Cambodian Women
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content | sioc:content | Women in Cambodia experienced horrific violence under the Khmer Rouge.The Khmer Rouge imposed strict laws that separated men, women, and children. Their goal was to indoctrinate children into believing they no longer were a part of the family unit and the Angkar—the top level of the Khmer Rouge—was their parent. They did this by banning relationships, forcing marriages (they were only allowed for the sole purpose of reproduction), and taking away children to be raised the government.Kim Khem is a woman who shared her story in great detail with the Cambodian Woman's Oral History Project. Here, she speaks about how these policies impacted her life. In addition to enduring these traumatizing policies, women suffered sexual violence from the government officers. Those in charge of the women at the labor camps and in the prisons regularly raped them. This is largely under-reported and ignored in the proceedings seeking justice against the Khmer Rouge today. The social stigma around rape is so strong that women are still shamed and blamed for getting raped when they were prisoners of the Khmer Rouge. Watch the following clip to hear from one woman who was attacked and raped by Khmer Rouge soldiers. Forced pregnancy is another form of trauma that women under the Khmer Rouge endured. Women were forced to have sex with their assigned husbands with the goal of pregnancy. When pregnant, women lived in terrible conditions, and medical complications occurred in both mothers and their children. Psychological wounds deeply affected these women as well. Being raped, having an unwanted child, being separated from your children, or not having the means to sustain your children gave women mental anguish. The Mapping Memories of Cambodia project spoke to many women about their experiences. In the following video, Meng tells them her story of getting married and becoming pregnant. Maria Lobato wrote a report on the unique effects of forced pregnancy and the importance of acknowledging them. In "Forced Pregnancy During the Khmer Rouge Regime: Acknowledging forced pregnancy as a distinct crime in the ECCC proceedings", Lobato shares the struggle of one pregnant women in a labor camp: It was about three or four months into my pregnancy, I was ordered to collect cow dung to use as fertilizers in the rice fields. And they would weigh the cow dung that I collected and if there was not enough, then I would be criticized. And, due to morning sickness, I could not eat well. I became very emaciated and I was criticized very often during the meetings that I was actually pretending to be sick. And I was forced to carry dirt again. And I couldn't eat soup. I only ate rice with some pieces of salt. ... I would be scolded by the unit's chef that I was psychologically sick. Cambodia TodayThe Cambodian government does not make it easy for any of its citizens' lives to improve. This includes women. Under the current government, women struggle with poverty, gender-based violence, education inequities, the separation of families, and the prevalence of rape. Without free elections, it is hard for change to occur.Gang rape (known as Bauk) is commonplace and normalized. In the Al Jazeera Documentary "It's a Man's World: Rape in Cambodia", they share some disturbing statistics including:
Many Cambodians fled the Khmer Rouge and got resettled in America. Now, these same refugees or their children are getting deported back to Cambodia. Even if the person came to the United States as a baby, cannot speak Cambodian, has American children, has no family or connections in Cambodia, and already served their jail time, they can still be deported. Some of the offenses people have been deported for include: possession of marijuana and breaking 3 windows in a bar. When these people—mainly men—are deported, they leave behind families who relied on them. Many women end up suffering because they are forced to raise a family on their own or are unable to function because of grief and anger. |
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