Analysis: Cambodian Commune/Sangkat Council Election 2012
An analysis of data and views on Cambodian women's political participation, especially during the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Council elections in 2012.
Cambodia
NDI: Women's Political Participation Training Report, Cambodia
As the 2013 National Assembly elections approach, Cambodia has an opportunity to improve women’s political participation.
February 14, 2013
Cambodia:Women's political representation still low in Cambodia
Boosting female political representation at July’s national election was the topic of a round-table discussion attended by dozens of political-party representatives, though none from the ruling party, in Phnom Penh yesterday.
Joint Press Release on Result of the Commune Council Election 2012: further effortss required to achieve quantitative and qualitative female’s political representative in Cambodia
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 11 July 2012
Results of the Commune/Sangkat Council Elections 2012: further efforts required to achieve
quantitative and qualitative female representation in politics in Cambodia
Mu Sochua
Member of Parliament of Cambodia
May 30, 2012
Cambodia: Women to Get More NA Positions
Women are playing a more prominent role in Cambodian politics, according to women's rights activists and female politicians, even though the new fourth mandate of the National Assembly will again be a largely male affair.
May 30, 2012
Cambodia: Women's Groups Demand Gender Quotas in New Law
The coalition of women's rights groups has requested that the government introduce gender quotas as a means of increasing women's participation in politics, according to a statement released Monday by Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC).
May 30, 2012
Cambodia: Women's Advocates Call for New Political Gender Benchmarks
A coalition of local NGOs has called on the government to take action to increase the number of women involved in politics by 2015, despite women's representation in the National Assembly increasing from 13 percent to around one in five in the current mandate.
May 30, 2012
Cambodia: Mu Sochua: One of Cambodia's precious gems
For 20 years, Mu Sochua has been a voice for exploited Cambodians. As the Vietnam War spread to Cambodia in 1972, the then 18-year-old was exiled, with no chance to say goodbye to her parents, who later vanished under the Khmer Rouge regime.