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Soknea (in the middle) and other Oxfam colleagues during the Rainbow Run.

Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Pride in Cambodia

At our Last Friday of the Month session on 27 June 2025, we closed the month-long LGBTQIA+ pride celebration with learning, self-reflection, and art!Last year, on International LGBT Pride Day, we had…

Delegation members engaging with local community at their booth, exploring a vibrant showcase of recycle handcrafted products, and other stuff. Photo: Oxfam

How Circular Economy Rebuilding Lives on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap

Once known only for its abundant fish and floating villages, the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve is now becoming a beacon of environmental resilience and community-driven innovation.After three and a…

Youth’s Digital Rights and Civic Engagement

Youth’s Digital Rights and Civic Engagement

Oxfam convened a learning and dialogue session in Phnom Penh that brought together 37 socially engaged youth from local civil society organizations (CSOs) and universities to explore the evolving…

A performance by representative of domestic workers depicting the realities of domestic labor. It highlighted two contrasting situations: one where homeowners understand and uphold the rights of domestic workers, and another where landlords fail to pvoide the essential rights and benefits that domestic workers deserve, like any other workers. Photo: Oxfam

Recognition for Cambodia’s Domestic Workers

Every morning before dawn, thousands of Cambodia’s domestic workers quietly begin their day cooking, cleaning, caring, and holding together the households of others. Though essential to society,…

Members of the local community proudly gather in front of the newly installed solar-powered water pump, made possible through the project’s dedication to clean energy and safe water access.

Improving Water Security for Dal Phnom Indigenous Community, Ratanakiri

Dal Phnom is a village in the green hills of Andoung Meas district, Ratanakiri province. It is home to 243 indigenous Jarai peoples, an indigenous community, with 125 women, 86 children under 18…

Theary’s garden, a symbol of sustainable agriculture and the power of women’s leadership in shaping resilient livelihood.

How Theary and Lot Transformed Their Lives in Seda

Further downstream, nestled along the Srepok River, Seda commune, Lumphat district, Kaeng Sann village sits about 60 kilometers from Ratanakiri’s provincial town. Life here hasn’t always been easy,…

A representative from Por Maen Boun Community Forestry presents their newly developed four-year forest management plan—now infused with gender equity principles using the GALS Tool. The plan, shaped during the three-day training, reflects a stronger commitment to inclusive governance and sustainable stewardship. Photo: Botom Mune/Oxfam

Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Leadership in Forest Conservation

In rural Cambodia, forests are more than ecosystems—they’re vital sources of livelihood, culture, and resilience. But for many years, women’s voices were missing from the decisions that shaped these…

Ms. Sina Bin showing the mustroom she just collected from the forest. Photo: Kongden Phoek/VSG

Harnessing Non-Timber Forest Products for Sustainable Livelihoods

In the remote reaches of Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, the Sang Rukhavorn Community-Protected Area is paving a hopeful path toward sustainability, economic resilience, and environmental…

Group tour at latex mattress and pillow showroom, Dong Phu Rubber Technical Joint Stock Company.

Cambodia–Vietnam Learning Exchange on EUDR-Compliant Rubber Production

Oxfam, in collaboration with Forest Trends and the Vietnam Rubber Association, organized a strategic learning exchange in mid-June focused on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)…

Panel discussion International Domestic Workers' Day

Strengthening Social Protection and Decent Work for Domestic Workers

The Independent Democratic Association of the Informal Economy (IDEA) and Oxfam, on June 15, jointly celebrated the International Domestic Workers Day under the theme of “Social Protection and Decent…