Social development

Family, children and youth

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/

Political forum builds Cambodia’s discussion culture

Every Saturday afternoon, in a room in the Phnom Penh offices of a German political foundation, chairs are arranged in a u-shape. About 50 people, from a range of backgrounds, gather and chit-chat. ...

Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-forum-builds-cambodia-discussion-culture/2918069.html

Girls returned from begging in Thailand

Eight young girls were placed in the care of the Social Affairs Ministry on Thursday after Thai authorities found them begging and selling flowers in Thailand and sent them back to Cambodia, according to the ministry. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/girls-returned-from-begging-in-thailand-91658/

Surge seen in crimes against children

The Child Protection Unit (CPU) has seen a surge in cases of serious crimes against children in recent weeks, though the NGO says that partly reflects their expanded presence in Cambodia and improved reporting practices. ...

Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/surge-seen-crimes-against-children

Education, jobs top issues for youths: survey

Problems with employment, security and education continue to plague young people in Cambodia, the Youth Coalition for Unity and Development, along with Oxfam Cambodia, said on Sunday at an event commemorating the 16th International Youth Day. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14300/education--jobs-top-issues-for-youths--survey/

Community defends sisters in sex-slave case

The relatives and neighbors of two sisters who were arrested in Phnom Penh last week over the alleged sexual enslavement of their 13-year-old niece are angry. Members of the mostly Cham Muslim community living along the Tonle Sap river in Russei Keo district’s Chraing Chamreh ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/community-defends-sisters-in-sex-slave-case-91346/

Almost half of Cambodian youth fear unemployment

Almost half of Cambodia’s youth named future employment as their biggest worry, a new study by a local coalition of youth groups shows.Asked about their major worry in life, 49 percent of respondents aged between 15 and 35 said that not being able to find ...

Denise Hruby
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/571449--almost-half-of-cambodian-youth-fear-unemployment

Youth fear joblessness

Unemployment is the top worry for Cambodian youth, according to a survey released on Friday.Almost half – 49 per cent – of 630 people surveyed across the country cited unemployment as their main concern in the survey conducted by the Youth Committee for Unity and ...

Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-fear-joblessness

Pedophile Molodyakov guilty in Russia

Russian serial pedophile Stanislav Molodyakov—who preyed on Cambodian street children for years before he was deported to his home country in 2012—has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for raping dozens of schoolgirls, according to Russian media. ...

Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/notorious-pedophile-molodyakov-guilty-in-russia-90577/

Six arrested, released over NGO law protest

Authorities in Phnom Penh on Sunday arrested and released six people dressed in prison uniforms and chained together by their legs for protesting outside the National Assembly against a recently approved law that threatens to muzzle NGOs critical of the government ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-arrested-released-over-ngo-law-protest-89467/

Youth seek voices in government

At a dialogue yesterday with parliament members, youth representatives called for more electoral transparency and for participatory roles in government. ...

Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-seek-voices-government

Youths rush into social and enviromental activism

Young Cambodians are becoming increasingly engaged in social issues, with many university students volunteering for causes they consider important for national development, student leaders and youth organizers say. ...

Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13336/youths-rush-into-social-and-enviromental-activism/

Cambodia faces uphill struggle to reform its orphanages

A visit to the temples of Angkor Wat, followed by a stop at an orphanage, are part of the travel experience for many of the more than four million tourists who come to Cambodia every year. ...

Astrid Zweynert
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13290/cambodia-faces-uphill-struggle-to-reform-its-orphanages/

Youths gather in effort to make migration safer

A gathering of some 50 youths from five different provinces met in Phnom Penh last week to discuss the problems of forced migration and its dangers. The Community Youth Network leaders came from provinces where migrant work is common, to discuss how to make it ...

Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/youths-gather-in-effort-to-make-migration-safer/2824704.html

Child sex trade on decline: org

A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied ...

Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-sex-trade-decline-org

Licadho slams treatment of children in prison

In a recently released report, Licadho says that children who live in prisons should receive proper care so that they can develop physically and psychologically. The UN Convention on the Rights of Children states that countries have a duty to provide children with the right ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12069/licadho-slams-treatment-of-children-in-prison/

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