Social development
Gender
Coder challenges male dominance in IT
Suy Channe, at 34 years of age, is becoming a familiar face in Cambodia’s IT sector as a female coder and regional leader at Innovation Lab SEA (InSTEDD). ...
Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12588/coder-challenges-male-dominance-in-it/
Three Chinese jailed over plot to traffic girls
Three Chinese nationals were jailed by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for attempting to smuggle four teenage Cambodian girls to China, while the sentences of two Cambodians involved in the trafficking operation were reduced to time served. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-chinese-jailed-over-plot-to-traffic-girls-86204/
Across ASEAN, women need more development, advocate says
As ASEAN heads toward greater economic integration at the end of the year, a Cambodian advocate says more needs to be done in the region for women’s rights. Asean has a working group for women’s issues, but the region faces challenges in social and economic equality, ...
Sok Khemara
http://bit.ly/1KPkscF
Cambodia gets its first LGBT magazine
The land of Cambodia is so far removed from our world, that the southeast Asian nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community is only now getting its first publication aimed at LGBT readers: Q Cambodia. ...
Thom Senzee
http://bit.ly/1KPZ7Tx
Briton gets 8 years for sexually abusing girls
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a British national of purchasing child prostitution and committing indecent acts against minors, sentencing him to eight years in prison and ordering him to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and compensation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/briton-gets-8-years-for-sexually-abusing-girls-82227/
Protest leader jailed over alleged sex with minor
The Mondolkiri Provincial Court on Saturday charged a man with having sex with an underage girl, but a rights worker and the girl’s father said Sunday that the allegations were fabricated in retaliation for the man’s involvement in recent protests against a Vietnamese rubber plantation. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mondolkiri-protest-leader-jailed-over-alleged-sex-with-minor-81940/
NGO at center of abuse claims reopens with new management
The Our Home center in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district has reopened under interim management after its director, Hang Vibol, was jailed last month and charged with abusing boys at the organization’s orphanage, which housed more than 50 children but was shuttered and will remain closed. ...
Simon Henderson and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-at-center-of-abuse-claims-reopens-with-new-management-81794/
More jailed mothers set to be freed
Another 37 female prisoners who are pregnant or have children will receive royal pardons during next week’s Khmer New Year holiday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-jailed-mothers-set-be-freed
Women’s rights activists dispersed by police
About 100 women’s rights activists were prevented from riding tuk-tuks to the National Assembly and the Phnom Penh headquarters of the ruling CPP on Tuesday, but successfully delivered a petition to the opposition CNRP demanding female representation on the reformed National Election Committee. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-activists-dispersed-by-police-81615/
Putting women in the driver's seat in Cambodia
How can one push for greater political participation of women in a patriarchal state that believes government is a fraternity? The Cambodian Committee to Promote Women in Politics faced this exact problem when it first started its work to encourage women to get more politically involved ...
Daphne Davies
https://www.devex.com/news/putting-women-in-the-driver-s-seat-in-cambodia-85867
NGO: role in child sex abuse case distorted
Child protection NGO Friends International said this week it will contest being officially cited as the originator of allegations of sexual misconduct at Our Home orphanage that led to the center’s closure last month and to the imprisonment of its director, Hang Vibol, on suspicion ...
Simon Henderson and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-role-in-child-sex-abuse-case-distorted-81395/
Women’s Caucus meets UK rep
Female members of the National Assembly sat down with a representative of the UK Parliament yesterday to discuss female participation in politics, on the final day of a consultative meeting hosted by the British Embassy. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/womens-caucus-meets-uk-rep
CCHR calls for transgender rights
Marking the sixth annual International Transgender Day of Visibility yesterday, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) called on the government to protect transgender people and end discrimination. ...
Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cchr-calls-transgender-rights
Turk gets nine years for buying girls’ virginity
A Turkish man was sentenced to nine years in jail Friday for purchasing the virginity of two 14-year-old girls in Phnom Penh last year. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/turk-gets-nine-years-for-buying-girls-virginity-80922/
Defrocked monks questioned at court
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday questioned three defrocked monks over charges of “joining a criminal association,” an NGO worker said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/defrocked-monks-questioned-at-court-80837/
Poor governance at root of Cambodia’s education problems, expert says
Poor governance and uneven distribution of wealth to rural communities are both behind Cambodia’s poor record of girls’ education, an expert says. Despite the country’s high economic growth rate in recent years, few opportunities are available in rural areas, which leads to girls dropping out of ...
Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1OCjX9t
Cambodia defends Its human rights record
Cambodia presented its human rights report before the United Nations Office in Geneva amid growing allegations that abuses are being systematically committed by state forces. The UN committee acknowledged that Cambodia has introduced some reforms in recent years, in particular land reform and registration of ...
Mong Palatino
http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/cambodia-defends-its-human-rights-record/
In Siem Reap, poor girls want to stay in school
Impoverished girls in Siem Reap say they hope for a better education, in the wake of First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit. Girls in Siem Reap province say they are aware of the importance of education, especially higher education, to escape poverty. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BrEnb5
Obama gone, but education challenges remain
Following the fanfare surrounding the visit of First Lady Michelle Obama over the weekend, life in Siem Reap returned to normal this week. Many here say they were not aware of the first lady’s visit, and some said even though they were, they aren’t sure ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BksB3k
American man convicted over child-sex trips to Cambodia
A Cambodian-American man was convicted by a U.S. federal jury in Alaska on Monday of attempting to travel to Cambodia to have sex with underage girls, U.S. media reported. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/american-man-convicted-over-child-sex-trips-to-cambodia-80651/
Officials in the dark about Ukrainian politician’s rape case
A Ukrainian lawmaker accused of raping a minor in Phnom Penh in 2011 had escaped the country before the courts could catch up with him, the head of the Interior Ministry’s anti-human trafficking department said Tuesday. ...
Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-in-the-dark-about-ukrainian-politicians-rape-case-80649/
Cambodians hopeful on girls’ education after Obama visit
Phorn Chan Bonavy is a 6th grader at Kesaraream Elementary School in Siem Reap, where First Lady Michelle Obama just completed a three-day visit—the first sitting first lady to do so. However, she seems determined to complete school, even though that will require she help ...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/article/2690544.html
Obama leaves with words of encouragement for girls
Following First Lady Michelle Obama’s three-day visit to Cambodia to promote her “Let Girl Learn” initiative, Cambodian officials say they hope for positive changes in girls’ education. Cambodia has nearly 1.5 million female students studying at primary and high schools, he said. But only 42 ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1G1Ukem
Military police at large after firing at truckers
Authorities in Prey Veng province are searching for a group of rogue military police officers who shot at, tied up and beat two local truckers who drove through a pair of checkpoints without stopping while transporting a load of rice along National Road 11 on ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-at-large-after-firing-at-truckers-80537/