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Pregnant garment workers buy food during lunch time in Kandal province on June 4, 2021. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Garment Workers Ask For Workplace Nurseries to Enable Breastfeeding and Protect Children’s Health

7 Feb 2024 4:17 PM|
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Amid falling breastfeeding rates in Cambodia, garment workers are pushing for nurseries and community kindergarten to be set up near their factory. This is in light of reports that breastfeeding promotes maternal and infant health, and higher productivity.

People carry their belongings out of their flooded home in Dangkor district’s Kongnoy commune in Phnom Penh, Picture taken October 26, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Dangkor residents urge government to address worsening floods

9 Nov 2021 9:23 AM|

As they repair their homes after about a week of inundation late last month, residents of Phnom Penh’s southern Dangkor district are urging the government to address the area’s increasingly severe flooding.

Gasoline prices displayed at a gas station in Phnom Penh, November 4, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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High price of gasoline hits low-income informal workers hard

5 Nov 2021 4:48 PM|

Sitting on his motorcycle on the side of the road in Phnom Penh, 57-year-old moto taxi driver Moul Yi doesn’t dare to drive around in search of customers as he used to do. The price of gasoline, he says, is too high.

A girl lifts her brother for a temperature check before entering class in Phnom Penh. November 1, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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PM Hun Sen announces national reopening after nearly two years of pandemic woes

1 Nov 2021 9:19 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Monday morning a “new normal” for Cambodia, including an official reopening of all economic sectors, though it remains to be seen how quickly the economy will rebound after struggling through nearly two years of COVID-19.

Kak Sovann Chhay's mother Prum Chantha waves to her son as he is taken away in a prison van in front of the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh after his hearing, September 29, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Phnom Penh court sentences 16-year-old boy with autism to eight months

1 Nov 2021 7:37 PM|

The 16-year-old son of a member of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has been convicted of incitement and insulting public officials in a private Telegram group and through content shared on Facebook.

People carry their belongings out of their flooded home in Dangkor district's Kongnoy commune in Phnom Penh, October 26, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Worsening floods drive Dangkor residents from their homes

27 Oct 2021 9:19 PM|

Families living in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have been forced to leave their homes after the Prek Tnaot river overflowed. Authorities have also said that the 7 Makara Dam in the city’s south has also been leaking after being damaged by the high level of rainfall.

A blind man sings on a street for money in Phnom Penh, Picture taken September 21, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Disabled singers struggle to earn a living amid the pandemic

23 Oct 2021 2:29 PM|

Some people with disabilities who earn a living by singing in public said they are struggling amid the pandemic, with fewer would-be customers on the streets.

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Garment Workers Ask For Workplace Nurseries to Enable Breastfeeding and Protect Children’s Health

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