Gender

On 04 July 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia has posted a press release on increasing allowances for workers, civil servants as women and women as family member equitable Card holders during pregnancy and until the child is 2 years old.According to the press, the ...

On 1 March 2023, a group of 14 civil society organizations (CSOs), including unions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and associations working for promoting women’s rights and gender equality in Cambodia, issued a press release to inform the general public and national and international journalists that they ...

On 15 February 2023, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs issued a press release on the promotion and protection of women’s rights.The Ministry of Women’s Affairs would like to express its regret and absolutely do not support for all activities that are violent, immoral, and detrimental ...

On 14 February 2023, ActionAid Cambodia issued an open letter on CSOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak’s recent misogynistic statements.CSOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak’s recent misogynistic statements; such statements insulted and harassed ...

On August 9, 2022, the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA) issued a joint statement on the Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge to Celebrate the 28th World Indigenous Peoples’ Day and 18th in Cambodia. This statement highlights the attention ...

On 14 March 2022, the Women’s Digital Entrepreneurship issued a press release on women’s digital entrepreneurship programme (WDE) episode 12: “Women in Agribusiness”.The 12th episode of the WDE dialogue entitled “Women in Agribusiness” was held on 11th March 2022 with a distinguished guest speaker, Ms. ...

On 8 March 2020 – the occasion of International Women’s Day 2020, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to prioritize women’s human rights by taking immediate and concrete steps to implement the recommendations they accepted during Cambodia’s third Universal ...

On 19 February 2020, Cambodian advocates of women’s human rights issued an open letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen after hearing the criticism of women wearing sexy outfit.During the Cambodian National Council for Women (CNCW) annual meeting on 17 February 2020, PM Hun Sen spoke ...

On the occasion of the “Sixteen Days Campaign of Activism Against Gender-based Violence” this year, the Cambodia Center for Human Rights (CCHR) released an join statement on 01 December 2019. Twenty one of trade unions, associations, and civil society organizations, working for the promotion of ...

On 04 July 2016, The Ministry of Women’s Affairs led a special meeting with representatives from 15 line ministries and civil society organizations to boost the implementation and monitoring of the Second National Action Plan to Prevent Violence against Women, the key national policy to address intimate ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs regrets that a group of non-governmental organizations issued a joint statement titled “Together to promote the real dignity of women,” which followed a speech made by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, aiming to exaggerate the information and criticize the Royal ...