The Executive Director, Ms.Sdeung Phearong had an honor to participate in a discussion on “Women Leadership in Covid-19 Response” at the Regional Dialogue on Building Forward Better with Women’s Leadership and Participation on 15-16 in Bangkok organized by UN Women.
“The Covid-19 pandemic had caused the increasing of number of poverty and women were more likely to face greater challenges on mental health and livelihood threat. Despite, the heavy impact on women, but we also see women lead effectively in response to Covid-19 pandemic both technical and leadership globally. As a civil society organization, Banteay Srei also faced significant challenges regarding to the lack of funding, and program delivery, but we also see the opportunities of where collective collaboration among Government, CSOs, and communities people worked together to effectively response to the COVID-19 ”. Phearong said.
