Archives for July 2015

This article by AEA Cambodia and KAPE has been published by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative   Ethnic minorities often experience high levels of poverty, the root causes of which frequently lie in discrimination, marginalization and exclusion. Imran Rasitas, 10 years old, is from the Cham Muslim minority group in Cambodia. She lives in […]

This article by AEA Cambodia has been published by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative   “I am from Tbong Kmum,” says Sopea,* a 13 year old girl from Cambodia. “My parents are divorced and first I lived with my father. He used to beat me. I could go to school and I was in […]

Often hidden, at night, close to a corner, many young sex workers spend time finding their clients on the streets of Vientiane, the capital of Laos. A few people arrive to set a small make-up workshop where sex workers can come and relax, have a chat and fix their make-up.   The youngest are around […]

It is 11 am and the children are leaving their classrooms to go back home. While some walk on a small bamboo bridge to reach the mainland, others board a small boat. Ry Srey Lin is 12 years old and is putting away some books to bring them back to the school principal. The young […]

Mrs Bien, 23 years old, lives in Thai Nguyen which is among the provinces that have the highest malnutrition rate in Vietnam. 27.2% of children under 5 years old are affected by stunting and 18.5% of them are affected by extreme weight loss. (UNICEF, 2009-2010) This young mother of a 4 year old boy attended […]

“I do not want my children to do the same job as me because it is very difficult and tiring. I wish they could study and go to university,” says Marie Vong, 36 years old, a food seller who lives in the poor community of Neak Loeung in Prey Veng province, Cambodia. With her husband […]