HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION (HR & CLE)

  » HUMAN RIGHTS SCHOOL CHILD FORUM (HRSCF)

Australian Government Grant:
Forum‘s main is “Human Rights & Peace”

The participants of the Human Rights School Child Forum are students, parents, communities and authorities:

  » Human Rights Teaching Methodology (HRTM)

Rights and Laws in Schools:
The project is to provide secondary school teachers the know-how to deliver human rights & legal education to students in their day-to-day teaching curriculum.

Australian Embassy Grant:
The project entitled “Enhancing Democratic Values and Processes”, 3 sessions with 210 secondary teachers, drawn from rural communities.

Australian Government Grant:
8 sessions; 4 sessions for primary teachers and 4 for secondary teachers in Kratie, Kampot, Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces with 480 primary & secondary school teachers, including 230 women were held.

Finland Embassy Grant:
3 training sessions in 3 provinces Kampong Speu, Prey Veng and Kampong Thom. 360 teachers including 221 female teachers were trained.

U.S Government Grant:
The project entitled “Fostering the Promotion of Democratic Values”, 5 sessions with 300 secondary teachers, drawn from rural communities in Kampong Chhnang and Pursat Province.

WOMEN ISSUES

  » The Formation of Solidarity Group for Beer Promoter Women

A network of Women beer promoters in Cambodia were emerged with its titled Solidarity Group for Beer Promoter Women through a national workshop which attracted 223 women beer promoters to vote for their leader as Executive Body and 155 new members of the women beer promoters were joint the solidarity group after the group appeared via mobile meetings with our beer promoter women.

  » Celebration of International Migration Day (December 18, 2008)

10 prominent guest speakers (key officers from Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, Domestic and Migrant Workers Association, Ung Rithy Group, Topman Power, T&P Company, CWPD , National Coordinator of UNIFEM, Ex-migrant workers) who direct dealing with migration issues were invited to the shows via 5 radio-stations to share their knowledge and experiences faced with attracted 25 callers from Kampong Cham, Takeo, Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu, Prey Veng, Svay Reang, Krong Phreshehanuk, Steung treng and Mundulkiry province to participated to the program which 46 questions were raised related to the migration issues to our show prominent guest speakers.

  » Mobile Forum in the Context of Woman Migrant Workers (March 2008)

7 mobile forums were conducted with engaged 3,552 people to participate and 126 questions were raised and discussed in the forums, and there were three types of posters are aiming at   informing relevant recruitment agencies or companies who work in the field of migrant workers, such as contact information and situation of migration workers”. As a result of 11,580 posters were distributed to participants during the forums.

  » Celebration of International Migration Day (December 18, 2007)

16 prominent guest speakers (key officers from Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, Ministry of Women Affairs, Domestic and Migrant Workers Association, Legal Support for Children and Women, Cambodian Women Crisis Center, National Coordinator of UNIFEM, Popular Movie Star and Signer, Ex-migrant workers, Philimore Company, Association of Cambodian Recruiting Agency) who direct dealing with migration issues were invited to the shows via 5 radio-stations to share their knowledge and experiences faced with attracted 21 callers from Kampong Thom, Prey Veng, Kandal , Phnom Penh, Takeo and Kampong Speu , SvayReang, Kandal, Takeo, Kampong Cham and Kampong Thom and Steung treng province to participated to the program which 39 questions were raised related to the migration issues to our show prominent guest speakers.

  » Women’s day March 8th, 2006

Care Cambodia Grant:
Women’s day Celebration was held on March 8, 2006. Prominent participants in the event were representative of CARE Cambodia, representative of ACILS, and PDI’s Board of Directors.

Slogan of the event include “We support; we promote Women’s Rights”, “Abolish violence against women in all places”.

  » 16days Campaign to end violence against women

A press conference was held on Tuesday 22 November 2005, to launch the campaign on violence against women workers at work, at home and in the community.

Over 500 people from Siemreap province participated in our 16days Rally to raise awareness on the human rights of women workers.

  » Women in Politics

Gender responsive, Transformative Leadership and Politics
NZAID Grant:
6 participants, four from Cambodia and 2 from Lao, to attend a training on Gender Responsive, Transformative Leadership and Politics, conducted in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines from 18 to 29 September 2005. at the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP). Then after they return from the CAPWIP they were able to redevelop materials of the building transformative communities (BTC) for the training program.

The Institute conducted a 3days training workshopin Phnom Penh with 20 women in preparation for support of women running for offices in the 2007 communal elections and the 2008 national election.

  » Women Beer Promotion

  »Biogas Digester

11 masons were selected and trained on how to build biogas digesters, maintain, and the effective uses of sludge & slurry. 25 village-biogas-promoters were trained on how to seek clients for build the digester and deployed at the field works. 127 potential were selected and jointed field visits to the existing biogas digesters. 62 among them were in the process of build the digesters. 27 digester were constructed and being used.

  » The Globalization on Cambodian Women

3 kinds of manual have been produced.

1) Educator’s Manual. 2) Learner’s Material. 3) Integrated Methodology.

  » December 10, 2005

NZAID Grant:
Up to 11,000 people, including some 283 leaders from ethnic minorities, women workers, participated in the event of December 10.

Thousand of copies of CEDAW primer booklets were distributed.