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Youth in Cambodia (under age thirty) make up 65.3% of Cambodia's 14,805,000 people. [1] Twenty-six percent of Cambodians are between the ages of 14 and 30 and another 30% are under 14. [ 2 ] All of the youth in the country are second and third generation offspring of survivors of the Khmer Rouge , a genocide that occurred from 1975-1979. [ 2 ]
Up to the age of three or four, the child is given considerable physical affection and freedom. Children around five years of age also may be expected to help look after younger siblings. Children's games emphasize socialization or skill rather than winning and losing. [8] Normally, children start school when they reach the age of 6 years old.
Cambodian children are often prostituted in the sex tourism industry. [4] In a study by Willis, there were 5950 children involved in prostitution in Cambodia in 1999. [20] Young virgin girls are especially sought after, and some men have justified this by saying that it is the best way to avoid contracting AIDS. [4]
The fertility rate was 4.0 children in 2000. [10] Women in urban areas have 2.2 children on average, compared with 3.3 children per woman in rural areas. [10] Fertility is highest in Mondol Kiri and Rattanak Kiri Provinces, where women have an average of 4.5 children, and lowest in Phnom Penh where women have an average of 2.0 children. [10]
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy and multi-party state, [18] although the CPP dominates the political system. [19] Cambodia is a member of the United Nations, ASEAN, the RCEP, the East Asia Summit, the WTO, the Non-Aligned Movement, and La Francophonie, and is a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
At least 14 children were killed when an overloaded ferry that was carrying them home from school sank in Cambodia's Mekong river, authorities said on Friday. Rescue teams were searching for one ...
Due to poverty, children in Cambodia are forced to give up education to work and supplement the family's income; see Child labour in Cambodia. The cost of sending their children to school is very high in some families, making it almost impossible for the children to receive education. [22] Close to 20% of Cambodian children ages 5–9 are employed.
Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF) is a non-profit organisation, founded in 2004 by Scott Neeson to help children in Steung Meanchey, one of the poorest areas in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. Initially established to support 45 children in need, CCF now educates over 2,000 children.