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New study sheds light on links between masculinity, gender and domestic violence in Cambodia
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(Report on Cambodia) Men’s Talk: Men’s Attitudes Towards Men, Women, And Violence Against Women In Cambodia | |
| This Cambodian study was carried out to reduce
Violence Against Women by working with men within the context of a community based
project.
Consultations with women were carried out during the project’s design phase,
and focus group discussions were held with men from villages in Battambang and
Siem Reap provinces.
The findings are grouped into five topic areas:
Men’s perception of masculinity and what it meant to be a man
A theme that emerged was that being a strong provider is a critical element of
a man’s identity and any perceived failure was seen to pose a threat to his
masculinity. Further to this, men are frustrated because they think their wives
do not understand this pressure, which can put even more pressure on the men.
Men’s perception of femininity and women’s empowerment
It became evident that the men’s views on what it meant to be a woman remained
quite fixed and narrowly defined – their role is to manage the household.
Many men acknowledged their wives’ empowerment... | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | Helen Brereton Vannak Lim |
| Topic(s): | Domestic Violence Gender-based Violence Men and Masculinities |
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The Community Conversations Project: Baseline Survey Report | |
| According to the human rights group ADHOC, domestic violence is a serious social problem in Cambodia and is, in many ways, becoming worse. The impact of domestic violence is significant. Violence through physical, emotional or psychological, economic and sexual abuse/assault is not only a violation of the rights of the victims but also affects the family and/or loved ones, the community and society as a whole. In Cambodia, as in most countries, women are the primary victims of domestic violence, primarily through physical and verbal abuse.
At the request of UNDP-Cambodia, InterMedia and Green Goal, Ltd., conducted a baseline survey in April 2008 with a total of 304 adult (18+) respondents, of which 220 were randomly selected villagers and 84 were village and commune chiefs in the target area. The target area includes 29 communes (55 villages)—six target communes in Kompong Speu province, 11 target communes in Kompong Chhang province and 12 target communes in Siem Reap province.... | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | InterMedia Green Goal |
| Topic(s): | Domestic Violence |
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Leadership in Local Politics of Cambodia: A Study of Leaders in Three Communes of Three Provinces | |
| Using the state-society gap as its assumption and point of departure, the study seeks to identify different kinds of local leaders (including women leaders) and their associated characteristics and elements of legitimacy in order to see whether and how they can help bridge this gap, in the midst of the decentralisation and deconcentration reform. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Author(s): | Vimealea, Thon Sivhuoch, Ou Netra, Eng Tem, Ly |
| Topic(s): | Conflict Prevention and Recovery Gender |
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Violence Against Women 2009 Follow-Up Survey: List of Annex | |
| This document is an Annex to the main report that offers detailed,
question by question findings from the survey. The responses to the
survey are graphed and the survey sample size is given for each
question. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Author(s): | Ministry of Women's Affairs |
| Topic(s): | Gender-based Violence |
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Gender Mapping of Cambodia | |
| The objective of this document is to identify key gender-based constraints and make an overview of
the conditions of gender equality in Cambodia. In addition, to an overall assessment of the gender situation in Cambodia, gender issues are analysed in particular in relation to three thematic priorities pinpointed by the Country Team for Cambodia. The following areas of focus have been identified:
Democratic Governance including the decentralization and public administration reforms, the National Program for Sub-National Democratic Development, gendered leadership and women’s participation in politics, labour unions and civil society.
Human Rights including women’s human rights and state of law in general, gender-based violence, trafficking, prostitution and AIDS.
Primary and Higher Education including recent education and policy developments, MDG status, government reforms through capacity building for sector-wide reform and decentralization and improving equitable access... | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | Stockholm University, Gender Helpdesk |
| Topic(s): | Gender |
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Journal Article
Domestic Violence against Women in Cambodia: Husband’s Control, Frequency of Spousal Discussion, and Domestic Violence Reported by Cambodian Women | |
| This study sought to examine the effects of husband’s control and frequency of spousal discussion on domestic violence against Cambodian married women, using the 2005 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey data. The sample included 1,707 married women, aged 16– 49 (M=35.14). Structural Equation Modeling showed that husband’s control positively predicted both emotional and physical violence. Frequency of spousal discussion positively predicted emotional violence, an association consistent with the idea that a husband holding patriarchal beliefs would interpret women’s more frequent discussion as a violation of Cambodian norms for quiet, submissive wives.
Frequency of spousal discussion and husband’s control were positively correlated. The role of gender issues in husband’s control and frequency of spousal discussion are discussed with respect to violence in the lives of Cambodian women. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | Eng, Sothy Li, Yingli Muslow, Miriam Fischer, Judith |
| Topic(s): | Domestic Violence Gender-based Violence |
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Domestic Violence Against Married Women in Cambodia | |
| We evaluate the effects of marital resources and early-life experiences on recent domestic violence and attitudes about wife abuse among 2,074 married Cambodian women. Household standard of living was negatively associated with physical domestic violence. Women with 8-13 fewer years of schooling than their husbands more often experienced physical and psychological domestic violence. Women with more living children more often experienced physical domestic violence and justified wife beating. Having surviving parents and siblings was not associated with domestic violence nor with attitudes about wife beating. Women reporting higher paternal schooling, urban childhood residence and domestic violence against their mothers had higher odds of experiencing physical and psychological domestic violence. Findings underscore the effects of marital resources and early-life experiences on domestic violence in Cambodia. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | Yount, Kathryn Carrera, Jennifer |
| Topic(s): | Domestic Violence |
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Fire in the House: Gendered experiences of drunkenness and violence in Siem Reap, Cambodia | |
| After decades of turmoil and international isolation, Cambodia has embarked on a threefold transition: from armed conflict to peace, from political authoritarianism to liberal democracy, and from a socialist economic system to one based on market-driven capitalist growth. In this context of transition, the paper explores the perceived linkages that exist between drinking, drunkenness and gender-based violence in rural and urban Siem Reap, home to the global tourism site of Angkor. By considering the ways in which men and women relate alcohol use with violence, the paper questions what implications these social constructions have for tackling gender-based violence and concludes that challenging such external explanations for violence is needed in order for gender-based violence to be understood as the struggle forequality in men and women’s everyday lives. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Author(s): | Bricknell, Katherine |
| Topic(s): | Domestic Violence |
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Korob, Kaud, Klach: In Search of Agency in Rural Cambodia | |
| This article takes the dominant view of a top-down Khmer political culture as its point of departure and explores the extent to which the last decade’s political changes have altered the socio-political landscape and triggered the growth of agency in rural areas. In particular, the reform of democratic decentralisation and its integrated ‘soft’ values are scrutinised in fields such as views on local governance, popular discourse on decentralisation, rural NGO activity and the gendering of politics. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | Öjendal, Joakim Sedara, Kim |
| Topic(s): | Conflict Prevention and Recovery Promotion of Gender Equality Social and Economic Development Women’s Empowerment |
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Trafficking experiences and violence victimization of sex-trafficked young women in Cambodia | |
| While evidence suggests that trafficking of women and girls for commercial sex work (CSW), or sex trafficking, is prevalent in Cambodia, studies to date have not identified the actors perpetrating this gender-based crime. Moreover, the vulnerabilities faced by trafficked women and girls—such as violence victimization or risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV—are unclear in this Cambodian context; this makes design of successful efforts to protect women at risk of being trafficked and provision of assistance to those already victimized less likely. | |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Author(s): | McCauley, Heather Decker, Michele Silvernman, Jay |
| Topic(s): | Human Rights Promotion of Gender Equality |
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