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Whilst violence against women in Cambodia is a difficult issue to accurately quantify, it is clear that it is a serious problem and there are an increasing number of reports of domestic violence, rape and trafficking. Although Cambodia is beginning to recognize the significance of these issues the extent of the government's willingness to educate the judiciary, the police and the public on these issues is still very limited.

Cambodia ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1992 and since then there has been insufficient action undertaken by the government to implement the principles contained in the convention. Most notably the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) passed the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the Protection of Victims in September 2005 and a draft Law on Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation is currently being reviewed by law-makers. However the RGC's progress in reducing/eliminating violence against women since 1992 has been slow and often inadequate.