Social development

The Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh repatriated 41 Indonesian citizens in the last month from online scam operations, it announced Monday, but Cambodian police officials say that these people were not victims. ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs in collaboration with the Women’s World Banking organized here on Aug. 10 a workshop on “Establishing the Foundation Blocks: Accelerating the Expansion of Women’s Financial Inclusion in Cambodia”. ...

The construction of a dedicated maternity and post-natal ward at Jayavarman VII Hospital, also known as the third Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital, in Siem Reap province, has reached 80 per cent completion. ...

Indigenous communities in Cambodia marked the 29th World Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Day – the 19th in Cambodia – with celebrations across the country. Their aim was to promote cultural identity preservation and growth, while urging the new government to expedite the collective land registration process ...

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) has selected a high school in Takeo province to open the first Community Tech Centre (CTC). The pilot project comes ahead of expansion into high schools nationwide. ...

Nang Chhok* is nine years old. She attends a multilingual primary school in the O’chum district, Ratanakiri province, in Cambodia, where she learns in both Khmer and her Indigenous Krueng language. ...

Pregnant women who sought antenatal care and delivery services at Siem Reap’s Kantha Bopha III Hospital increased by 35% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year.                         ...

Women’s groups in civil society have found that a lack of acceptance from political parties and other challenges has reduced women’s success in politics despite greater involvement. ...

OXFAM, along with its partner organisations, orchestrated a workshop designed to enhance “Social Accountability in the Social Protection System”. This came as part of a move to encourage closer collaboration among government officials, workers’ representatives and the community, thereby ensuring a more inclusive social protection ...

In an encouraging move towards inclusivity, over 18,000 self-employed individuals have registered with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). This announcement comes with an urgent call from NSSF senior officials for all self-employed persons to become members. ...

Indigenous Bunong people from Roya Leu village offered rice wine and pork to a shrine, asking forest spirits to protect their land from the World Bank. ...

The Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ), in collaboration with CP ALL (Cambodia) Co Ltd, are organising a photography competition for local journalists. ...

The Skills Development Fund (SDF), under Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, has implemented 100 training projects in the last five years since its inception in March 2018, benefitting 11,309 workers. ...

The government has dismissed a recent UN human rights report as biased, saying it did not truly reflect the human rights landscape in Cambodia. ...

The National AIDS Authority (NAA) confirmed that the rate of new HIV infections in Cambodia is on the decline. ...

Ministry of Post and Telecommunication and the South Korean Embassy in Cambodia on Friday launched UNESCO UNITWIN Cambodia Data Science Joint Certification Programme that aims to develop information and communication technology (ICT) in Cambodia. ...

FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe ADB has approved a $100 million loan to enhance Cambodia’s labour force by addressing skills gaps through reforms in TVET. ...

All relevant ministries, organisations, and parties are required by a sub-decree issued by the government to relinquish their authority over education to local administrations at the municipal, district, and commune levels across the country before the end of this year. ...

Seven schools in Ratanakiri and Kampong Thom provinces have been temporarily closed due to flooding, according to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. ...

Cambodia and Thailand yesterday agreed to further strengthen cooperation in the field of employment and vocational training. ...

Soon-to-be Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia’s greatest achievement is the potentail its human resources have to contribute to the development of the country’s growth and prosperity. ...

Traditional healers, with their deep knowledge of nature’s bounty, have long played a pivotal role in providing healthcare in Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen, has spoken highly his Win-Win Policy for the country’s rapid progress and development. ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has kicked off a weeklong provincial level training workshop to strengthen national capacity on analysis and interpretation of agricultural statistics and data. ...