Rehab Options Needed for Female Inmates
As International Women’s Day is marked around the world on Saturday, calls are being made for more rehabilitative opportunities to be made available to female prisoners in Cambodia and, separately, for cultural norms that rank women below men to be challenged and overcome. Local rights group Licadho, which monitors 18 prisons around the country, said authorities need to implement “a broader range of rehabilitation opportunities to build confidence and provide them with appropriate skills to find suitable employment once released.” “Female prisoners currently make up 8 percent of the total prison population in Cambodia yet, in many prisons, educational and vocational training opportunities for women and girls remain inadequate,” Licadho said in a statement, noting that by the end of 2013 there were 1,137 women incarcerated and 15 girls aged 17 or below, while there were 11 pregnant women and 38 children in prisons by the end of January. …
Lauren Crothers
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