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Legal Protections Sought For Cambodian Domestic Workers in Malaysia
Human Rights Watch is calling for new legal protections for the thousands of Cambodians who work in Malaysia as domestic workers. Rights workers say both countries must do much more to prevent an array of abuses including physical and sexual violence. Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, cambodian, government, Human rights, indonesia, international, legal, Malaysia, news, poverty, rights, thousands, wife, women
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Economist Sees Potential in Tourism and Beyond
Chheang Vannarith is the executive director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace. Raised by a single mother under the poverty line in Kampong Thom province, he was able to attain a PhD in Asia-Pacific studies. “Living through civil wars and hardship empowered me to overcome obstacles to my education and career,” he told “Hello VOA” on Monday Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, cambodian, Economy, education, executive, from-the-more, kampong-thom, news, political, poverty, rely-on-temple, world-heritage
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In Long Beach, a Health Fair in Khmer
The Khmer Parents Association in Long Beach, Calif., organized its 7 th annual health fair for Cambodian-Americans over the weekend, providing health workshops, vaccinations and tips for better living. “Cambodian-Americans are facing complex health issues resulting from the Khmer Rouge regime, which badly tortured us, and we never had or didn’t know how or where to find the doctors,” said Chan Hopson, executive director of the association Continue reading
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Tagged association, beach, children, from-the-khmer, medical, poverty, society, until-it-gets
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Authorities Begin Dismantling 42 Homes in Court Decision
City authorities began the destruction of more than 40 houses in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district on Thursday, after the residents lost a court battle to a landowner. Starting from around 6:30 am, homeowners looked on in tears as some 60 workers with axes and hammers began dismantling wooden houses and heavy machinery began knocking down concrete houses. The destruction stems from a 2007 Supreme Court ruling in favor of a single landowner, Khun Haing, a former minister for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, who claims legal title to some 8,000 square meters in the northern Phnom Penh neighborhood. Continue reading
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Tagged claim, construction, eviction, house, houses, life, neighborhood, news, party, Phnom Penh, poverty, supreme-court
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Economic meltdown
THE current economic crisis is unravelling before us faster than even the most pessimistic of experts predicted just a few months ago. The effects are already trickling down to ordinary working people. In the Asia Pacific region, the International Labour … Continue reading