The Cambodian NGO Committee on CEDAW (NGO-CEDAW) which works on gender and women’s rights in Cambodia, identified challenges women face during the Covid-19 epidemic such as those related to health, rights, and education, especially the economic hardships in families at risk.
According to the 18-page report on the implementation of the 2020 CEDAW Convention for Cambodia, released on March 9, by 2020 Cambodia will face many challenges for women’s rights. Meanwhile, there will also be an improvement in the dialogue between government and civil society to find solutions to those challenges as well.
“The most outstanding challenges are related to health, education and economic hardship due to the spread of Covid-19, which puts women and LGBT people facing difficult challenges at a disproportionate rate,” the report said.