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More Than Protest: The Women, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran

Jan 4, 9:44 am

Fired Kep Deputy Governor Absconding After Assaulting Woman

Jan 3, 3:57 pm

Opinion: Buddhist Pagodas Can Be Active Part of Gender Equality Effort

Dec 28, 11:59 am

Cambodian Women Face ‘Double Burden’ of Care Work: Report

Dec 9, 4:26 pm

Wikimedia Pauses Bophana Center Program Amid Sexual Harassment Investigation

Dec 8, 3:35 pm

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Local officials push back a photojournalist at the NagaWorld protest in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Society 2022: Gender, Ethnic Discrimination Under Spotlight

Dec 30, 10:16 am

Deep-seated issues around gender and ethnic discrimination flared up throughout the year, both in strife and in acts of courage.

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A poster of Mahsa Amini, who died in Iran after morality police took her into custody for wearing her hijab too loosely, is raised at a protest in Istanbul on December 10, 2022. (Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)

More Than Protest: The Women, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran

Jan 4, 9:44 am

Fired Kep deputy governor Phou Lik in a photo on his Facebook page.

Fired Kep Deputy Governor Absconding After Assaulting Woman

Jan 3, 3:57 pm

Local officials push back a photojournalist at the NagaWorld protest in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Society 2022: Gender, Ethnic Discrimination Under Spotlight

Dec 30, 10:16 am

A stupa outside Phnom Penh's Wat Ounalom on November 18, 2022. (Chea Sameang)

Opinion: Buddhist Pagodas Can Be Active Part of Gender Equality Effort

Dec 28, 11:59 am

People walk near Independence Monument in Phnom Penh on March 26, 2020. (Matt Surrusco/VOD)

Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces Is a Weapon of Control

Dec 26, 9:49 am

Chan Mach, 43, cooks while wearing a mask at her roadside restaurant in Takeo province in late March 2020.

Cambodian Women Face ‘Double Burden’ of Care Work: Report

Dec 9, 4:26 pm

The entrance to the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center in Phnom Penh on November 2, 2022. (Michael Dickison/VOD)

Wikimedia Pauses Bophana Center Program Amid Sexual Harassment Investigation

Dec 8, 3:35 pm

Vendors at Oudong market in 2019. (Tran Techseng/VOD)

Opinion: Behind the Market Stall, Women Toil Under Inequality

Dec 8, 2:55 pm

A camera on a tripod. (Danielle Keeton-Olsen/VOD)

Filmmaking Students Allege Sexual Harassment by Bophana Center Trainers

Nov 4, 2:56 pm

Minister Khieu Kanharith at a ceremony where he received a "lifetime achievement award" this week. (Khieu Kanharith's Facebook page)

Information Minister Called Out for Sexist Facebook Post

Oct 7, 6:40 pm

(Illustration: Michael Dickison/VOD)

Opinion: Shame Around Premarital Sex Is Making Abortions More Dangerous

Sep 6, 1:49 pm

A 16-year-old Cambodian girl shows her injuries following alleged abuse in Malaysia, in a screenshot of a video posted to Facebook.

Women’s Affairs Ministry Flags ‘Inappropriate’ Media Coverage of Gendered Violence

Aug 26, 5:52 pm

A district security guard blocks a journalist covering the NagaWorld casino labor dispute on March 15, 2022.

Briefs: Women ‘Hugely Under-Represented’ in Media, Boeng Tamok Questioning Delayed

Aug 4, 4:35 pm

VOD illustration based on a photograph from Ham Sovanpidor’s Facebook page

Different: Feminists, Body-Positive Advocates Defy Conformist Backlash

Jul 28, 11:07 am

Women politicians who ran in the June 4 election, Chao Ratanak, Orm Youreth and Sor Sarath.

Opinion: Cambodia’s Women Politicians Lead With Empathy, Pragmatism

Jul 26, 3:27 pm

Nann Mara is a law student at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh.

Young Indigenous Women Break Through Prejudice to Find Common Ground

Jul 18, 11:19 am

A lawmaker votes on legislation at the National Assembly on May 11, 2022.

Opinion: Should Cambodia Adopt a Gender Quota Policy?

Jul 12, 10:39 am

‘Virginity Culture’ Weighs Heavily on Women but in Decline, Study Says

Jul 5, 7:32 pm

Vote counting at Chea Sim Boeng Keng Kang High School in Phnom Penh on June 5, 2022. (Tran Techseng/VOD)

10% of New Commune Chiefs Are Women

Jul 1, 9:44 am

Orm Youreth, a Funcinpec candidate in Kandal’s Takhmao city, speaks to reporters in May 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

For Funcinpec Candidate, Election Campaign Proves Women Can Lead

May 30, 9:22 am

Chao Ratanak, Candlelight Party’s commune chief candidate in Poipet commune, outside her house on May 14, 2022. (Matt Surrusco/VOD)

A Daughter Steps Up in Poipet

May 20, 2:43 pm

‘I Want to Be the One Who Can Make a Change in My Village’

May 20, 9:45 am

A sex trafficking victim in China uploaded a photo of the house she was forced to live in, in a Facebook post on November 28, 2020.

Cambodian Bride Trafficking to China Is Rising: Report

May 13, 7:44 pm

The Comeback Bid: Sin Rozeth Returns to Contest O’Char

May 12, 2:23 pm

Prime Minister Hun Sen meets with students in Phnom Penh on May 3, 2022.

Hun Sen: Bribery, Tycoon Collusion in Yubi Rape Attempt Case, No Jail

May 4, 11:52 am

Mam Sovathin in Phnom Penh on April 28, 2022. (Keat Soriththeavy/VOD)

‘I Saw the Injustice’: Portraits of Four Women Protesters

May 2, 4:21 pm

A woman wearing a mask sits behind police barricades during the strike against Nagaworld on December 19, 2021. (Tran Techseng/VOD)

Opinion: Is Protest Contradictory to Cambodian Womanhood?

May 2, 11:24 am

(Women Peace Makers)

Young Women Discriminated for Minority Identity, Research Says

Apr 29, 6:58 pm

Military police and police armed with assault rifles block the international border checkpoint in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey province on November 9, 2019. (Licadho)

Police Dismiss Rape Allegation Against District Chief as ‘Personal Love’

Apr 6, 5:10 pm

Bak Kheng commune chief Kong Bunly visits Heng Sophy, who was attacked with acid by her husband Kea Vathana, bringing donations in a photo posted March 31, 2022. (Bak Kheng Commune Administration's Facebook page)

‘I Saw My Face. I Don’t Want to Live Anymore’: Woman Still Waiting for Husband’s Arrest After Acid Attack

Apr 4, 6:28 pm

Transgender couples told VOD they have to traverse informal paths with the understanding of local officials to adopt children in Cambodia.

LGBT Couples Pursue Adoptions in a System That Doesn’t Recognize Them

Apr 1, 8:13 am

The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court, in a photo posted to Facebook by the court.

Wife Faces Up to 15 Years in Jail After Killing Abusive Husband

Mar 30, 6:11 pm

NagaWorld protesters after being put on a bus on March 24, 2022. (Pang Lita/Supplied)

NagaWorld Protesters’ Behavior ‘Not Suitable as Khmer Women,’ City Hall Says

Mar 24, 6:02 pm

Phnom Penh Municipal Court in December 2021. (Ananth Baliga/VOD)

Prosecutor’s Wife Accuses Him of Violence, Brandishing Pistol

Mar 14, 5:11 pm

Screenshots from security footage posted by Duong Chhay’s ex-wife Deth Malina on her Facebook page.

Opinion: Harnessing Popular Pressure in the Name of Gender Equity

Mar 8, 9:50 am

Author Thon Thavry sits before a shelf featuring her autobiographical book, "A Proper Woman". (Image provided by Thon Thavry)

‘Stories About Hope’: Author Thon Thavry on Cambodia’s New Literature

Feb 10, 6:12 pm

An event photo at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, where a majority of photographed attendees were male. (Supplied by Pech Puthisathbopeaneaky)

Opinion: Feminist Foreign Policy’s Rising Significance for Cambodia

Jan 24, 4:02 pm

Kamsort, 23, stands in front of a signboard for an event in Phnom Penh from the organization Rainbow Community Kampuchea, where he said he found acceptance in the LGBTQ+ community. (Provided)

A Young Man on Questions That Alienate and Why Gay Marriage Should Be Law

Jan 12, 9:32 am

Forced Marriage, Unpaid Work Highlighted in 16-Day Gender Equality Campaign

Nov 25, 3:08 pm

The Cambodian Embassy in Beijing in 2008. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bride Rescues From China Number More Than One a Day

Nov 9, 6:45 pm

Screenshots from security footage posted by Duong Chhay’s ex-wife Deth Malina on her Facebook page.

As Police Stay Mum on Investigation, Tycoon Blames Wife, Financial Issues for Assault

Sep 9, 2:32 pm

Kampong Thom provincial police chief Ouk Kosal speaks at a National Police ceremony on July 29, 2020, in this photograph posted to the Facebook page of the Kampong Thom Provincial Police.

Interior Ministry Defends Closing Police Chief’s Sexual Assault Case

May 25, 7:21 pm

Mean Pich Rita is comforted by her mother in a video posted to social media.

Student TV Presenter Released After Outcry Over Alleged Attempted Rape

May 13, 7:11 pm

Duong Chhay gestures during a charity event in October 2020, in this photograph posted to his Facebook page.

Tycoon’s Domestic Violence Case Reaches Police as Oknha Title Revoked

Mar 18, 6:59 pm

Courtesy of Phnom Penh Crown FC

Ahead of 2023 SEA Games, Football Federation Launches New Women’s League

Sep 23, 3:04 pm

Women hold lotus flowers as authorities look on outside Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on March 8, 2019, during a rally marking International Women's Day (Licadho)

Opinion: How Some Cambodian Women Contribute to the Patriarchy

Mar 8, 1:43 pm

(Michael Driver)

Opinion: ‘Tough Guy’ Male Stereotypes Don’t Just Harm Women

Feb 14, 4:42 pm

NGOs Call on Authorities to Stop Using Violence Against Women Activists

Mar 5, 6:30 pm

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