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| Prime Minister Hun Sen kisses his wife, Bun Rany, during a celebration of International Women’s Day at the Peace Palace today. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan) |
Monday, 07 March 2011
Thomas Miller
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodian women do not have much to celebrate but we have the power to break change
Similar to the Cambodian Women’s Movement, the Free Trade Union did not receive the permission from City Hall to hold its Women’s Day on 8 March, 2011 that would gather over 400 women factory workers. The owner of New World restaurant is under pressure to cancel the agreement with FTU. In its program, FTU planned to screen Who Killed Chea Vichea, a documentary about the killling of the leader of the workers’ movement in Cambodia.
Mu Sochua, MP
While Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a celebration of International Women’s Day at the Peace Palace today, Phnom Penh City Hall rejected a request by unions and NGOs to do the same.
City Hall issued a letter today to the Cambodian Women’s Movement Organisation, a federation of domestic labour unions, refusing its request to host a public event with other NGOs to celebrate the day’s 100th anniversary near Wat Botum, said Phork Hoeurng, a liaison officer for CWMO.
Instead, an expected 1,800 people from a range of civil society organisations will gather on private property on the outskirts of town in Meanchey district.
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