A Fair Share for Women : Cambodia Gender Assessment
The Government of Cambodia, as well as donors, is increasingly recognizing the importance of addressing gender issues in poverty reduction strategies and development goals in order to promote sustainable development for women and for the whole popu...
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Phnom Penh
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/6216793/fair-share-women-cambodia-gender-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14854 |
| Summary: | The Government of Cambodia, as well as
donors, is increasingly recognizing the importance of
addressing gender issues in poverty reduction strategies and
development goals in order to promote sustainable
development for women and for the whole population. Gender
disparities in access to and control of a wide range of
human, economic and social resources and opportunities must
be eliminated if Cambodia is to reduce poverty. The need to
engender the process and outcomes of development strategy
formulation and the identification of development goals,
targets and indicators requires a comprehensive gender
mainstreaming strategy. The State plays a central role in
the promotion of gender equality. Thus, a significant
commitment from government agencies across sectors and at
all levels is needed to examine and revise agency policies
and practices to address gender inequality. This report
assesses the gender "terrain" in Cambodia. The
assessment is based on a review of existing information from
government, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO)
sources and also from extensive consultations with various
stakeholders. Limited original analysis was carried out for
this assessment and there are several areas, such as
changing gender relations and issues affecting men, which
have not been covered due to lack of information or time. |
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