Stories

The Impact of the Pandemic on a Single Mother in Cambodia

At 38, Vary hasn’t had an easy life. Economic hardships, losses, and constant challenges are part of her daily life. She started to work as a domestic worker when she was 22 years old. Since then she worked for different employers. Due to the nature of her work, Vary rarely had a stable and secure...

A Woman’s Struggle with Covid-19: a Story of Survival, Strength and Hope

The outbreak of Covid-19 has severely affected Srey Touch’s livelihood and her family. Soon after the pandemic hit, she lost her job as an entertainment worker and without any other income source, she and her family was pushed into homelessness. Bridge has become a temporary shelter for her whole...

Putting Fisheries First

Thann Kourny, 60, points to a group of newly built houses on stilts braced for the long-awaited floods of the wet season. “Do you see those houses over there? They’re big houses. To support these households we need to rely on our fisheries”. Kourny tells me that fisheries are the lifeblood of the...

Uniting in the Fight against the Mekong’s Illegal Fishing

As our boat speeds along the Srepok river, the forest-covered banks look as if they're going to burst at any moment. However, Bunthev tells me that the water levels are still a lot lower compared to usual, but that’s not what he’s focused on telling me today. Na Bunthev, 60, leads the Community...

Free Covid-19 vaccine for ALL

Oxfam together with Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC), NGO​ Forum, Health Action Coordinating Committee (HACC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have mobilized a campaign to reach out to 1 million supporters to send a message to World Leaders that When Covid-19 vaccine is found, it must be...

អង្គការអុកស្វាម៖ មេរោគកូវីដ រុញច្រានប្រជាជន ជាង៥០០លាននាក់ ទៅក្នុងភាពក្រីក្រ

អង្គការអុកស្វាម បានអំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​មានកញ្ចប់​សង្គ្រោះបន្ទាន់ ដែលអាច​ជួយ​ឲ្យ​ប្រទេស​ក្រីក្រ មាន​លទ្ធភាព​ផ្តល់មូនិធិ​ជាសាច់ប្រាក់ ដល់អ្នក​ដែល​បាត់បង់​ប្រាក់ចំណូល និងអ្នក​ដែល​ដក​ខ្លួន​ចេញ​ពី អាជីវកម្ម​ខ្នាតតូច​ដែល​ងាយរងគ្រោះ។ អង្គការអុកស្វាម បាននិយាយថា ថវិកា​អាច​មកពីវិធានការ​ផ្សេងៗគ្នា ដោយ​រួមទាំងការ​...

Gender Justice: What should be done in Cambodia?

Cambodia faces immense challenges to deliver high-level commitment to promote gender equality and meet the Cambodia’s Sustainable Development targets. Cambodia’s maternal mortality ratio is 161 per every 100,000 live birth. About 15% of adult women have reached at least a secondary level of...

How Gender Transformative Leadership Changes Farmer’s Lives: A Lesson Learnt From Oxfam’s Project

Ratha is a mother of two bearing dual responsibilities as a caregiver and breadwinner. In the past, Ratha experienced abuses by her husband who had not shared housework responsibilities. After receiving the Gender Transformative Leadership training, Ratha noticed that her husband changes his...

Share the Care! Make the invisible care work visible

So, the question is: What more can the Cambodian government do to address the economic inequalities and increasing care crisis? With concentrated efforts and political will, Oxfam believes that a more human economy is possible, where everyone has secure jobs and decent work and every woman and...