HEADLINES | CAMBODIA: Cambodia holds “Women Run 10k” to mark International Women’s Day
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CAMBODIA: Cambodia holds “Women Run 10k” to mark International Women’s Day
Cambodia on Friday held an annual running event, the “Women Run 10k,” to celebrate the International Women’s Day.
Thong Khon, a senior minister and president of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia, said that the event, with 10km and 4km categories, was attended by a total of 2,600 local and foreign runners, including 1,446 women.
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MYANMAR: Advocates explain how progress in women’s rights has reversed in Myanmar
Women specialising in law, rights, and environmental justice told Myanmar Now how military rule has deepened the disadvantages facing women in Myanmar and called for international support
Note: The names of our sources have been changed to protect their security.
As March 8 is celebrated around the world as International Women’s Day, for millions of women in Myanmar it will be yet another day of insecurity, indignity, and infringement of their rights.
The problems facing Myanmar women have multiplied under the dictatorship that seized power in 2021 and the conflict that has consumed the country since the military cracked down on nonviolent opposition to its rule.
According to the monitoring group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), women as well as children and people of diverse sexual orientation have faced a rise in sexual violence and abuse, especially by junta soldiers, police, prison authorities, and other regime affiliates.
“Some people were tortured severely, leading to death, while the surviving victims and their family members have suffered. . .
SINGAPORE: Childminding operators now charge $1,200 to $3,500 a month for full-day baby care
SINGAPORE – On a typical weekday, Ms Luiza Lee’s parents help to look after her two sons, who are four years old and four months old, while her domestic helper handles the household chores.
But as and when she requires more help – such as when her elder son is ill and cannot attend pre-school or when her parents are not free, she turns to Aunty SG, which provides on-demand childminding services, for help.
Ms Lee, 33, started using Aunty SG after her elder son was born.
THAILAND: Thai-Myanmar border trade redirected due to fighting west of Myawaddy
Clashes in Kawkareik Township over the past month have forced the junta to allow traders to seek alternative routes for their goods
Myanmar’s military junta has authorised traders to use alternative routes to the Thai border, as clashes in Karen State’s Kawkareik Township continue to disrupt the flow of goods along the Asian Highway to the border town of Myawaddy.
A joint force of Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters has been targeting regime outposts in the township since early December. Its administrative centre, which lies just 27 miles west of Myawaddy, has been the scene of fierce fighting since the end of the month.
On Sunday, the junta’s Ministry of Commerce announced that goods licensed for export and import through the Myawaddy border gate—which handled nearly US1 billion worth of trade in the last nine months of 2023—can now be. . .
