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2005
TRAFFICKING
RECOVERY IN CAMBODIA
June 1, 2005- (UNIAP) With a request of Protection
of Juvenile Justice (PJJ) for intervention from the Department of
Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection (DAHTJP), a raid
was done in Ponleu Thmey brothel in Koh Kong on June 01, 2005, freeing
13 girls who have been turned into prostitution.
WOMEN'S
POLITICAL ROLE STILL "MARGINAL"
April 30, 2005 (The Jakarta Post) After 10
years of implementing the declaration of the United Nations conference
of women in Beijing, most Asian countries including Indonesia have
yet to meet the mandates, particularly in increasing the numbers
of women in positions of power.
2004
GARDEN
OF EVIL
November 2004 _ (The Oprah Magazine)
Their bodies are cheap currency in Cambodia, where girls—many
of them under 16—turn tricks for pennies, often with dozens
of men a night. Why is this still going on? Blame poverty, blame
corruption, blame a society that views women as a disposable resource.
Carol Mithers talks to an amazing crusader named Mu Sochua about
her fight to stop the tragedy.
DESPERATE
FOR FREEDOM, VIETNAMES REFUGEES MAKE BRAVE BREAKS FOR CAMBODIA
August 26, 2004 - (AFP) Ksor Huaih, one of hundreds of despairing
Vietnamese Montagnards escaping a repressive government, carried
just the clothes on his back and some dried food when he left on
his trek to Cambodia.
FRENCHMAN
CHARGED WITH BROTHEL-RUNNING IN CAMBODIA
August 19, 2004 - (AFP) A Cambodian court on Thursday charged a
Frenchman with sexual exploitation and illegally possessing a weapon.
MORE
MONTAGNSARDS EMERGE FROM CAMBODIA JUNGLE
August 16, 2004 - (Reuters) Dozens more Montagnard hilltribe people,
many of them sick and exhausted, have emerged from the Cambodian
jungle in recent days after fleeing neighbouring Vietnam, refugee
groups said on Monday.
NEW
BOOK REVEALS DRUG-FILLED SEX PARTIES ON U.N. MISSIONS
May 27, 2004 – (UN Wire) A tell-all book by two U.N. employees
and one former U.N. staffer details regular drug-induced Friday
night sex parties in Cambodia and peacekeeping forces comprised
of convicts and mental-asylum inmates who were often drunk on assignment
and raped local women at will, the Washington Times reports.
U.N.
MISSIONS PAINTED AS BOOZE-SOAKED ORGIES
May 27, 2004 – (Washington Times) A book by three current and
former U.N. employees about peacekeeping operations portrays wild
parties with alcohol and drugs, and convicts and mental-asylum inmates
passing as soldiers.
2003
PHOTO
GALLERY: CAMBODIAN WOMEN CLEAR MINES
December 19, 2003 – (AlertNet) Sean Sutton of British-based
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) visited Cambodia's first all-women mine-clearance
team, took these photographs and wrote about the people he met.
SHELTER-FACTORY
OPENS IN CAMBODIA
December 12, 2003 – (BBC) A soya milk factory opened this week
in Cambodia, with the twin aims of employing disadvantaged women
and providing a valuable food source.
CAMBODIA
PROSECUTES 10 WOMEN FOR BEING ABDUCTED
November 6, 2003 - (WeNews) Earlier this month, 10 young Vietnamese
women, who were allegedly smuggled into Cambodia to be sex slaves,
were convicted of illegal immigration and deported back to Vietnam,
according to the Chicago Tribune.
2002
VICTIMS
OF SEX TRAFFICKING IMPRISONED FOR IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS
August 8 2002 - (Feminist.org) A Cambodian court found 10 Vietnamese
girls, ages 12 to 18, guilty of illegal immigration to Cambodia,
despite the fact that human rights activists and the women themselves
claim the girls were smuggled into the country and forced into prostitution.
CAMBODIAN
GOVERNMENT ARREST 14 TEENAGE SEX TRAFFICKING VISTIMS
June 27, 2002 – (Feminist.org) Cambodia’s Ministry of
Interior’s Anti-Trafficking Unit arrested 14 Vietnamese girls
they had earlier rescued during a sex trafficking raid in the nation’s
capital of Phnom Penh. Following their rescue, the girls, who are
between the ages of 12 and 18, stayed at a nongovernmental organization
(NGO) shelter. However, last week, they were incarcerated under
charges of violating Cambodian immigration laws.
YOUNG
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS TREATED AS CRIMINALS
June 22, 2002 – (HRW) Fourteen Vietnamese girls who are alleged
victims of trafficking were arrested by Cambodian authorities after
they were rescued from a brothel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Human
Rights Watch said today.
2001
CAMBODIAN
WOMEN SOLD
November 13, 2001 – (Reuters) Cambodian women and children
are being sold as sex slaves and beggars in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh
City, a
government minister said on Monday.
CAMBODIA’S
WOMEN – ONLY ISLAND TESTS STRENGHT OF TRADITIONAL CHAINS
August 22, 2001 – (PDA NEWS) Traditions can so engulf a society
that whole groups of people may feel trapped. In such a social climate,
it is not uncommon for a traditional woman to stay with a husband
who cheats on her or beats her.
1997
WOMEN
TROUBLED BY LOW ATATUS IN CAMBODIAN SOCIETY
March 7, 1997 – (Reuters) Cambodians held several gala commemorations
this week ahead of International Women's Day on Saturday, but many
women said their plight cast a shadow on celebrations.
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