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CCHR Press Release Phnom Penh, 01 August 2012

CCHR Releases Map and Data of Womens Political Representation in Commune Councils

in 2012

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) today 01 August 2012 publishes a

map and data analysis of womens political representation in Commune Councils in

Cambodia.

The results of the Commune/Sangkat Elections, which took place on 3 June 2012, were

released on 24 June 2012 by the National Election Committee (NEC). The results show that

women were elected to 2,038 Commune Council seats around the country, amounting to

17.79% of the total number of seats. A great majority of the women elected, however, were

elected to low-ranking positions, with only 4.6% being elected as Commune Chief.Moreover, there are large discrepancies between parties, with some of the smaller parties

achieving very low female representation.

Using the NECs data, CCHR has provided an analysis of womens representation in

candidate lists as well as of the number of women elected. The data is available both for the

whole country and for individual provinces, and for individual political parties.

The data is hosted by the award-winning CCHR-hosted Cambodia Human Rights Portal at

http://sithi.org/commune_election_map

Chor Chanthyda, Project Coordinator of the Project to Promote Womens Political

Representation, commented on the launch of the map, as follows:

By incorporating data analysis of women candidates and women elected to commune

councils in 2012 into an interactive map, we are able to present a fullpicture of womens

political representation at the commune level. We hope that both the Royal Government of

Cambodia and political parties will use the data in their efforts to promote women in politics.

While there is a clear need for national legislation requiring specific quotas of women on

candidate lists, the lack of such legislation should not stop individual parties from

undertaking initiatives to increase the level of female representation within their ownparties.

For more information, please contact Chor Chanthyda, Project Coordinator, tel: +855 (0)

12 515 506 or email:thyda@cchrcambodia.org.

Notes to Editor:

CCHR, founded in November 2002, is a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental

organization (NGO) that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human

rights throughout Cambodia,

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CCHR is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), the global

network for freedom of expression.

The Cambodian Human Rights Portal www.sithi.org is the 2011 winner of the Information

Society Innovation Fund Award in the category of Rights and Freedoms.

CCHRs Project to Promote Womens Political Representation in Cambodia is part of the

regional program Building Sustainable Partnerships to Promote Womens Political

Representation in Southeast Asia (IKAT Program) which is managed by the Indonesian NGO

Kemitraan in cooperation with the National Democracy Institute based in Indonesia and is

funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

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