Factors That Make Some Laws Discriminate Against Women

In society, we need laws to protect our rights, to make our society peace and harmony because people in society think and act differently. Some people think that we have to respect each other in order to live peacefully together, while some people believe that they have power, they have a lot of money so they can do any things as they like, they do not care about other rights, and they only care about themselves. These two views argue with each other that is why we need laws to protect people who are victims and to punish perpetrators. Now we have law to protect and punish but why there still are crimes, rape cases, human trafficking cases, arguments in society? And most of the time the victims are women even though Laws treat women and men equally.  That is why some laws are believed that they discriminate against women. Why people believe so?

The Advantages of Investment on Education for Women

Education is very important for people live. Why women are ignored by society and family to encourage them to get higher education? But nowadays government tries to provide education for all not only for men but also for women. What are the advantages that we can get when women get higher education?

Now I would like to raise 5 reasons why we have to encourage women to get higher education. Firstly, women are mother of each family. She is the one who educate their children in the first stage of education. First stage of education is very important to everyone that is a guide that helps them for the next steps. She teaches their children to be good children, good students, good friends, and good citizen for our country. When their children start school she provides all criteria that their children need in term of time, instrument, encouragement, award… So her children will like studying automatically.

Women Make Up in Present

Women in Cambodia have limited freedom because she is controlled by tradition, culture, and more or less is controlled by the traditional code of conduct for Women (Chbap Srey). She is not allowed to do this, not allowed to do that. Even nowadays women’s rights are promoted by government, media, civil society, but old women and rural women do not totally support gender equality yet. In such situation women still face that pressure. For example, on Saturday 22, August 2009 Rasmei Kampuchea Daily Newspaper, published one article that talk about some Cambodian young women obsess with artificial beauty. This article criticizes to Cambodian young women who place diamond on their tooth; make their teeth look like rabbit teeth, and wear anklet….. I think there is nothing wrong with these make up. I have two reasons for this matter. One is women right in gender equality society and another one is globalization age.

Women and ICT

What are the relation between ICT and Women? Before we talk about this relation, we have to know the definition of ICT first. According to article of reclaiming ICTs to end violence against women in Take Back the Tech website, ICTs or Information Communication Technologies, broadly means tools and platforms that we use for our communication and information needs. Some examples include radio, mobile, telephone, television broadcasts, and the internet. Sometimes ICTs are understood in “old” and “new” forms. Simply put, “newer” forms of ICTs are those transmitted in digital formats like wireless technology. In reality, the distinctions are not absolute, and there are many kinds of ICTs that move from one to the other. The important point is that ICTs carry different meanings and value in different contexts, and impact upon societies significantly in different ways. What about women in Cambodia, can they get advantages or disadvantages from using ICTs?

How to be Happy?

Everyone always wish to be happy. But sometimes some people cannot find real happiness in their whole life. Why don’t they find it? Is it difficult to find? Some people say no but some say yes. Why only this one word people have different idea in finding it? The answer is that different people give different definitions toward the word of HAPPINESS. In present time, people work so hard to challenge and compete with each other; they hardly have time to spend with their families, their lovers to relax, to travel, and to do other things for their hobbies. However we have to keep in our mind that Happiness cannot come to us only we go to it. So how can we approach Happiness? There are 9 tips that I use to get happiness:

The Impact of Global Financial Crisis to Women

Most of the countries around the world are affected by global financial crisis. Cambodia is the one among them. Most of the time we just analyze the impact of global financial crisis on economy, tourism….and so on, but we forget to think about its impact on women. Do you think women are also affected? In what ways?

Three kinds of Marriage

Marriage is the words that everyone must go through. According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, “Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status is sometimes called wedlock. People marry for many reasons, but usually one or more of the following: legal, social, emotional, and economical; the formation of a family unit; the education and nurturing of children; legitimizing sexual relations; public declaration of love.”

Women in decision making position

The government try to promote women to participate in decision making, but the number of women in this position is still low if compare to other country like Singapore. So what should we do to increase the number of women in decision making position? To my opinion, there are three ways that we should do.

Women and Their Rights

8 March is the International Women Day that has been celebrated since 1975 to commemorate the historic struggle to improve women’s right. But in practice, women cannot exercise their right equally as men. To my opinion, there are three main reasons that women cannot practice their right equally.