73.5% of women are employed in Cambodia, mostly in agriculture where they are more than half the labor force. They also make up 90% of the workers in the garment industry, a small part of the economy. 82% of employed women are illiterate or have less than a primary education.

The nutritional situation for women is the worst in Southeast Asia, and 41% of pregnant women are underweight and perhaps anemic.

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