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Few women in upper ranks
Cambodian women make up less than 3 percent of the military’s upper echelons, the ministries of defence and women’s affairs confirmed yesterday. Just 88 women hold ranks of one-star general and above, with one solitary woman ranked a four-star general and a deputy commander-in-chief of ...
Erin Handley and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/few-women-upper-ranks
Bringing men into the fight against gender-based violence
Efforts are underway to recruit men and boys in the battle for gender equality in Cambodia, in an approach that experts hope will help prevent violence against women. ...
Ten Soksreinith, Aun Chhengpor
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/bringing-men-into-the-fight-against-gender-based-violence/3117244.html
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