Susan Markham, USAID’s senior gender coordinator, spoke to VOA Khmer's Ten Soksreinith recently about the agency’s efforts to promote gender equality around the world.
“The Storm Makers” documentary illustrates how young women in rural Cambodia are lured into slavery.
With garlands and trumpets, some 200 government officials paid their respects to the late King Norodom Sihanouk, who died three years ago in Beijing.
Corruption can be tackled through education and the reinforcement of Buddhist values, particularly against greed, the expert said.
The plans include the preservation of the meeting rooms of Pol Pot and the house of former Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok, and the installation of information kiosks in town.
A Rescue Party spokesman said Wednesday that the party is seeking to win control of the government through legal means: elections.
Hun Sen warned against political messages of change, such as those that have transpired since the Arab Spring.
That law will “restrict the freedom of NGOs in fulfilling their work in the status of human rights defenders,” Ny Chakrya said.
Norodom Sihanouk was revered by many Cambodians before his passing, in Beijing in 2012.
The three activists are Sun Mala, 23, co-founder of Mother Nature Cambodia; Try Sovikea, 24; and Sim Samnang, 26.
The figure is lower than the $160 unions had negotiated for, a wage they said was necessary to keep up with the rising cost of living.
In recent years, online news in Cambodia has increased, while the audience for online news websites and social media continues to grow.
Increase of nearly 10 percent was more than manufacturers wanted but far less than workers unions were seeking.
The resource center has been in operation since 2005, offering research facilities free of charge.
The delay came just one hour into the hearing, with no new date scheduled, after court officials failed to download documents to build their case.
The refugees, both ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar, will come as part of a contentious deal with Australia, which has refused to take in the asylum seekers.
In Cambodia, government officials rarely respond to allegations of corruption, which is thought to be widespread at all levels of government.
More than 800 indigenous people in Mondulkiri province are seeking to oust the provincial governor, who is accused of violating the rights of the ethnic minority.
Rights groups say the government has failed to give compensation and prevent the victims of forced evictions from being dragged into poverty.
Khieu Kanharith was appointed to be the minister of information in 2003, having served as secretary of state at the ministry since 1993.
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