Hun Sen: Women Should Succeed by Own Virtue
By Chhay Channyda and James Welsh
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Prime Minister Hun Sun said Tuesday that ability and not positive discrimination should be the basis for recruiting women to work in government.
Hun Sen made his comments at the Council for the Development of Cambodia, at the launch of a 16-day campaign for the elimination of violence against women and children, organized by Gender and Development for Cambodia and the Cambodian Men's Network.
"To tell the truth about women, if a man wants to bring a woman to work in the Council of Ministers and the woman doesn't know how to do the work, she could not control the situation, the problems are not solved," he said following his official speech.
Addressing an audience of government officials, diplomats and NGO workers, Hun Sen also said that women could prevent domestic disputes.
"Women gather in a group and speak behind their husbands' backs. When they return home, they find faults with their husbands, then the war starts. Sometimes, women create the problem themselves," he said. "She must know how to make herself valued and have power in the family."
Hun Sen said in his official speech that stopping violence against women and children helps both families and Cambodia's development.
"Stopping violence against women can help women access development more effectively," the prime minister said.
He added that laws in Cambodia about violence against women and children and human trafficking carry strict penalties for those who ignore them.
Former minister of women's affairs and SRP member Mu Sochua said she believed there should be a quota system ensuring that a certain number of women get government jobs.
"There are so little opportunities for women," she said. The government has to have a policy that will bring about change."
Hun Sen made his comments at the Council for the Development of Cambodia, at the launch of a 16-day campaign for the elimination of violence against women and children, organized by Gender and Development for Cambodia and the Cambodian Men's Network.
"To tell the truth about women, if a man wants to bring a woman to work in the Council of Ministers and the woman doesn't know how to do the work, she could not control the situation, the problems are not solved," he said following his official speech.
Addressing an audience of government officials, diplomats and NGO workers, Hun Sen also said that women could prevent domestic disputes.
"Women gather in a group and speak behind their husbands' backs. When they return home, they find faults with their husbands, then the war starts. Sometimes, women create the problem themselves," he said. "She must know how to make herself valued and have power in the family."
Hun Sen said in his official speech that stopping violence against women and children helps both families and Cambodia's development.
"Stopping violence against women can help women access development more effectively," the prime minister said.
He added that laws in Cambodia about violence against women and children and human trafficking carry strict penalties for those who ignore them.
Former minister of women's affairs and SRP member Mu Sochua said she believed there should be a quota system ensuring that a certain number of women get government jobs.
"There are so little opportunities for women," she said. The government has to have a policy that will bring about change."
2 comments:
How about SRP on treatment of their female members?
SiS
What! A Cambodian women who is 4 feet tall want to be a referee in family domestic dispute? ahahahah!
Watch out all of you helpless Cambodian women when your husband is drunk and you better find the batter women shelter at nearest NGO! You know what is coming for you!
Cambodian women are no more than a property to Cambodian men! I really hate to say this but it is true!
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