Biography of Her Excellency Dr. Ing Kantha Phavi
Minister of Women’s Affairs of Cambodia


Her Excellency Dr. Ing Kantha Phavi has served as Minister of Women’s Affairs of Cambodia since 2004 and her last reappointment was in September 2013. From 1999 to 2004, Dr. Phavi served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Women’s and Veterans’ Affairs. Minister Phavi is married and has one daughter.

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  • His Excellency Vongsey Vissoth, Acting Deputy Prime Minister, Minister in Charge of the Council of Ministers, High Representative of Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, presided over the ceremony to celebrate the 114th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025, under the theme “Rights, Equality and Empowerment for All Women and Girls.”
    • 9 April, 2025

  • Samdech Kittisangahapundit Men Sam An, Supreme Advisor to the King and President of the Cambodian Women’s Association for Peace and Development, was invited to preside over a meeting with leaders and officials of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to celebrate the 114th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025, under the theme “Rights, Equality, and Empowerment for All Women and Girls.”
    • 6 March, 2025

  • On Wednesday 5th March 2025, Her Excellency Dr. Ing Kanthaphavi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, led a delegation of 250 women invited from relevant ministries and institutions at the national and sub-national levels to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency Ouch Borith, Acting President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia,
    • 5 March, 2025

  • Her Excellency Dr. Ing Kanthaphavi, Minister of Women’s Affairs, led a delegation of women to pay a courtesy call on the President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary, at a ceremony to celebrate the 114th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025, under the theme “Rights, Equality, and Empowerment for All Women and Girls.”
    • 4 March, 2025