Paper Summary:

This paper reviews and discusses how Cambodian children suffer under the rule of the Khmer Rouge. According to the paper, education in Cambodia still suffers from the bloody political regimes of almost 30 years ago, and while education falters, tens of thousands of children are imprisoned in the Cambodian sex slave industry and working as child laborers.

Outline:
Introduction / Hypothesis
Review of Literature
Murdering of Cambodian Teachers
Cambodian Children's Propaganda Song
Child Prostitution / Sex Slavery & Child Labor
Methods, Research Design & Analyses
Results, Discussion, Implications

From the Paper:

"According to the U.S. Department of Labor report, "Incidence and Nature of Child Labor," published August 23, 2006, 44.8 percent of Cambodian children ages 5 to 14 years old were working in 2001 (notwithstanding the labor law sets the minimum age for employment at 15). The jobs held by children included agriculture (the "majority" of children work in the fields), "hazardous conditions on commercial rubber plantations, in salt production," in the fishing industry and in garbage collection. Not only are Cambodian children put into slavery for sexual services, the Labor report asserts that Cambodian children "are trafficked to Thailand and Malaysia" for sexual commercial exploitation or "bonded labor."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ayers, David M. (1999). The Khmer rouge and education: beyond the discourse of Destruction. History of Education, 28(2), 205-218.
• Ayers, David M. (2000). Tradition, Modernity, and the Development of Education in Cambodia. Comparative Education Review, 44(4), 440-463.
• Derks, Annuska; Henke, Roger; & Vanna, Ly. (2006). Review of a Decade of Research On Trafficking in Persons, Cambodia. The Asia Foundation / Center for Advanced Study / U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
• McNamara, Vincent. (2001). Education and the Politics of Language: Hegemony and Pragmatism in Cambodia 1979-1989. Comparative Education, 37(3), 385-389.
• Reimer, J. K. (2006). "At what price, honour?" Research into domestic trafficking of Vietnamese (girl) children for sexual exploitation, from urban slums in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Chab Dai Coalition.

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