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CAMBODIA DATABASE REPORT ON
TRAFFICKING & RAPE IN CAMBODIA
The NGO Joint Statistics Project on
CSE - COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION - collected information from 25 NGO's
representing 63 shelters, referral agencies and legal aid NGO's in 17 Provinces
of Cambodia.
Most of the women and girls who were
engaged in commercial sex work were Cambodian (70%), followed by 28% Vietnamese
and 2% Chinese.
The average age of trafficked CSE -
Commercial Sexual Exploitation - women and girls was 19.9 years, with 44.7%
below the age of 18 and 14.5% of girls 15 years of age or below.
Of the women and girl trafficked for
CSE, 31.6% were illiterate, with another l/3 achieving education levels of 3-5
years.
Among trafficked CSE women and
girls, 19% had married by the time of release from the trafficking situation,
which was significantly lower than the Cambodian national marriage rate by age.
Trafficked CSE women were much more
likely to be widowed than the national average.
According to the Cambodia Ministry
of Planning, nationally 6.4% of children under the age of 18 have experienced
the death of their father, and 1.7% have experienced the death of their mother.
Among trafficked CSE women and girls, 25% experienced the death of their
father, and 23% experienced the death of their mother, prior to being
trafficked, in addition to high rates of parental desertion.
In 9.3% of the cases, trafficked CSE
women and girls had siblings who had been trafficked. In 4.3% of the cases,
trafficked CSE women and girls had been raped prior to trafficking.
NGO JOINT STATISTICS
2005 - 2006
CAMBODIA: DATABASE REPORT ON TRAFFICKING & RAPE IN
CAMBODIA
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