Country Report
Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming
Policy of Government Officers
Prepared byMs.Te Vouchlim
Deputy Director of Planning andStatistics Department
Ministry of Women's Affairs Cambodia

1MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AFFAIR

WOMEN ARE
PRECIOUS GEMS

MEN ARE GOLDNEARY RATTANAK
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Contents
1). Basic Information of the Kingdom of Cambodia2). Job Descriptions
3). Major Issues Regarding Gender4). Major obstacles in mainstreaming gender5). Useful knowledge and skills gained through seminar
6). Action Plan on Gender Mainstreaming in Planning1. Basic Informationof the Kingdom of Cambodia• Total Population 13,388,910 (51.5% women) in 2008
• Border: Vietnam on the northeast, Laos on the east,and Thailand on the west and the north• Land area: 181,035 km2• Season: 2 mains season (dry and rainy season)• Around 85% of population live in rural area and mainly
working in agriculture and small-scale enterprises.
• Around 30% of women heard household
Source: General population census in Cambodia 20085

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2. Position in National
Machinery and Job Descriptions
Position:- Deputy director of the department of planning andstatistics of MoWA.
Job descriptions:- Assisting director and guide my subordinates in
effective preparation of the MoWA’s plans- Updating the statistics necessary for it.
- Providing assistance for effective gendermainstreaming into the policies and programs andtheir implementation.

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4. Major issues regarding gender
4. 1. Gender Issues in Decision Making
Women in the national legislature (1993-2008)

Source: National Election Council (NEC) 2008 and International parliamentary Union (IPU), 2008

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4. Major issues regarding gender (Con’t)
4. 1. Gender Issues in Decision Making (Con’t)
Percentage of Women in senior position in government (1998-2008)

Source: National Election Council (NEC) 2008.

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4. Major issues regarding gender (Con’t)
4.2. Gender Issues in HealthMaternal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate (2000/2005)

Mortality Rate

Cambodia

CMDG
Target

2000

2005

2015

Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000live births)

437

472

140

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)

95

66

50

Under five mortality rate (per 1,000live births)

124

83

65

Source: Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2000 and 2005.

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4. Major issues regarding gender (Con’t)

4.3. Gender Issues in Education- 33.9% of women and 14.7% ofmen areilliterate, are illiterate
Net enrolment:- Primary school, the number of girls
and boys are similar or equal- Lower secondary school, 63 girls forevery 100 boys
- Upper secondary school and tertiarylevel, less than 50 girls for every 100boys
Source: education statistics and indicators 2007/2008 MoEYS

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5. Major obstacles inmainstreaming gender• Political will
• Lack of human resources• Limited budget to implement Gender
Mainstreaming Action Plan.

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6. Useful Knowledge and Skills
gained through seminar• Upgrading capacity on formulating gender
responsive action plan by using gender
responsive project cycle management(PCM) method.
• Upgrade capacity on gender responsive
policy by using gender statistics.

136. Useful Knowledge and Skills
gained through seminar (Con’t)• Knowledge and skills on women participationin policies and leadership, gender sensitive
analysis, gender budget analysis andpromotion of policies to mainstreaming
gender and problems.
• Disseminate the mechanism of Japantheatrically and practically to promote gendermainstreaming and women's empowerment.

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7. Action Plan on Gender Mainstreaming

Project Tile:
Gender Mainstreaming
Planning ProcessinProject Objective:
To strengthen capacity ofwomen and men to formulate
gender responsive action planand analyze data in bothnational and sub-national level
especially women throughsupports from planning andstatistics department and JICA.
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7. Action Plan on Gender Mainstreaming
Activities• Conducting gender statistics
training• Conducting gender responsive
project cycle management• Follow up activities everyquarter• Conducting gender responsive
monitoring• Conducting gender responsive
evaluation
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7. Action Plan on Gender Mainstreaming
Expected outcomes• Women and men of Ministry of
Women’s Affairs Officers in bothnational and sub-national level
becomes able to effectively inanalyzing gender statistics.
• Women and men aware in
formulategenderresponsiveplanning, monitoring and evaluationby using gender responsive project
cycle management method.
• They become able to support theirdepartment through effective in
implementation, monitoring andevaluation
oftheirGender
Mainstreaming Action Plans.
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Welcome to Cambodia
Independent Monument

National Museum

Royal Palace

Angkor Wat Temple

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Women are precious gem and the backboneof economic and social development

Thank you for your pay attention!

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