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NGOs draft petition to improve women’s rights
12 NGos to call on the gov’t to continue to address challenges women are facing.
PM tasks Lawyer’s Council to form special team for women
Prime Minister Hun Sen has tasked the government’s Lawyers Council president to form a legal team under his direct supervision to provide free legal aid to poverty-stricken women in the Kingdom.
Conflict, poverty, hunger fuel child marriages in South Sudan
Rising poverty and hunger following five years of brutal civil war in South Sudan is driving many families to marry off their young daughters for a dowry to survive, Oxfam said in a report published Monday.
US court convicts drug kingpin Guzman
The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is found guilty.
NagaWorld Kind Hearts support children’s education
NagaWorld Kind Hearts acknowledges the role of education in eradicating poverty.
Extreme poverty on rise in LatAm: UN agency
More people are living in extreme poverty in Latin America than at any time since 2008.
China to advance poverty alleviation in health care
China will advance poverty alleviation in health care, says the Health Commission.
Nearly one million educated Afghans unemployed
Up to one million educated Afghans have been suffering from unemployment.
Cambodia and EBA
The Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative is a unilateral preferential treatment offered by the EU to least developed economies with the aim of helping them develop their economy and reduce poverty.
Poverty eradication champion of China’s northwest region
Longwangba, literally meaning flatland for God of Rain, carries the most sincere yearning of the generations of people living in the mountains in China’s dry northwest.
Silk ribbon embroidery pulls Xinjiang villagers out of poverty
Nassaguri Tokhtkurban, 42, has three roles: businesswoman, student and part-time lecturer, but she was better known to many as the head of a startup with 68 skilled local artisans.
Not a Khmer ‘tradition’ to invest in agriculture?
It is not a Cambodian tradition to invest in agricultural development, but more to tap into the supply chain of hard working farmers. It is left up to foreign tax payers to contribute, with the argument that it lifts farmers out of poverty.
Over 18 mln people shake off poverty in China’s Guangxi
Over 18 million rural residents have been lifted out of poverty in Guangxi Zhuang.
A tardy EU response forsakes Cambodia’s rice sector
For more than a decade, Cambodia has had excellent trade ties with the EU, registering some 5.8 billion euros ($6.56 billion) worth of exports in 2017, compared with a mere 837 million euros ($947 million) in 2007.
Spotlight on child labour prevention
Unicef has welcomed a reminder issued by the Labour Ministry for businesses to prevent child labour.
PM: EU setting back poverty reduction in EBA removal
PM says any removal of the EBA will result in a setback of decades of poverty reduction.
Labour programme to commence soon
Cambodia to implement the Decent Work Country Programme’s fifth phase soon.
Poverty falling at rapid pace, says UNDP
Poverty in Cambodia has fallen dramatically over the last two decades, and continues to fall at a rapid pace, said a high official of the UNDP to Khmer Times yesterday.
Botswana to redouble efforts in fighting poverty: president
Botswana to redouble its efforts to address unemployment, poverty, crime and AIDS.
Towards a better, conflict-free world
Various nations, governments, organisations and individuals have committed to maintain peace and prosperity. The world has made progress in this mission over the decades, that’s for sure.
Author lauds Cambodia’s effort to revive traditional silk weaving
Yuen Yuen Ang, associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan and the author of ‘How China Escaped the Poverty Trap’, lauded Cambodia’s efforts to revive the traditional silk weaving industry.
The Belt and Road initiative: Five years on
Zhao Minghao argues that China’s Belt and Road initiative not only provides development opportunities to countries at a disadvantage in the globalisation process, but also adds impetus to further progress in developed countries.
China committed to sustainable development in Asean: Ambassador
The Chinese Ambassador to Asean, Huang Xilian, yesterday said China is assisting Cambodia and the countries in the CMLV group to successfully tackle poverty by drawing from its own experience.
China, Africa strengthen cooperation in poverty reduction
China will help African countries train more young talent in poverty relief.
Many people prefer to die
Some years ago, a 19-year-old girl neighbour of mine collapsed at home after swallowing some sleeping tablets and 20 tablets of paracetamol.
Mexico’s green dream may be in danger
Lopez Obrador wants to prioritise domestic crude oil production.
He’s the boss
Poverty is never a hindrance to success as long as one shows determination to fight through life and achieve his goals whatever it takes.
New organic markets open in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom
Under its Boosting Food Projection programme, the government has now successfully opened eight markets for chemical-free vegetables in eight provinces across the country.
Cambodia’s growth metrics need to make more sense
Using the conventional poverty rate as an indicator to measure Cambodia’s economic success will soon be obsolete, argues Sim Vireak.
