Nealy 1,500 participate in women's day run

• Published date: 09 March 2023
• Publication title: The Phnom Penh Post

Almost 1,500 runners participated in a women's run on March 8 for International Women's Day. The event began in front of Wat Botum Park.

Vath Chamroeun, secretary-general of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), said the women's run had been disrupted for two years by the Covid-19 pandemic, but when the event resumed many runners were interested and the NOCC will continue to hold the event every year to promote International Women's Day and encourage women to play sports.

'Today we saw nearly 1,500 runners. This is due to a movement to lead a more active lifestyle, which gives the runners a better understanding of their health. The event became part of the movement pushing the message that every person should exercise daily.

'The Cambodia SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC) launched the campaign intending for it to become a national movement to make us healthy, reduce public health services costs and encourage our society to live a healthy life together,' he said.

The runners were divided into two groups: the 10km run and a 4km run. The event did not focus so much on winning, but more on health and International Women's Day. The runners were all registered and presented with medals as souvenirs.

'March 8 marks women's rights and equal rights with men and today is the 112th anniversary. This run is not only for women but also for men,' said Koy Pisey, head of the women and sport commission.

'We know that our society needs women and women also need men. These two sexes are necessary to collaborate and express solidarity to bring our society peace and live in harmony,' she said.

She continued that not only Cambodian women were interested in the run, but also foreign women and some men had attended the event. US...