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c ambodia has a very

young population
with 44 percent being
under 15 years of age. The
older population of one 65
So, in Cambodia,
population for 1995 was
estimated at 10.2
the

years farming only 4 percent
in the 1980¶s and beginning
of the 1980¶s, Some people
believe that the percentage of
women in the population was
as high as 65 percent. More
accurately in the present
demographic survey of
Cambodia, this percent age of
women in the total population
is estimated to be 52 percent.

million
(earlier the official population
estimated was 9.3 millions)
among those aged 30 years
and above. One household
out of five is under the
responsibility of women,
most o the widows. The
proportion widows are high
T he
densities
population
are
persons per square
kilometer. Compared to
Thailand 116 and Vietnam
56
among female aged 46 years
and above. Cambodian
women play increasingly
important role in the
economy since 90 percent of
225. Women constitute 56 them are economically active
percent of adult population as against 84 percent among
(20 year and above). The men.
proportion of male population
is around 70 per 100 women.

 

  
The constitution of the principle of equal enjoy recreation. The be affected by
the state of Cambodia pay for equal work situation is different pregnancies,
states that men and and particular in practice since there absenteeism when
women are equal and attention will be are no mechanisms to children are sick or
that women should given to the issues of enforce the principles time off for breast-
participate fully in pregnancy child- of equality stated in feeding. The congress
the political, hurting (3 months the constitution. concluded that
economic, cultural, compulsory maternity Social services,
social and family life leave). Daycare which would improve
as equal to men. The centers pre-schools the status of women,
constitution further and other social are only available to a
indicates that the health facilities will few and are often
position of women as inadequate. Basic
citizens, workers, labor laws such as Procreation and child
wives, and mothers equal pay for equal rising were
will be enhanced. It work or maternity unfortunately not yet
guarantees that leave are only applied recognized as
women will be in the state sector and services to society.
liberated from family only state employees No information is
constraints and have access to child available on the
brought into care services. The working conditions of
development and that be established so second women¶s
those women can women employed in
conditions will be congress reported that the private sector, but
created so that they participate in every some public services
political, economic, it is likely that labor
enjoy equality before did not want to hire laws are not enforced.
the law and in life. social and cultural women because it
Socio-Economic activity. Learn and was feared that their p
equality if ensured by performance would