NGO-CEDAW has written a joint statement on women’s representation in local government after the commune elections.  The percentage of women in commune councils decreased after the June 4, 2017 election to 16.76 percent from 17.79 percent in 2012.

Read the statement here: Joint statement on women elected to commune council in English – June 2017 or Joint statement on women elected to commune councils in Khmer – June 2017.