CEDAW Monitoring Report- 1995-2004

SILAKA has engaged with South East Asia WATCH (SEAWATCH) to conduct the Country Monitoring Reports in Cambodia under the Theme of “Gender Equality, Equity and Non-discrimination on Power Relations and Agency.” The report will focus on Agenda Number 7 of the Beijing Declaration for Action (BPFA), which is Women in power and decision making. The report will look into the statistics covering women in leadership positions in different institution in Government and elected officials positions, in NGOs, in trade Unions, in Educational institutions, in cooperatives, and in business firm. The report will also look into the problems and difficulties experienced by women in the leadership positions. Policies will be examined on women rights to vote, and the proportion of women to men voters, from major political parties. Other policies and measures to upgrade women participation including the policy on affirmative actions and special situation of discriminated groups of women. The study will also write up 2 case studies covering a breakthrough/significant policies that were adopted during the policy and one government agency in the executive branch that is in charge of hard development areas such as trade, poverty policy, finance, and securities areas.

Cambodia is one of the 5 countries covers in Southeast Asia in this special study. The other four countries are Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia. The partner of this study is the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung of Germany.

Mrs. Thida Khus and Mr. Sourn Phearith of SILAKA are the researchers and writers for the Cambodia Study. The study is expected to conclude on June 15, 2004. A workshop to share the finding among the countries reports is expected to follow in July 2004.