Phnom Penh - The United Nations and the Cambodian government have jointly released a new study on the socioeconomic impact of HIV at the household level, stressing the need to ramp up HIV-sensitive social protection programmes to prevent affected families from falling deeper into poverty.

Preah Sihanouk Province – The early morning started with a brief downpour but that didn’t dampen the spirit the 500 men and women as they prepared to march. Once the rain stopped, they, holding banners, started marching and chanting “jeyo” – victorious in Khmer – to show solidarity with the Cambodian indigenous groups.

Phnom Penh – As the world celebrates International Youth Day on 12 August, Cambodians are producing a mass media campaign to empower young adults aged 15-24 and encourage them to get involved in community-level volunteerism and decision-making. The campaign – to include a TV drama and discussion show, radio call-in programmes, public service announcements, and online and mobile phone messaging – will start in January 2012 and target five million youth, including three million of voting age, ahead of local elections next year and a national election in 2013.   “This campaign will feature young people making a difference in their communities and will help other youngsters realize their own potential,” said Gregory Lavender, Youth Advocacy Officer at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia.     Read the full story on UNDP Global website.  

Phnom Penh– A pool of workforce equipped with not just academic achievements but also with technical know-how is what Cambodia really needs to put the country on a path of sustained and resilient growth, said a new UNDP’s study.

Remarks by Elena Tischenko, UNDP Cambodia Country Director On the occasion of the launch of Human Capital Implications of Future Economic Growth in Cambodia: Elements of a Suggested Roadmap 12 August 2011