·       The draft law on domestic violence should be submitted to the National Assembly and ratified as soon as possible.  The Law on Marriage and Family should be reviewed for its relevance to present needs.

Reference to passage of domestic violence and trafficking laws is in Action Plan Matrix 6. (2). The issue of domestic violence is covered in the text.

·       Increase political wills to implement the law on trafficking and improve transparency within the legal and police systems and also reduce opportunities for bribery and corruption.

Implementation of the law included in the text and the Action Plan matrix. Reduction of corruption included in the text but not in the Action Plan matrix.

·       Implementation of the Labor Law needs constant monitoring in order to ensure fair and equitable conditions of work and proper payment of wages in all sectors of the economy.

Included in the Action Plan matrix under “Social Protection.”

·       The government should encourage the preparation of Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) report on time to show its willingness to eliminate discrimination against women.  The CEDAW encourages full implementation of measures to ensure that the rights to employment, rights to politics and public life, equal rights before the law, and rights to social economics are truly protected.

The issue of discrimination against women and children is included, but there is no specific mention of Cambodia’s obligations and reporting requirements under the CEDAW convention.

·       Ensure that the increase of the national budget allocation for education and health leads to further development of these sectors, with special attention to the needs of women. The education development should be focused on dormitories and scholarships for female students from secondary schools in order to encourage female students not to drop out of school.

Scholarships for female students in post-basic education are included in the text and in the Action Plan matrix.  Dormitories are included in the text but not in the Action Plan matrix. Increase of the national budget for education and health are included in the text.

·       Increase the availability of reproductive health services. The Ministry of Health is urged to expand quality reproductive health services with good counseling throughout the country as soon as possible and include basic emergency obstetric care.

Included in the text and the Action Plan matrix but no budget provided in the matrix.

·       The low value attached to women’s work requires a fundamental remedy: if women’s work were more fully accounted for, it would become clear how many women contribute to development. To do that requires much more gender specific data on development. There is a need to redesign national census and data collection, particularly regarding agricultural surveys.

Not specifically included in the text, although the Action Plan matrix includes promotion of gender research and analysis.