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បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​គោលដៅ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​សហស្សវត្ស​របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល បាន​កំណត់​ចំនួន​បេក្ខភាព​ស្ត្រី​ឲ្យ​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​ជា​អ្នក​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​ចំនួន ៣០% ក្នុង​ស្ថាប័ន​រដ្ឋសភា នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥ ក៏ដោយ ប៉ុន្តែ​ជាក់ស្ដែង ស្ត្រី​ដែល​បាន​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​ជា​បេក្ខភាព​អ្នក​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​របស់​គណបក្ស​ នយោបាយ​នៅ​នីតិកាល​ទី៥ ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ នេះ បាន​ជិត ១៩% ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ កាល​ពី​ក្នុង​នីតិកាល​ទី៤ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៨ ចំនួន​ស្ត្រី​ជា​បេក្ខជន​ពេញ​សិទ្ធិ​មាន​ចំនួន ១៧២​នាក់ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​គណបក្ស​ប្រកួត​ប្រជែង​ចំនួន​១១។ ដោយ​ឡែក ក្នុង​នីតិកាល​ទី៥ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ មាន​ចំនួន​គណបក្ស​ចូលរួម​ប្រកួត​ចំនួន ៨​គណបក្ស មាន​បេក្ខជន​ស្ត្រី​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​ចំនួន ១៦៨​នាក់។ នីតិកាល​ទី៥ នេះ បេក្ខជន​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​ជា​ស្ត្រី​ពេញ​សិទ្ធិ​មាន​ចំនួន ១៦៨​នាក់ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​បេក្ខជន​ពេញ​សិទ្ធិ​សរុប ៨៨៦​នាក់។ បេក្ខជន​ជា​ស្ត្រី​ដែល​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​នៅ​លេខ​រៀង​លេខ​១ ដល់​លេខ​៣ មាន​ចំនួន ៦៥​នាក់ ស្មើ​នឹង​ជាង ៧% រីឯ​ឈរ​លេខ​រៀង​ទី៤ ដល់​ទី៦ ចំនួន ៦៣​នាក់ ស្មើ​នឹង​ជាង ៧% និង​ឈរ​ចាប់​ពី​លេខ​រៀង​ទី៧ ឡើង​ទៅ មាន​ចំនួន ...

A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ...

អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន​មួយ​ចំនួន និង​មន្ត្រី​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បង្ហាញ​កង្វល់​ថា ចំនួន​អ្នក​ទៅ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​រើស​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​អាណត្តិ​ទី៥ ដែល​នឹង​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ចុង​ខែ​កក្កដា ខាង​មុខ នឹង​ថយ​ចុះ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ជាង​កាល​ពី​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​មុនៗ​ក៏ដោយ ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ពី​ការ​ផ្តល់​ប័ណ្ណ​ព័ត៌មាន​បោះឆ្នោត​ផ្ដើម​ ដោយ​មន្ត្រី​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ ឬ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រោម​ឱវាទ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) ថា​មិន​បាន​ទូលំទូលាយ និង​មិន​បាន​ដល់​ដៃ​ពួក​គាត់ ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ចំនួន​ជាង ១០០​គ្រួសារ រស់នៅ​ភូមិ​មួយ​ក្នុង​តំបន់​ជាយ​ដែន​ខ្មែរ-ថៃ កំពុង​ប្រឈម​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ខក​ខាន​ពុំ​បាន​បោះឆ្នោត ដោយសារ​តែ​ពួក​គាត់​ពុំ​មាន​ឯកសារ​សម្គាល់​ខ្លួន​គ្រប់គ្រាន់ សម្រាប់​យក​ទៅ​ប្រើប្រាស់​បាន។ ...

Cambodian police used water cannons Wednesday to disperse around 200 women demanding a quick resolution to long-running land disputes, knocking at least three of the protesters, including a 72-year-old, unconscious. The move came two days after authorities used stun batons to disperse a protest over wages ...

The ILO is preparing to name Cambodian garment factories failing to comply with local safety requirements. The International Labour Organisation says Cambodian garment factories refusing to comply with safety requirements have one last chance before they are named and shamed. Jill Tucker, chief technical advisor for ...

On May 13, we ran an interview with London-based NGO Global Witness accusing the Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation of financing two Vietnamese rubber companies that are allegedly involved in land grabs in Cambodia and Laos. We asked both banks for a response ...

The Cambodian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a jailed land rights activist’s appeal to be released on bail, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the whole case smacked of political interference and should be thrown out. “I am having heart, respiratory, and stomach ...

The Cambodian government on Thursday announced a higher minimum wage of U.S. $80 per month for garment and footwear workers but they were not impressed, vowing to continue a strike until it is raised to U.S. $100. A tripartite meeting between the government, unions and Garment ...

Residents of a village in the middle of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap “Great Lake” live surrounded by water, but don’t have enough access to clean water for drinking, cooking, and washing. The Tonle Sap, a combined lake and river system that swells in the rainy season to ...

At least six people were seriously injured Wednesday in clashes between about 100 villagers demanding land compensation and 300 security personnel in front of the home of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, activists said. According to villager representative Tep Vanny, the evictees from Phnom Penh’s Boeung ...

A higher minimum salary for Cambodia’s garment and footwear worker is still not within sight after talks broke down Tuesday between unions representing the workers and their employers, officials said. The garment and footwear workers unions proposed to nearly double the current minimum monthly wage of ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised to compensate thousands of garment workers demanding back pay they say they are owed since their factory owner fled the country to escape mounting debt, according to officials. Kandal provincial labor department director Thol Neang told RFA’s ...

Cambodia’s parliament on Friday approved a law providing financial guarantees for the developers of a planned hydropower dam on a Mekong River tributary, despite opposition from civil society groups seeking to delay the project. Villagers campaigning against the Lower Sesan 2 dam in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung ...

Ethnic minority villagers expecting to be displaced by a proposed Chinese-built hydroelectric dam in northeastern Cambodia are asking the country’s parliament not to approve a law providing financial guarantees for the project. Villagers living along three rivers that will be affected by the dam spoke ...

Cambodia’s largest opposition party has expressed concern that China’s investment in the country is heavily skewed towards exploiting natural resources, wreaking havoc on the environment. China is Cambodia’s largest investor by a wide margin, having poured U.S. $9.7 billion into the country over the past 18 ...

Laos has stepped up plans for three hydropower dams on Mekong River tributaries, updating an eight-year-old deal with a Russian investor to build the projects for U.S. $1.5 billion. Lao authorities signed a project development agreement with Russia’s Regional Oil for the Sekong 4, Sekong 5, ...

Hundreds of residents in five villages in southern Cambodia have been deprived of their sole source of water as a massive pond in their area has dried up, villagers said. The affected villagers of Sre Ronnong commune in Takeo Province’s Tram Kork district have been buying ...

A group of opposition lawmakers have written to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urging action against a sugar factory owned by a ruling party official accused of exploiting child labor and grabbing land from villagers. Six Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarians sent a letter dated Jan. ...

Fears of theft are on the rise among market vendors in a tourist district in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, the gateway to the world-renowned Angkor archeological site. Vendors at a market in Puok district said they had lost a lot of money following a slew of ...

Lawmakers from Cambodia’s ruling party on Monday refused to accept a petition from hundreds of people who held a rally calling for the government’s help in resolving land disputes, drawing criticism from activists who questioned the effectiveness of the country’s parliament. The appeal, which contained more ...

Cambodian authorities arrest a journalist who exposed the illegal smuggling of timber. Taing Try, a reporter affiliated with the Khmer Democratic Journalists’ Association, was taken into custody on Friday, police in Kratie’s Snoul district told RFA on Sunday. But Ing Savoeun, a representative from the ...

Fish production in Cambodia’s great Tonle Sap Lake is on track to reach last year’s level, an official said Wednesday, despite concern from fishermen that yields are dwindling due to environmental problems. Nao Thouk, director of the Fisheries Administration under the Ministry of Agriculture, said that ...