Monday, 18 June 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
“In Cambodia, women earn $0.75 to every dollar a man earns.”
Cambodian women have fewer opportunities than men, and less access to
economic and political positions of power, a World Bank report says.
Women in Cambodia and other countries in East Asia and the Pacific do
have more economic access and business ownership than in some Western
countries, but they have less power in family, politics and civil
society, the report says. Women also face a greater risk of human
trafficking in the region, according to the report.
In Cambodia, women earn $0.75 to every dollar a man earns, said
Andrew Mason, a co-author of the report, “Entitling Toward Gender
Equality in East Asia and the Pacific.”
“As in Thailand, we’ve seen a very high level of female labor-force
participation in Cambodia, but we also see very high levels of unpaid
family labor in agriculture,” he said.
Mason also noted the high number of women in the garment sector, Cambodia’s top economic driver.
Hun Phanna, director of the Women’s Development Association, said
Cambodian women have less income and less opportunity than men,
especially in the rural areas.
The World Bank recommends that Cambodia prioritize gender in economic
development and strengthen the role of women in public positions.
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