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Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Cambodia

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ECPAT International, 2006.

Social inequality, poor access to land, limited resources for families to meet the needs of their children, low-quality education, deficient social services and weakened institutions - problems exacerbated by 20 years of war – have contributed to the high vulnerability of Cambodian children to commercial sexual exploitation, which has become a means of survival for some children and their families.

Although the Draft Education Law states that nine years’ basic education in public schools is provided free of charge, primary level schooling is still not compulsory; and though the enrolment rate for primary education has increased in recent years, drop-out and repetitive rates are still high. This is due to several factors, including indirect costs of education, limited financial resources of families to support their children’s education, and poor quality of education. Low levels of education have made children more vulnerable to child labour and commercial sexual exploitation as they are often expected to contribute to the family income.

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ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Cambodia