By Raksmey Var | Country Representative
The CATALYST program works to ensure scholars are equipped with necessary soft skills by the time they graduate university so these young women are ready to seize the competitive job market and will be the voices and agents of change at home and in their communities.
On February 12 and March 26, 2023, Lotus Outreach Cambodia invited Mr. Sopheap Suong, who is currently a Gender Equality and Inclusion Specialist at Save the Children Cambodia, as a trainer for our workshop under the topic “Gender Champions Training” for our CATALYST scholars in Phnom Penh and in Siem Reap, respectively. During our workshop, we saw that many of our students were very interested in this topic and actively participated with our trainer.
This training discussed:
*Gender in daily life
*Family & social expectations & the impact of those expectations
*Sex vs Gender
*Gender identity
*Power relation & Gender at home and in society
*Power relation & decision making
*Gender equality & Gender equity
After the training, students had a much higher understanding of these topics, which led to fruitful and engaging conversations for all participants. We hope that this workshop will help our CATALYST scholars become strong women in their society, eliminate discrimination, and promote women's dignity and power through deeper understanding of gender and how it relates to our scholars experiences.
"After this lesson, I understood more clearly about why women and men should have equal rights and power and why there should never be a division of tasks and responsibilities based on our gender. After this workshop, my perception of gender has now changed because I know now that everyone deserves equal treatment and there should never be any discrimination based on our genders." - Sanoun, Year 3 CATALYST, Physics, Royal University of Phnom Penh
"After this workshop, my mindset has shifted tremendously. I now know that all genders deserve equal rights, whether they are male, female, or gender fluid." - Soklin, Year 3 CATALYST, Mathematics, Royal University of Phnom Penh
We are grateful for your support, with which we can ensure these scholars have access to the highest level of education both academic and extracurricular, so that they may become capable and confident leaders in their communities and society.
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