Ms. Em Phallamony

Provincial Deputy Governor of Siem Reap Province

“Never saying no to small or big tasks helps her to succeed in politics”

59-years-old​​ Em Phallamony is a Deputy Governor in Siem Reap province. She was born and still lives in Treang Village, Sangkat Sla kram, Siem Reap district, Siem Reap province.​ Recently, Phallamony graduated with a Masters degree in Public Administration. From 1980 to 1990, before she became a deputy governor, Phallamony worked in administration at the Women’s Provincial Association. She then worked in the provincial Department of Women’s Affairs from 1990 until 1998. Phallamony became a deputy in the women provincial department in 1998 and maintained this position until 2007. Since 2007, Phallamony has been one of the Siem Reap deputy  governors. A number of factors have contributed to Phallamony’s success in politics: Phallamony is highly committed to the work she does and is determined to achieve her goals ...

ECCC Visit – 21st March 2013

From an international point of view, Cambodia is largely defined by the horrors of 1975-79; a nightmare of labor camps, torture centers and the infamous ‘Killing Fields’. Trips to Phnom Penh by foreigners are punctuated by harrowing visits to sites such as the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the mass execution site at Choeung Ek. But just remembering the tragedy isn’t enough; a major concern has been how to achieve a semblance of justice for the victims, living and dead, of the insanity of the late ‘70s. Cambodia and the UN have collaborated in the formation of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (the “ECCC”), designed to investigate and prosecute crimes committed by senior members of the Khmer Rouge regime.

On Thursday 21^st March, I was lucky enough to be part of a delegation of consultants, volunteers and interns from the Cambodian Center for Human ...

TechCamp Phnom Penh

TechCamp Phnom Penh which hold on March 13th and 14th March 2013, attracted all NGO to learn and share each other on the field of technology that could help to the society. All the participants are groups to discuss on the problem and solution as following:

Education

Fundraising

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Cambodian Women and the Economy

A traditional Khmer saying  “sartrey bangvil cheung kran min chum”, meaning  women cannot do anything besides moving around the kitchen,  seems no longer valid in contemporary Cambodian society, at least to a larger extent.

A quick glance at some figures can show why this is so: around 65 percent of a  total of 505,134 establishments recorded in the 2011 Cambodia Economic Census by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) are represented by women – are female-headed in other words – while some 60 percent of persons engaged therein are female – equivalent to roughly one million women.

The saying becomes even less applicable when we look at at the employment figures in the textile and garment industry which has been a major growth driver of the Cambodian economy for more than a decade now. Official statistics of the Ministry of Commerce show that around 90 percent of labor in the textile ...