PM’s sexist epithet raises ire

Women representing dozens of civil society groups met yesterday to discuss Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent use of derogatory language when discussing a female protester accused of injuring a security guard. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-sexist-epithet-raises-ire

Hun Sen’s comments draw criticism from Cambodian rights groups

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s public use of derogatory terms when discussing an unnamed woman accused of injuring a security guard after allegedly kicking him prompted rebukes from rights groups in the country on Monday. ...

Prach Chev
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hun-sens-comments-draw-criticism-from-cambodian-rights-groups-08032015155819.html

Many split on whether Cambodia should follow US on same-sex marriage

The reach of a US Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage has been far, even in Cambodia, where the decision was much discussed over social media. That has given some in the country’s LGBT community hope, but it has also exposed divisions in ...

Sou Pisen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/many-split-on-whether-cambodia-should-follow-us-on-same-sex-marriage/2871819.html

Police, soldiers, military complete good men march

Capping a week in which footage emerged of a tycoon viciously beating a female entertainer and a man entering a Phnom Penh school to slap a teenage girl, some 160 security personnel marched down the riverside here on Friday chanting slogans to conclude the “Good ...

Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-soldiers-military-complete-good-men-march-87963/

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

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

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