DEVELOPMENT: Cambodia Passes On Demining Skills

Ngoun Thy shuffled through the darkened room. To the right, mortar shells, lined up in a row. To the left, a spool of aged wiring and a pile of metal.

CAMBODIA: Gov’t Critic’s Conviction Casts Shadow Over Room For Dissent

Questions hover over the future of Cambodia’s political opposition, as well as room for dissent, in the wake of the conviction and sentencing of the exiled leader of the country’s largest opposition party to 10 years in prison.

CAMBODIA: Justice Goes Beyond Indictment of Khmer Rouge Leaders

A war crimes tribunal in Cambodia may have reached a major milestone this week by indicting four former leaders of the Khmer Rouge. But much more needs to be done to ensure that the long-awaited trial is meaningful to the regime’s victims, analysts say.

CAMBODIA: Methadone Scheme Steps Up Drug Treatment Efforts

Twenty-nine-year-old Ramy shuddered as he described the years he has spent addicted to heroin. Lying to his family, stealing from friends to scrape together the money to feed his addiction – until a few months ago, that was the life he led.

CAMBODIA: Gov’t Heats Up Anti-Smoking Campaign

For anti-smoking advocate Mom Kong, the ubiquitous flashy cigarette advertisements he sees throughout Cambodia’s capital city are a major barrier to reducing smoking.

DEVELOPMENT: Cambodia Mulls Affirmative Action for Women

Cambodian authorities must take sweeping measures to boost the number of women who sit in parliament if the country is to meet a key part of its global commitment to gender equality, advocates say.

CAMBODIA: Demining Efforts Trip over Donor Fatigue

On the first day of May, a deadly reminder from the turbulent past exploded in one of Cambodia’s provinces.

CAMBODIA: Informal Sex Trade Threatens to Undercut Gains in HIV

On a muggy evening, a handful of men in suits were quickly getting drunk in a beer garden here in the Cambodian capital. One man rested his hand on the thigh of a slender woman sitting uncomfortably in a short skirt.

RIGHTS: Problems Beset Cambodia’s Anti-Trafficking Campaign

Worrying trends continue to plague Cambodia and provide considerable concern for the future despite the gains it has reportedly made in combating human trafficking.

DEVELOPMENT: Cambodia Struggles to Reduce Maternal Deaths

For Chan Theary, a remote, mountainous stretch of land in western Cambodia encapsulates the uphill struggle this South-east Asian nation faces in reducing the alarming number of women who die during pregnancy.

CAMBODIA: Aid Donors Urged to Demand Faster Reforms from Gov’t

Yuen Mach sat on the floor of her wooden home, her hands nervously twisting a stalk of lemongrass into fibrous strands.