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EL ETAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

The marriage revolution women’right in Cambodia society

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Thida Chak*

Cambodia or Kampuchea, officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia is a country

located in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometers (69,898 square miles) in area,

bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and
the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Cambodia has a population of over 15 million, 7,812,

055 males and 8, 146, 638 females. The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, practiced by

approximately 95 percent of the population. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh and
divided into 25 provinces.[1]

Women in Cambodia
Khmer women are supposed to be modest, soft-spoken, "light" walkers, well-mannered,

industrious, belong to the household, act as the family's caregivers and caretakers and

financial comptrollers, perform as the "preserver of the home", maintain their virginity until
marriage, become faithful wives, and act as advisors and servants to their husbands.

The "light" walking and refinement of Cambodian women is further described as being "quiet

in movements that one cannot hear the sound of their silkskirt rustling". As financial

controllers, the women of Cambodia can be identified as having real household authority at
the familial level.[1]

* Thida Chak currently works at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences - Cambodia.
Thida does research in Abnormal Psychology, Health Psychology and Clinical Psychology.

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