Cambodia Woman
East Asia and the Pacific
111111-- Woman-owned Business in the Philippines. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Equatorial Guinea is a transit and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, involuntary domestic servitude, and other forced labor. Women and children are trafficked to Equatorial Guinea from West and Central Africa, principally Cameroon, Nigeria, and Benin. Women are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation in Malabo, where demand is high due to the booming oil sector. Cameroonian and Beninese children are trafficked to Malabo for exploitation as street and market hawkers; Nigerian boys are trafficked to Rio Muni (the mainland) for exploitation as agricultural workers. The Government of Equatorial Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Over the past year the government has made a number of efforts that attest ... [Read More]
International Women's Issues Newsletter: Winter 2004
Journalist for Cambodian Radio station FM 102 interviews woman in rural Cambodia. Photo courtesy of the Asia Foundation.The station is on the air 7 days a week, 15 hours per day, with programming on issues such as women and law, Khmer history, trafficking in persons, HIV/AIDS, violence against women, and poverty. The station also hosts popular call-in shows and offers free time for NGOs operating in Cambodia to talk about their projects. According to Chea Sundaneth, the Co-Director of the Women’s Media Centre, "FM 102 is the only radio station in Ca ... [Read More]
Cambodia
Traditional culture has limited the role of women in government; however, women took an active part in the July 2003 National Assembly elections. The number of women in the National Assembly, Senate, and high‑level government positions increased. There were 22 women in the 123‑seat National Assembly. There were also 11 women in the 61‑seat Senate. After the formation of the new Government, there were 24 women working as ministers, secretaries of state, under‑secretaries of state, and for the NEC. Women also served as advisors, and there were 12 female judges at the Municipal, Provincial, and Appeals Court levels. The Dean of the Royal School of Judges and Prosecutors was also a woman. After the 2002 local elections, women held 933 (8.3 percent) of the 11,261 commune council seats. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Cambodia Reports Fourth Human Bird Flu Death, U.N. Agency Says
A 20-year-old woman of Kampot province died of flu-like symptoms April 19 in a Vietnamese hospital. The Pasteur Institute in Ho Ch Minh City confirmed that H5N1 was the pathogen that killed the woman, a secondary-school student. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Vietnam, Cambodia Confirm New Bird Flu Cases, U.N. Says
The 28-year-old man, from Kampot Province, developed symptoms on 17 March and was hospitalized in Phnom Penh on 21 March. He died on 22 March. The same day, laboratory tests by the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh confirmed that the man was infected with H5 avian influenza virus. The Cambodian government immediately launched an investigation to search for possible additional cases and identify possible sources of exposure to the virus. The investigation team, which is continuing its work in Kampot Province, includes Cambodian Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agricultural officials joined by staff from the WHO country office and the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh. FAO is assisting the investigation of animal disease. Numerous deaths among chickens in the area have been reported and samples taken from sick chickens have tested positive for avian influenza. The results from the investigation indicate the deceased man had contact with sick poultry. An 18 year-old boy initially identifi ... [Read More]
Cambodia
Traditional cultural practices inhibited the role of women in Government. However, women took an active part in the 1998 national election and registered for the February elections at approximately the same rate as men. There were 13 women among the 122 members of the National Assembly, 8 women among the 61 members of the Senate, and 2 female Ministers and 3 female State Secretaries in the Cabinet. After February’s local elections, women held 933 (8.3 percent) of the 11,261 commune council seats. The country’s central bank was headed by a woman. ... [Read More]
Ambassador Aurelia E. Brazeal's Page
Ambassador Brazeal is the first African American woman career foreign service officer to be promoted into the Senior Foreign Service of the United States. Her current personal rank of Career Minister is the second highest in the United States Foreign Service. In the course of her career Ambassador Brazeal has received several honor awards, including Superior Honor Awards, Performance Pay Awards and a Presidential Performance Award. She is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Burma, Cambodia, North Korea Cited for Human Trafficking Abuses
During the reporting period, the Thai Government increased its law enforcement efforts against trafficking. Thailand has a law specifically prohibiting trafficking. In 2004, the government reported 307 trafficking-related arrests, 66 prosecutions, and 12 convictions - an increase in arrests over the previous year's performance. Sentences handed down for trafficking cases remained light, with an average sentence of three years' imprisonment. However, a number of sentences in trafficking cases were severe, with imprisonment of up to 50 years. In early March 2005, a Thai court convicted a Cambodian woman for trafficking eight Cambodian girls to Thailand and Malaysia; the trafficker was sentenced to 85 years' imprisonment.  As in previous years, the Thai Government made minimal progress in reducing trafficking-related corruption in the police, immigration services, and judiciary. Law enforcement officials continued to be implicated in facilitating trafficking, but only one pol ... [Read More]
The TIP Report
I met an elderly woman, Pu, in Cambodia at the White Lotus shelter. She was 17 years old and living in a rural village when her sister introduced her to a man. They married and he took her away to another fishing village. The next morning, he was gone and Pu found herself in a brothel where she was sold. She suffered beatings, the dead hanging over her head, and was forced to work for years. She might have died in the brothel but for the fact that she contracted HIV/AIDS and lost her value to [the traffickers] who treated her as a disposable commodity. She found help in a shelter and is now telling her story -- haltingly, painfully -- because she wants to help other people. I asked how old she was and she said 24 years old. I was astounded because I thought she was 50, 60 years old -- her body was so ravaged. When traffickers and exploiters go from country to country, they take the virus with them from country to country. ... [Read More]
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