In today’s world education for both male and female sex is very essential. But most importantly to fight with odds in the society, girls should educate themselves. The poverty and sexual exploitation can be stopped by giving proper education the female folk of the society. In Cambodia many instances are there where we can see that the girls are prohibited to attend school and achieve proper education.
As for example I can mention one girl’s story. Seng Srey Mach was fifteen years old who had to drop out of school for two years. At that time she had to work in the fields and the reason was her mother was ill and too weak to work. While in school Seng Srey Mach always stood first and for her not going to school was like a curse. She even used to cry at times after seeing her friends going to school.
Seng Srey lives with her mother in Prey Veng Province in Cambodia. That’s a poverty-stricken area and people are always worried about their livelihood. But some years back OPTIONS, i.e. a programme run by the United States Department of Labour and World Education with financial support from UNICEF has been started in the area. This organization gave scholarship to Seng Srey after which she started attending her classes at Dey Thoy School in Bung Preah Commune.
An OPTIONS scholarship is a good opportunity for the girl students in that area. After getting this scholarship girl are at least risks of dropping out in schools. They can continue their studies in primary and lower secondary school. In Prey Veng many families are forced to transmigrate to escape the affect of persistent drought and floods. The OPTIONS scholarships also help and protect girls from being sexually exploited.
In Cambodia thirty per cent of sex workers are under 18 years of age. The negative points are minimum educational qualification and lack of vocational skills. Option is really trying hard to overcome both.
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