It is fast becoming common knowledge that a country cannot develop sustainably without first empowering its women. It has been proven that empowering women fuels thriving economies and spurs productivity and growth.\u00a0In Cambodia, and worldwide, women are disproportionately affected by natural disasters, wars, land grabbing, climate change and corruption. When women\u2019s rights are not respected in society, progress is stunted- children suffer, families suffer, and the economy suffers.<\/p>\n
Women are mistreated the world over. In Cambodia specifically, although the situation is improving, women are still viewed as second-class citizens and violations against women such as rape and domestic violence are often culturally accepted and discounted as \u2018family issues\u2019. Exerted effort must be made in Cambodia to honour the rights of women, elevating them to an equal status with men in society.<\/p>\n
The main objective<\/strong> <\/em>of the Women and Children\u2019s Rights section is for women to be afforded greater respect and equality in their communities and before the law, through female empowerment, sensitization of communities and local authorities, and increased access to legal advice\/representation for female victims\/women at risk.<\/p>\n The specific objections are:<\/p>\n i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>To combat violence against women and children and to protect them against all forms of discrimination<\/em><\/p>\n ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>To raise people\u2019s awareness on women\u2019s and children\u2019s rights and at-risk situations<\/em><\/p>\n iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>To assist victims in their pursuit of justice and redress<\/em><\/p>\n iv)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>To help victims to reintegrate in society and to prevent all forms of discrimination<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is fast becoming common knowledge that a country cannot develop sustainably without first empowering its women. It has been proven that empowering women fuels thriving economies and spurs productivity … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-womens-and-childrens-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1080,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}