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Meet our passionate Voice Ambassadors - Cambodia NOW-Us! Awards

Inspired by the global NOW–Us! Awards, a joint partnership between Voice and the Spindle, NOW-Us! Award Cambodia is initiated. The NOthing about us Without Us! (NOW-Us!) Cambodia is looking to honour ONGOING initiatives that are led by and have been fully developed by the rightsholder groups and/or...

Oxfam’s Maternity Protection Campaign Amplified by Women Icons of Gender Equality

Oxfam’s digital campaign, “Every Mother Counts,” comes to a close after raising significant awareness on maternity protection issues in ASEAN. Launched symbolically on 1 May International Labour Day, the campaign advocated especially for informal and self-account women workers who make up...

Advancing gender justice during Covid-19

Gender Equality and women empowerment are core to advance gender justice at Oxfam. In an effort to achieve gender justice, Oxfam convened the Gender Working Group of Cambodia of the Ministry of Environment (MOE) to collect inputs from women leaders of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (...

តម្លាភាពនៃថវិកា SDRs លើកទី១ក្នុងប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រដើម្បីគាំទ្រដល់សកលលោក និងកម្ពុជា ងើបចេញពីវិបត្តិកូវីដ-១៩

យើងសូមអំពាវឱ្យរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបន្តធ្វើការប្រកបដោយតម្លាភាព និងរួមគ្នាជាមួយអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលដទៃទៀតដើម្បីប្រើប្រាស់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានឥតសំណងបន្ថែមនេះឱ្យបានល្អបំផុត ឧទាហរណ៍ ដោយផ្តល់អាទិភាពលើការថែទាំសុខភាពជាសកល និងការវិនិយោគលើកិច្ចគាំពារសង្គម ដែលអាចកាត់បន្ថយវិសមភាព ដើម្បីសម្រេចបានការងើប...

Transparency to historic SDRs to support global and Cambodia’s recovery from Covid-19

Ms Solinn Lim, Cambodia Country Director of Oxfam, said: “New SDRs will help developing countries including Cambodia to cope with the impact of Covid19 and restore its economy. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made great effort to contain the virus transmission and supported vulnerable...

Social Protection that Empowers Women

Oxfam believes social protection is one of the most powerful tools for governments to reduce inequality, vulnerability, poverty and need, especially for women. However, for social protection to make a meaningful difference, it needs to be adequately financed and geared towards enabling gender...

Advocating for Women’s Empowerment, Miss Universe Cambodia 2020 Voices Support for Oxfam’s Maternity Protection Campaign

“As a Cambodian woman, I was alarmed and saddened to learn that 90% of women workers in my home country have no access to maternity protection benefits just because they are in the informal sector,” said Miss Universe Cambodia 2020 Sarita Reth . “Cambodian women deserve better. As the pillars of...

Photo of Oxfam in Cambodia was one of the finalists in WSIS photo contest 2021

The photo of Oxfam in Cambodia on Internet access centres for rice farmers was selected as one of the finalists by the World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) for its photo contest 2021. This forum is co-organized annually by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, in close collaboration with...

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...