Viral breastfeeding photo fuels calls in Cambodia on women’s rights

Social media outcry after police chief shamed officer for breastfeeding while on duty.

Cambodia must protect the rights of working mothers to meet its international commitments, campaigners said, after a policewoman was publicly shamed by superiors for a social media photo of her breastfeeding while on duty.

The photo of Sithong Sokha went viral this week after superiors forced her to make a public apology for sullying the reputations of Cambodian women and the police force, sparking mass debate in the conservative Southeast Asian country.

“It is disturbing that the officer was originally encouraged to apologize for offending the dignity of her office and women and made to sign a contract agreeing to discontinue her behaviour,” 39 civil society groups said in a statement.

In full: https://news.trust.org/item/20210312093825-fswh6/

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