Women Building Democracy - Is it our Business?

Women Building Democracy - Is it our Business?

When watching and hearing about the revolution that is shaking decades of dictatorship in the Arab world,I ask myself : When in Cambodia?

I have been in this business of building democracy for more than two long decades. Is there hope for change?

"When" is not the first question to ask.

I believe that the first question is: How?

Is the how happening?

I believe that the"how" is the grassroots movement and it is happening in small scale but it is happening in different parts in Cambodia. When our farmers can walkover 200 kilometers from the North-West to the city to lodge their complaints, I think the government sees this as the beginning of a big movement. This explains the cracking down on demonstrators - almost always with violence and even on women and children.

We must nurture this movement by fighting for liberties and freedoms and women have a huge part in this fight as women are first to be affected by injustice, violence and discrimination.

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Each step taken is for the future of our women so we are part of building a better Cambodia.

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