I come to beg in the city because... A study on women begging in Phnom Penh Womyn’s Agenda for Change I come to beg in the city because … March, 2002 Phnom Penh-Cambodia Womyn’s Agenda for Change Cambodia-2002 0 I come to beg in the city because... A study on women begging in Phnom Penh TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................................................1 FORWARD.................................................................................................................................... 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ 4 ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................. 4 PART ONE: RESEARCH DESCRIPTION ............................................................................... 5 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 5 2. OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH ................................................................................................ 6 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 6 4. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE RESEARCH ............................................................... 6 5. RESEARCH LOCATION ............................................................................................................. 7 PART TWO: THE REAL LIFE OF BEGGARS ....................................................................... 9 CASE STUDY 1 ............................................................................................................................. 9 CASE STUDY 2 ........................................................................................................................... 10 CASE STUDY 3 ........................................................................................................................... 11 CASE STUDY 4 ........................................................................................................................... 12 CASE STUDY 5 ........................................................................................................................... 13 CASE STUDY 6 ........................................................................................................................... 14 CASE STUDY 7 ........................................................................................................................... 15 CASE STUDY 8 ........................................................................................................................... 16 CASE STUDY 9 ........................................................................................................................... 17 CASE STUDY 10 ......................................................................................................................... 18 CASE STUDY 11 ......................................................................................................................... 19 CASE STUDY 12 ......................................................................................................................... 20 CASE STUDY13.......................................................................................................................... 21 CASE STUDY 14.......................................................................................................................... 22 CASE STUDY 15 ......................................................................................................................... 23 CASE STUDY 16 ......................................................................................................................... 25 CASE STUDY 17 ......................................................................................................................... 26 CASE STUDY 18 ......................................................................................................................... 27 CASE STUDY 19 ......................................................................................................................... 29 CASE STUDY 20 ......................................................................................................................... 31 CASE STUDY 21 ......................................................................................................................... 33 CASE STUDY 22 ......................................................................................................................... 34 CASE STUDY 23 ......................................................................................................................... 35 CASE STUDY 24 ......................................................................................................................... 37 CASE STUDY 25 ......................................................................................................................... 38 CASE STUDY26.......................................................................................................................... 39 CASE STUDY 27 ......................................................................................................................... 40 CASE STUDY 28 ......................................................................................................................... 41 CASE STUDY 29 ......................................................................................................................... 43 CASE STUDY 30 ......................................................................................................................... 44 Womyn’s Agenda for Change Cambodia-2002 1 I come to beg in the city because... A study on women begging in Phnom Penh PART THREE: THE ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 45 1- PLACES WHERE WOMAN BEGGARS COME FROM.................................................................... 45 Table 1- Name of provinces, districts, communes, and villages............................................ 45 2- AGE OF WOMAN BEGGARS..................................................................................................... 47 Table 2-Age of the interviewee.............................................................................................. 48 3- MARITAL STATUS AND FAMILY SITUATION........................................................................... 49 Table 3.1 -Marital status of woman beggars......................................................................... 49 Table 3.2- If you married, do you have problems in your family? ........................................ 51 Table 3.3 -If yes, what problems do you have? ..................................................................... 51 Table 3.4 -Problems faced by widow beggars....................................................................... 52 4- OTHER JOBS AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS ................................................................................ 53 Table 4 -Besides farming, are there any other ...................................................................... 53 jobs you can do?.................................................................................................................... 53 5- THE SITUATION OF FARMLAND.............................................................................................. 54 Table 5.1- Do you have land now?........................................................................................ 54 Table 5.2 -Have you ever sold your farmland?..................................................................... 54 6- POWER RELATIONSHIP........................................................................................................... 54 Table 6-Whose decision was made to sell the land? ............................................................. 54 7- DEBT...................................................................................................................................... 56 Table 7.1 -Have you been in debt before coming to PHN?................................................... 56 Table 7.2-What is the interest rate in %?.............................................................................. 57 8- PROBLEMS ENCOUNTER BY BEGGARS WHEN LIVING IN PHNOM PENH.................................. 58 Table 8-What problems do you face when living in PHN? ................................................... 58 9- INCOME AND EXPENSES......................................................................................................... 59 Table 9.1-How much money can you earn from begging/day-in Riel? ................................. 59 Table 9.2 -How much money do you spend for food/day ...................................................... 59 10- CHILDREN SITUATION.......................................................................................................... 60 Table 10.1 -Did you take the children with you? .................................................................. 60 Table 10.2 -How many daughters did you take with? ........................................................... 60 Table 10.3 - How many sons did you take with?................................................................... 60 CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................