Report Says More Than 10 Percent of Children Are ‘Laborers’
More than 10 percent of children in the country aged between 5 and 17 work as laborers, with more than 5 percent engaged in “hazardous labor,” a situation that must be addressed by the government, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a report released ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-says-more-than-10-percent-of-children-are-laborers-48198/
Chaotic Scene as Gun Seized During Teachers’ Rally
A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park briefly descended into chaos Sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the Ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chaotic-scene-as-gun%E2%80%88seized-during-teachers-rally-44997/
Hunger Reduced, Malnourishment Next Issue
Cambodia has reached its millennium development goal of reducing by half the number of people who suffer from hunger, but more needs to be done to make sure that the population now receives the right nutrients, officials said on World Food Day Wednesday. Making the announcement ...
Denise Hruby and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hunger-reduced-malnourishment-next-issue-45363/
CPP Lawmaker Says Deforestation Is Good for Economy
CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun on Wednesday lauded the economic and social benefits of the widespread clearing of Cambodia’s forests for development projects. Speaking to reporters at the National Assembly after a meeting with the Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Anh Dzung, Mr. Vun, who is also the spokesman ...
Mech Dara and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lawmaker-says-deforestation-is-good-for-economy-46721/
Maid scheme off to ‘slow start’
A pilot scheme sending 400 Cambodian maids to Singapore has made a spluttering start, according to local media reports, with agencies in Singapore reportedly growing frustrated at the slow pace of maid arrivals and “sceptical” about the reliability of Cambodia as a source. Only about 100 ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-scheme-%E2%80%98slow-start%E2%80%99
UN Monitors in Cambodia to Inspect Prisons for Use of Torture
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has ordered all prison, detention and rehabilitation center chiefs to accommodate and give full access to delegates from the U.N.’s Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT), whose five-day mission to assess the use of torture, cruelty and other inhumane treatment ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-monitors-in-cambodia-to-inspect-prisons-for-use-of-torture-48963/
Kids key in disaster planning
Stronger disaster planning is needed to avoid future devastation and loss of life caused by flooding, according to a report published by World Vision yesterday. The report, titled Cities Prepare, recommends that the Cambodian government and civil society work to place “a stronger emphasis on disaster risk ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-key-disaster-planning
អង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយស្នើសុំអង្គការមូលនិធិសកលនូវភស្តតាងក្នុងការស៊ើបអង្កេត
អង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយកម្ពុជាបានធ្វើការរិះគន់អង្គការមូលនិធិសកលប្រយុទ្ធនឹងជំងឺអេដស៏ របេង និងគ្រុនចាញ់សំរាប់ការមិនបញ្ជូនអោយពួកគេនូវភស្តុតាងនៃការស៊ើបអង្កេតដោយអង្គការនេះលើអំពើពុករលួយដ៏ធំក្នុងជំនួយផ្នែកសុខាភិបាល។ ...
ម៉ម គន្ធានិង Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-asks-global-fund-evidence-probe
ករណីឆ្លងនិងករណីស្លាប់ដោយសារជំងឺគ្រុនឈាមនិងជំងឺគ្រុនចាញ់ធ្លាក់ចុះយ៉ាងខ្លាំងក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣
យោងតាមតួលេខថ្មីបំផុតពីក្រសួងសុខាភិបាលឲ្យដឹងថា ការស្លាប់ដោយសារជំងឺគ្រុនឈាម និងគ្រុនចាញ់ បានធ្លាក់ចុះនៅក្នុងឆ្នាំនេះបើធៀបនឹងរយៈពេលដូចគ្នា ...
ផន បុប្ផា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8932/
អង្គការជាតិនិងអន្តរជាតិថ្កោលទោសរដ្ឋាភិបាលចំពោះអំពើហិង្សានៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ និងអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សក្នុងស្រុកបានថ្កោលទោសរដ្ឋាភិបាល ...
Colin Meyn និង ផន បុប្ផា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9089/
(English) Adhoc Workers Say They Were Targeted by Driver
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Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adhoc-workers-say-they-were-targeted-by-driver-50407/
ILO-BFC unveils worker mobile phone call-in project report
The International Labour Organisation’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) releases the first report from its mobile phone call-in project aimed at educating garment and footwear workers. The mobile phone project entitled Kamako Chhnoeum (‘Outstanding Worker’ in Khmer) received 3,245 valid phone calls in its first two ...
Fibre2Fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=154799
16 Tumpoun villagers accused of logging
The Forestry Administration fined 16 ethnic Tumpoun villagers $400 each for allegedly logging within the Yak Oum tourism site in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district on Wednesday, said Chhay Thy, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc. The villagers were accused of logging after clearing a patch of ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/16-tumpoun-villagers-accused-logging
Women’s health gets $14m boost
Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care. During the three-year Partnering to Save Lives campaign, funded by AusAid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie Stopes and Save ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women%E2%80%99s-health-gets-14m-boost
City Hall Announces New Plan to Raise Living Standards of Poor
City Hall announced a new plan to improve living standards in the city’s poorest areas Tuesday on International Human Rights Day, while representatives for the urban poor continued to call on the municipality to issue longsought after land titles. Addressing a crowd of 600 at Olympic ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-announces-new-plan-to-raise-living-standards-of-poor-49078/
(English) Sam Rainsy Visits Svay Rieng’s Protesting SEZ Workers
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Aun Pheap and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sam-rainsy-visits-svay-riengs-protesting-sez-workers-49605/
(English) One Garment Strike Ends, Two Begin, Over Missing Pay
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-garment-strike-ends-two-begin-over-missing-pay-50787/
(English) Diplomats, Donors Lobbied to Help Free Jailed Protesters
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/diplomats-donors-lobbied-to-help-free-jailed-protesters-50852/
(English) Union leader released
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Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-leader-released
(English) Police arrest 11 Cambodians for illegally crossing the border to Thailand
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NjA3NDQ4ZjhlOGE