Sar Sineth News Today

Kampot province police detained Bokor town deputy governor Kim Panha for alleged domestic violence against his wife after he appeared in court on April 25 over a complaint she filed.

Women suffer domestic violence and are reluctant to divorce because of conservative attitudes and flawed law enforcement, activists say.

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Plan International Cambodia (PIC) expressed their joint commitment to empowering girls to make decisions about their own bodies and participate in the nation’s development through their joint project on leadership, with the expectation that by 2026 approximately 2.5 million girls throughout the country will have benefited from it.

Indigenous girls and groups working to promote the development for indigenous women found that young indigenous women suffer from a lack of access to public services due to social mindsets and a lack of information.

Growing up with a widowed mother and seven siblings in a rented room in Phnom Penh, Seima, a pseudonym, did not have an easy life.

Growing up with a widowed mother and seven siblings in a rented room in Phnom Penh, Seima, a pseudonym, did not have an easy life. His mother worked hard to support the family with an unsteady job. She took in laundry and took care of children in the community for extra cash occasionally, but times were tough.

The UN Office on Drug and Crimes’ (UNODC) Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific has launched a six-month public information campaign to help address key barriers to combating gender-based violence (GBV) in Cambodia.

The UN Office on Drug and Crimes’ (UNODC) Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific has launched a six-month public information campaign to help address key barriers to combating gender-based violence (GBV) in Cambodia.