingdom's efforts to end domestic violence

Slow action from courts and police, a dire lack of mental health counselling and sparse government funding were named as ongoing challenges in Cambodia’s quest to eliminate violence against women at a conference yesterday.   ...

Erin Handley and Chin Sreyleap
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ongoing-challenges-kingdoms-efforts-end-domestic-violence

Measures in works amid low child’s rights ranking

A new report has ranked Cambodia 125 out of 163 countries in terms of its protection of children’s rights, even as the government works to finalise a sub-decree and code of conduct to better shield children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. ...

Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/measures-works-amid-low-childs-rights-ranking

Adoption agreement signed with Catalonia

Seven years after Cambodia put a stop to its own international adoption programs, the Catalan regional government in Spain signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Social Affairs on Tuesday that will allow its residents to adopt Cambodian children.   ...

Janelle Retka and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adoption-agreement-signed-with-catalonia-113847/

Child abuse rife says NGO report

Children in Cambodia face a range of threats to their safety including violence, sexual abuse and economic exploitation, with the justice system failing to prosecute alleged offenders, according to a 68-page report by a host of children’s welfare NGOs. ...

MOM KUNTHEAR
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25683/child-abuse-rife-says-ngo-report/

Government rolls out ambitious plan to eliminate hunger

Backed by the U.N., Cambodia on Wednesday launched a national action plan to completely eliminate hunger in the country by 2025, the first step in an ambitious initiative that the government signed on to last year. ...

Janelle Retka and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-rolls-out-ambitious-plan-to-eliminate-hunger-112190/

Sa’s role in world’s children’s prize ceremony to be celebrated

The World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) ceremony, to be held on Sunday at the Artscape Theatre, will tell the story of the 2015 award ceremony in Sweden and South Africa’s participation. ...

World’s Children’s Prize
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/sas-role-in-worlds-childrens-prize-ceremony-to-be-celebrated-1991682

Mexican national convicted of sexual abuse

A 60-year-old Mexican national working at a school in Sihanoukville was convicted of sexually abusing two young girls yesterday and sentenced to two years in prison, with one year of the sentence suspended, according to APLE Cambodia, a child rights NGO. ...

Jonathan Greig and Buth Reaksmeykongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21605/mexican-national-convicted-of-sexual-abuse/

Of 2,437 homeless children in Cambodia, 964 from Phnom Penh: Report

A Social Affairs Ministry report published yesterday showed that provincial departments of social affairs, veterans and rehabilitation assisted 2,437 homeless children in 2015, 715 of whom were girls. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21637/of-2-437-homeless-children-in-cambodia--964-from-phnom-penh--report/

Prosecutor seeks tougher charge for german child abuse suspect

The sexual abuse case involving a 57-year-old German national and at least five underage boys continued in Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday. Udo Sabiniewicz, owner of FX Animation Studio in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, could be sentenced to one to three years in prison ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21608/prosecutor-seeks-tougher-charge-for-german-child-abuse-suspect/

Access to justice for nation’s children among world’s worst

A report released today by glo­bal advocacy group Child Rights In­­­­ternational Network (CRIN) ranked Cambodia 166 out of 197 coun­tries for the effectiveness of its courts in protecting children. ...

Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/access-to-justice-for-nations-children-among-worlds-worst-108455/

Cambodia near bottom in global list of children’s access to justice

The Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has released its worldwide rankings of countries’ protection of children’s legal rights, with Cambodia coming in at a lowly 166th place out of 197, just ahead of Libya and just behind Tongo. ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21373/cambodia-near-bottom-in-global-list-of-children---s-access-to-justice/

Launch of child welfare plan marked

The Cambodian government on Monday launched its first nationwide policy for child development, aiming to enhance education, promote social welfare and strengthen protection for children in the Kingdom. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/launch-child-welfare-plan-marked

Police unit says almost 300 crimes against children in 2015

The Child Protection Unit (CPU), a police unit supported by the Cambodian Children’s Fund, investigated 292 cases involving serious crimes against children in 2015, its director of operations said on Tuesday. ...

Peter Ford and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-unit-says-almost-300-crimes-against-children-in-2015-105190/

New orphanage rules met with fear, optimism

A new set of standards for orphanages that the Ministry of Social Affairs plans to enforce over the coming months, combined with a global move toward community-based care, has at least one organization worried it will be forced to close down. ...

Taylor o'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-orphanage-rules-met-with-fear-optimism-103144/

New orphanage sub-decree aims to protect children

The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday issued a new sub-decree ordering all orphanages to get a permit, submit to inspections and limit the conditions under which children can be admitted.According to many experts, including Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth, orphanage care does more harm than ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-orphanage-sub-decree-aims-protect-children

Child protection in schools under review

The Ministry of Education is working with NGOs to draft a policy document to protect schoolchildren from abuse at the hands of educators and fellow students, an NGO specialist told the Post yesterday.More than 40 government and non-government representatives gathered in the capital on Friday ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-protection-schools-under-review

Jobs plentiful, but wages low for Kingdom’s youth

While unemployment rates are low among Cambodian youths, their jobs are largely poorly paid and informal, providing them with just enough money to survive on, according to a recent report.The report, released on Sunday by youth NGO the Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) and the ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jobs-plentiful-wages-low-kingdoms-youth

Orphanages in Cambodia: The good, the bad and the exploitative

The children rehearse twice a day, for about two hours each time – once at 4am, and again at 7pm – so they can perform for tourists on board cruise ships that dock at Phnom Penh year-round.But these children are not professional buskers nor part ...

Mabel Chan
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/orphanages-in-cambodia/2250280.html

Move to end domestic violence

A coalition of government ministries, the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations launched a new campaign yesterday to combat violence against women.​ ...

Srey Kumneth and James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17151/move-to-end-domestic-violence/

NGO gets UNICEF aid for speech therapy training

In an effort to address speech and communication disorders, which affect about one in 25 people countrywide, Unicef Cam­bo­dia awarded the organization OIC: The Cambodia Project a $42,000 grant on Wednesday to provide informal speech therapy training to Cambodians. ...

Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-gets-unicef-aid-for-speech-therapy-training-97450/

Over 20 child street sellers rescued in raid

More than 20 child laborers were rescued in Phnom Penh on Tuesday after anti-human trafficking authorities arrested a couple who had forced the children to work as fruit sellers in exchange for payments made to their families, according to police.Officers from the Interior Ministry’s anti-human ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-20-child-street-sellers-rescued-in-raid-on-house-95148/

Simple on purpose

Noun Phymean is an executive director at the People Improvement Organization (PIO). Born in Kampong Cham province, she spent over 12 years with the United Nations and other international organizations. Now, the hardworking humanitarian is focusing on helping some of the country’s most impoverished children. ...

Srey Kumneth and Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15287/simple-on-purpose/

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