Cambodia
The GALE Right to Education Monitor still has to be done in Cambodia.
Interested to become a reporter? Contact info@lgbt-education.info.
Score on the GALE Checklist
| Item | Forbidden | Discouraged | No policy | Encouraged | Supported | No data | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Full access to schools? | x | no comments | |||||
| 2. Freedom of self expression? | x | no comments | |||||
| 3. Protection against bullying? | x | My team has done an exploration of LGBT social exclusion from school, family and community life, as well as from health services. Our findings show that a high % of LGBT, in particular male to female transgenders are subject to bullying and exclusion from many school activities by authorities, parents, school mates. The study findings have been submitted and are still under review. | |||||
| 4. No drop-out? | x | There is no specific strategy for LGBT people to prevent their dropping out from school. There may be general efforts made for all youth in the country to prevent drop out, such as provision of school meals, transport supplies, school bags and equipment, including access to supplemental and remedial schooling, and washroom facilities/toilets. | |||||
| 5. Equal performance? | x | no comments | |||||
| 6. Is there public information? | x | There have been pronouncements in the popular (english as well as cambodian media) about supportive statements made by the former King of Cambodia as well as recent remarks made by the Prime Minister of Cambodia on anti-discrimination. | |||||
| 7. Attention in school resources? | x | There are strict dress codes and women who want to wear pants are discouraged from doing so; school uniforms are widely used and it is always long skirts for dress for women. Alternative expression through dress, behavior etc is not encouraged. | |||||
| 8. Resources for LGBT students? | x | One volunteer group called the Rainbow Organization Cambodia (RoCK) has done two-hour orientation sessions in universities on LGBT, sexual orientation and the Yogyakarta Principles. | |||||
| 9. Support services open to LGBT? | x | no comments | |||||
| 10. Peer-learning opportunities? | x | no comments | |||||
| 11. Is staff supportive? | x | no comments | |||||
| 12. Is staff competent to teach? | x | no comments | |||||
| 13. Is staff competent to support? | x | no comments | |||||
| 14. Supportive school environment? | x | no comments | |||||
| 15. Employment protection for staff? | x | no comments |
The score is 38% forbidden (denying), 62% discouraged or no policy (ambiguous), 0% encouraged or supportive (supportive). We score this country therefore as ambigious.
This report is based on one respondent, who based the results on the Cambodia report on education 2012.
Relevant Conventions
| Convention against Discrimination in Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on Technical and Vocational Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
Links to interesting articles
- Coming out in the Kingdom - LGBT People in Cambodia (Cambodia, December 2010, CHH Report coming out of LGBT people in Cambodia).
- Cambodia's first gay town (Cambodia, November 2010, article on the terrible living conditions of transgendered / gay men in the slums of Phnom Pehn).
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This page was last updated on 8 March 2013.