On the eve of the ACSC and the APF, the 1st Cambodian Women's Forum (CWF) gathered over 120 Cambodian NGOs who advocate for Women's and Children's Rights

On 21-22 March, 2012, SILAKA hosted the first Cambodian Women’s Forum with the support and collaboration with regional and international donor organizations including Oxfam Great Britain (Oxfam-GB), Life With Dignity (LWD), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN), and Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD).

As the residing chairman and the host of the ASEAN Summit,  it is essential to harness the opportune moment to collectively voice our concerns regarding the pertinent issues plaguing Cambodia and the Cambodian people to insure that our issues are addressed during the upcoming ASEAN Intergovernmental Meetings leading up to the ASEAN Summit later in 2012. 

Participants represented various network of National Non-governmental Organizations whose efforts to promote and advocate for the protection and promotion of women and children’s rights. The forum was attended by over 120 participants from different Cambodian NGOs, and it was held for two days focusing on different topics which were previously identified and strategize during a plenary session on 12 March, 2012 lead by Mrs. Thida Khus, SILAKA Executive Director and the National Focal for Cambodian Women’s Caucus (CWC). 

 The forum objective set out to collect concerns, problems, recommendations, and suggestions of affected and vulnerable women from Cambodia to put in the joint statement to be presented during the upcoming ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) will be held in Phnom Penh, on March 29-31, 2012.
 

Related Links

Cambodian Women's Forum Participant List                                                            PDF file click here

Cambodian Women’s Forum (CWF) Joint Statement 20-21 Mar 2012- Khmer       PDF file click here

Cambodian Women’s Forum (CWF) Joint Statement 20-21 Mar 2012- English      PDF file click here