Tep Sothy Explained
Tep Sothy |
Term Start: | 5 August 2014 |
Term End: | 16 November 2017 |
Otherparty: | Human Rights Party |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1973 |
Spouse: | John M. Ofstie (m. 2010) |
and former Member of Parliament for Takeo province.[1] She represented the Takeo province since the
Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 seats in
2013 Cambodian general election. Before coming to Cambodia, Sothy was a high school teacher in Chicago. In 2010, she decided to join Cambodia's Human Rights Party established and led by
Kem Sokha who previously led the Cambodian Center for Human Rights in
Phnom Penh for several years. Tep decided to move to Cambodia shortly before the 2013 National Elections. She told
Voice of America Khmer Service in 2010 that she joined the political party because Kem Sokha was really "a great, moral, freedom-seeking leader."
[2] In 2012, the
Sam Rainsy Party and the
Human Rights Party, Cambodia's two major political parties merged to form the
Cambodia National Rescue Party.
[3] Her work in Cambodia includes campaigns with women to improve gender awareness, introduction of gender sensitive laws, and policies to address issues on health, children's welfare, domestic violence, reproduction, and migrant workers rights.
[4] Notes and References
- Web site: Members of the National Assembly. March 8, 2015. Royal Embassy of Cambodia. Royal Embassy of Cambodia.
- News: គណបក្សសិទ្ធិមនុស្សបង្កើនការគាំទ្រពីនាយសមុទ្រ. August 31, 2010. Voice of America Khmer Service. March 8, 2015.
- News: Opposition Parties Ink Merger. Tin. Zakariya. July 17, 2012. Radio Free Asia. March 11, 2015.
- News: Strengthening women's political rights. May 23, 2014. The Partnership for Governance Reform. March 8, 2015.