SAN Sophany

SAN Sophany holds Master’s degrees in Gender and Development Studies from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, and in Education Administration and Leadership from Pannasastra University of Cambodia (PUC). At CDRI, she leads the project, (1) Barriers and Pathways to Women’s Political Participation in Myanmar: Gender Equality and Decentralization in Myanmar-Comparisons with Cambodia; (2) Local Leadership in Cambodia. She was also a part of the Cambodian Gender and Inclusive Development Analysis project; the Refasion project research on Social Protection and the Gendered impact of COVID-19 in Cambodia. With an extensive experience of more than 5 years in managing research projects, she was a co-chapter writer on women’s rights and contributions to the enjoyment of the human right to a healthy environment of the project “Prosperous and green in the Anthropocene: The human right to a healthy environment in Southeast Asia”. she also has been conducted baseline and endline study related to ISAF, women’s enterprise development, the work-life balance of female garment workers, the right to adequate housing of women migrant workers. She has expertise in conducting both research method includes developing questionnaire tools for survey, and qualitative research with key informants including National Government, INGOS, and Local NGOs. 

Email : sophanysan@cdri.org.kh