SOUTHEAST ASIANS: CAMBODIANS

According to the US Census 2000 there are 206,052 multi-race, multi-ethnic and single-race Cambodians, of which 171,937 are single-race.

FACTS & STATISTICS

• In a study conducted by the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence:
• 44-47% of Cambodians interviewed said they knew a woman who experienced domestic violence.
• Cambodian participants of a focus group felt that "surviving the genocide in their native country has left people more vulnerable to stress and depression, which may contribute to domestic violence" in their community.
• 69% of the overall respondents and 70% of Cambodian respondents reported being hit regularly as children.

Yoshioka MR, Dang Q. Asian Family Violence Report: A Study of the Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese Communities in Massachusetts. Boston: Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Inc.; 2000.

Household Survey on Domestic Violence in Cambodia.  To obtain a summary of the findings, contact the API Institute, apidvinstitute@apiahf.org

TRANSLATED MATERIALS: CAMBODIAN / KHMER

MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCES

Break the Silence
A video for young Asian women about sexual assault in Vietnamese, Chinese, Cambodian (English version not available). By the Interpersonal Violence in Asian American Communities Task Force and Women Organized Against Rape, Philadelphia. To borrow, contact the API Institute apidvinstitute@apiahf.org

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