In August last year, youth activist Chhoeun Daravy was dragged into a van by plainclothes security after taking part in a peaceful demonstration calling for imprisoned unionist Rong Chhun’s release.

Since her arrest, Daravy has shaved her hair and is boycotting some meals to protest her unjust imprisonment.

“When I visited her in prison, I saw she was so skinny,” her mother said. “I ask the government to reconsider and release my daughter.”

In the lead-up to #IWD2021, LICADHO is highlighting the grave conditions facing every woman and girl locked in Cambodia's dangerously overcrowded prisons.

Women activists should be supported, not imprisoned.