Tag: NGOs

Garment workers traveling to work on trucks in the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Photo taken on September 22, 2022. (CamboJA / Pring Samrang)

NGOs Urge to Form Factory-level Workers’ Commuting Safety Policy

5 Dec 2023 3:46 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Cambodia-based road safety NGO AIP Foundation has once again requested the government to implement the factory-level policy on “commuting safety for Cambodian workers” (CSCW) and…

Chhim Sithar leaves the Phnom Penh municipal court after her verdict on May 25, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

NGOs Call On the Government to Restore Human Rights in Cambodia

4 Dec 2023 8:21 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Amid a visit by the Special Rapporteur to Cambodia, non-governmental organizations have asked the government to improve human rights conditions in the country, where freedom…

The title graphic of the Licadho and Equitable Cambodia-produced quantitative study "Debt Threats" of microloan borrowers in Kampong Speu province. (Licadho and Equitable Cambodia)

New Study Records Impacts of Overindebtedness in Kampong Speu

29 Aug 2023 2:37 PM|
Jack Brook|

A quantitative study of microloan debt in Kampong Speu province published Tuesday by two human rights NGOs highlights the impacts of “widespread overindebtedness,” including coerced…

A woman carries a child in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on June 28, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

NGOs Want Government, Italy to Halt Reopening of Intercountry Adoptions

28 Jun 2023 6:09 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Reopening intercountry adoptions will put Cambodian children and their families at risk, a group of NGOs said in a statement Wednesday, urging the Cambodian government…

Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech during a meeting with garment workers on June 3, 2023. (Hun Sen’s Facebook)

Hun Sen Threatens to Dissolve NGOs That Don’t Report Financials

5 Jun 2023 5:49 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Cambodia's non-governmental organizations that they will be shut down if they fail to report their financial statements to the government,…

A motorist drives past the National Election Committee office in Phnom Penh on April 11, 2022. (CamboJA / Pring Samrang)

NEC Set to Reject Opposition Parties, NGOs’ Key Recommendations to Improve Elections

3 Jan 2023 6:16 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

The National Election Committee (NEC) appears set to reject key recommendations from civil society and opposition political parties intended to improve fairness and transparency in…

UN chief’s report addresses intimidation of NGOs

29 Sep 2020 6:51 PM|
Khuon Narim|

As part of his annual address to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on September 30 will present a report calling…

NGOs call for changes to draft law on access to information

28 Sep 2020 10:34 PM|
Khuon Narim|

A group of civil society organizations on September 28 called on the government to revise the draft Law on Access to Information, taking particular issue…