Countries: Cambodia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Cambodia ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Cambodia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Countries: Cambodia
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Cambodia was 218 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Cambodia is 72 years for women and 67 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Countries: Cambodia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"1161. (Succession by spouse) (1) The spouse of the decedent shall become a successor in every case. (2) If a person other than the spouse of the decedent is to become a successor under the provisions of Section I. in addition to the spouse, the spouse shall rank equally with such other person" (266). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2008) relating to inheritance are still current as of 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

"1156. (Successors of first rank) (1) Children of the decedent shall become successors of the first rank. (2) Children of the decedent shall have equal shares in the succession regardless of whether they are natural or adopted" (165). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2008) relating to inheritance are still current as of 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"[T]he high prevalence of such violence, in particular domestic violence, as well as rape, including gang rape or bauk, [] is viewed as a means of male bonding" (7).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-3

"[The committee] urges the State party to recognize women as the driving force of the sustainable development of the State party and to adopt relevant policies and strategies to that effect" (2). Women are involved but not recognized. Without recognition, their social problems are rarely being considered (MV- coder comment).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee commends the State party on the efforts made to increase access to education for girls and women, including by offering scholarships to girls in situations of poverty, providing accommodation in schools in rural areas and establishing centres for development to provide informal education for women who have dropped out of the formal education system… [There is an] inadequate number of secondary schools, particularly in rural areas, as well as other obstacles to girls’ enrolment in and completion of secondary and tertiary education, including migration of parents as a result of poverty, child labour, disability, domestic responsibilities, child marriage and early pregnancy" (10).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1

"[The state does not] promot[e] the equal sharing of domestic and family responsibilities between women and men, providing sufficient and adequate childcare facilities and providing parental leave for fathers" (12). Women are expected to provide unpaid caring labor while men join the formal employment sector (MV- coder comment).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1

"[S]ome of the women have been released on bail on the condition that they continue the pregnancy and raise the surrogate children as their own until the children are 18 years old... [S]uch an obligation creates an additional financial and emotional burden on women who are in precarious situations, which led them to act as surrogates in the first place, and that they face discrimination and stigmatization by their families and communities for having acted as surrogates" (14).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2

"[There is] limited access to sexual and reproductive health-care services and information, including access to modern contraceptives and safe abortion, particularly by unmarried women and girls" (12).