The issue of gender in Cambodia

The issue of gender in CambodiaGender problem is considered as a global issue which exists not only in growth country but also in developed country. As a developing country in South-East Asia, Cambodia is k in a flashn as a hierarchically vagabonded society. In all argonas of develop manpowert and administration, wo hands of all sequence presume the partnership with men. Unfortunately, they as yet whoremasternot access to all equal rights, sh ars of benefits, opportunities, and values. Although Cambodia has reached the sequence of globalization, women unchanging absorb been regarded as the level group because of gender variety. Kampuchean womens choices pass been in nonpareil particular limit as the result of cultural and traditional norms which is seen in many aspects of Cambodian society much(prenominal) as family, education, proceedplace and flavorlesss.Traditionally, Cambodian families value the men more than women as a Cambodian tell that the men are a piece of meretricious when it is dropped in mud, is still a piece of gold bandage the women are a piece of cloth, once it is stained, stained forever. Normally, women are responsible for doing folk chores and lacking of decision- make as head as giving birth date the men go outside for work to gain money and they are controversial and powerful in the family. Thus, when facing any problems, men always use their power to deal with such situation that sometime, they great physiologic abuse or any kinds of violence to rule over the women.Moreover, there are many primer coats regarding to the wide gap between men and women of accessing of education. Firstly, Cambodian people believe that men are more important than women because men can go out to work opus women have to chit at al-Qaida to do the housework. Furthermore, parents do not allow their daughters to go to school because of some factors regarding security and reputation. As another Cambodian said that a family which has a daughter is not different from a family that has a toilet in front of the house. As a result, women in the aside were not allowed to study because she could be stubborn, and write a love earn to men. Furthermore, after all daughters get married, they have to stay at home and to be fed by her husband. Therefore, she does not need to study. In addition, if a poor family can afford only one child to study, the family allow choose son to study instead of daughter. According to an interview to a poor family which moved to Phnom Penh city from Prey Veng province ten long time ago that has one son and two daughters that is conducted by our group shown that some(prenominal) of the two daughters are not allowed to go to school because they have to work in the garment factories in order to support their brothers education. Finally, their brother now has become an upper-secondary school teacher at Santhormok High School in Phnom Penh city while they both are illiteracy.According to ADB, DF ID/UK, UNDP, UNIFEM, and WB (2004, p.46) states that mens wage is 33 percent higher than womens wages depend on an individuals age and education. Moreover, Ministry of Planning (1999) says that the largest wage differences between males and females exist among young worker old 15 to 29 with no schooling (75 percent), while the smallest differences exist among workers aged 30 to 39 years with lower secondary schooling (As cited in ADB et al., 2004, p.46), so it shows that there is substantial wage discrimination against women, and young women in particular labor markets. In addition, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (2003) says that the comely daily wage for men in fishing is about 5,000 riels ($1.25), while women earn only 83 percent of that amount in fish processing men earn about 4,150 riels ($1.13) per day and women earn 63 percent of that wage (As cited in ADB et al., 2004, p.46). Furthermore, The participatory poverty appraisal (ADB, 2001) in Cambodia found that women s wage is less than mens wage where there is limited waged trade locally even they are doing the same work. For example, men can earn up to 5,000 riels (US$1.25) per day working as casual laborers while women leave behind receive only up to 2,500 riels for the same work. In the poverty assessment shows that this differences wage is because of three reasons. First, there are some jobs that women cannot do well as men. Second, women take more time off during the day. The last reason is that it didnt matter anyway because it all went back in to the household funds (As cited in ADB et al., 2004, p.46).In addition, the rate of womens voice in politics is still low in Cambodia. Even though all men and women are equal in voting, there are still less women who pose in the parliament than men. For instance, there were only 5 percent of women candidates in 1993, and there were only five among of them won the election and joined the subject field assembly (ADB et al., 2004, p.125). Furth ermore, this rate has been increasing very slowly. For example, there were 11.5 percent in 1998 and 12.2 percent in 2003 of women who are elected (ADB et al., 2004, p.125). In addition, the numbers of women fight in each political party are also lower than men. In 2003, only 8 out of 73 seats in Cambodian People fellowship, 4 out of 26 seats in Funcinpec Party, and 3 out of 24 seats in Sam Rainsy Party were women candidates (ADB et al., 2004, p.126).In short, these data represents that women are given less value than men in Cambodia politics.However, some people state that the gender inequality in Cambodia is wrought by biology. Women are physically born weaker than men so by and large they are responsible for mothering work such as deliver and to tactual sensation after the babies, and stay at home to do housework while men go out for work and become breadwinner, so men have power to control the family. This point has some merit on the surface. However, pregnant is only a tempo rary time for women to produce the baby, and this time they can do some house work. Then, after they deliver the baby, they can go out for work as the men do such as a teacher, a doctor, an architecture, etc.In conclusion, according to the intravenous feeding aspects such as family, education, workplace, and politics that have mentioned above, we can analyze that horticulture is an essential factor that causes the gender inequality between men and women. Women have to do housework and to give birth, so they do not have chance to be educated which becomes the obstacle for them to find a well paid job. Moreover, because of the education of women still in limit, their participant in politic is also in a small number. Actually, it is really hard for women to metamorphose their culture without any supporting from men. As a result, in order to motivate people to understand more about gender inequality effectively, both government and non-government organizations need to be strongly fac ilitated in making policy to encouraging women knowing their right of sharing and making decision. Moreover, he has to develop the laws for violence against women, and provide more motivate girl to be educated, women to join literacy program that can help them to build up their affable values, so that it will develop the country because we have enough homo resources. Men and women are the two elements which are inseparable from one another. They both are like the left and right hands of a country. Without one of them, a countrys development will be stuck. Moreover, women also should accept the fortune that provided by the men.Word Counted 1,284