Moto-taxi in Phnom Penh. WATCH VIDEO, Video Editor: Manilene Ek
22 December 2009
The world of moto-taxi driving in Cambodia has traditionally been dominated by males. But one woman is bucking the trend, in a society where most women stay at home while their husbands go out to work to support the family. Thirty-seven-year-old Um Chanthon became a motodop driver nine years ago, after she divorced her husband in 2003.
She started working in the male-dominated field to support her family, including her mother, her two sons and a nephew. Each morning before work, Chanthon plays with her children and takes her son and nephew to school.
Um Chanthon: "Each morning I get up early to clean my motorbike and prepare the gears for my daily work."
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