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What does a healthy relationship mean to you?

calendar_today 14 February 2017

What does a healthy relationship mean to you?

Real love isn’t flowers, teddy bears or expensive jewellery. Instead, real love is respecting your partner’s wishes, and not pressuring them to do things they don…

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Condoms and Cambodia

calendar_today 13 February 2017

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Condoms and Cambodia

Srey Chea, who prefers to use a pseudonym, is married, but the former Cambodian civil servant has a strict condom policy with her husband. “Even when my husband gets drunk and…

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9 year-old girls receive free HPV vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer

calendar_today 08 February 2017

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9 year-old girls receive free HPV vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer among Cambodian women aged 15 to 44 years old, claiming hundred lives of women each year. UNFPA, in partnership with other…

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5 facts about young people’s sexual and reproductive health in Cambodia

calendar_today 13 January 2017

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5 facts about young people’s sexual and reproductive health in Cambodia

As the Khmer saying goes, "Bamboo shoots are the future bamboo". “Bamboo shoots” are young people who will grow up to become an important resource for their country. A country’s…

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Shaping priorities to tackle population ageing

calendar_today 29 December 2016

Shaping priorities to tackle population ageing

Population ageing in Cambodia is a process that cannot be avoided. The share of the population in Cambodia aged 60 and above increased from 5.2% in 1998 to 7.7% in 2015. These…

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“Open your hand”: Edutainment event inspires community to end violence

calendar_today 26 December 2016

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“Open your hand”: Edutainment event inspires community to end violence

Open your hand, let go of violence

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Striving for a violence-free community for women and children

calendar_today 26 December 2016

Striving for a violence-free community for women and children

The 31-year-old man from Samraong commune, Kampong Cham province has been working as a community facilitator for primary intervention in violence against women and girls for the…

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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign in review

calendar_today 26 December 2016

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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign in review

One in five women in Cambodia have suffered physical or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime - mostly by an intimate partner. While violence against women is a…

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Training rural midwives to save lives

calendar_today 23 December 2016

Training rural midwives to save lives

Kampong Cham, 28 November 2016 - In Cambodia, giving birth is often referred to as “crossing the river” - both involve high risk of harm, or even death, if something…

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