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Adelais B., Laos: "Cambodia is a poor country. This means that most houses, especially in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, have no toilets, so women and young girls have to relieve themselves roadside. Cambodians are very polite by nature. They always look the other way. But there are now more and more Western men walking around in the outer parts of Phnom Penh. And usually they wear sunglasses so nobody knows what they are looking at. There are now two urgent measures to be undertaken to stop this intrusion into the privacy of young girls (which actually is a form of rape). First, the sale of sunglasses to Western men must be prohibited (except if they have a medical prescription). Second, the international community urgently must provide funds so that secure toilets can be build for girls and young women throughout Cambodia."
Kambodscha ist ein armes Land. Dies bedeutet, dass die meisten Häuser, vor allem in der Umgebung von Phnom Penh, haben keine Toiletten, so dass Frauen und junge Mädchen haben sich am Straßenrand zu entlasten. Kambodschaner sind sehr höflich von der Natur. Sie suchen immer die andere Richtung. Aber es gibt jetzt mehr und mehr westliche Männer herumlaufen in den äußeren Teilen von Phnom Penh. Und in der Regel tragen sie Sonnenbrillen, damit niemand weiß, was sie suchen auf. Es gibt nun zwei dringende Maßnahmen ergriffen werden, um diesen Eingriff in die Privatsphäre der jungen Mädchen zu stoppen (was ist eigentlich eine Form von Vergewaltigung). Erstens, den Verkauf von Sonnenbrillen bis hin zu westlichen Menschen muss verboten werden (außer, wenn sie eine ärztliche Verschreibung). Zweitens hat die internationale Gemeinschaft dringend mehr Mittel zur Verfügung, so dass sichere Toiletten für Mädchen und junge Frauen in Kambodscha werden zu bauen.
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Population
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According
to Asiaweek's issue of December 1, 1995, the population of Laos,
at that time, counted about 4.8 Million, which in terms of population
makes Laos the third smallest country in Southeast Asia
(after Brunei with 300,000 and Singapore with 3.1 Million).
About half
of the country's population are Laotians, a people ethnically
closely related to the Thais. The languages Thai and Laotian are
also very similar.
Roughly one
quarter of the population, mostly to the South, ethnically belongs,
like the Cambodians, to the Mon-Khmer group, about 15 %
are Thais, and various hill tribes make up another 10 %
of the population.
Laos is one
of the very few countries in Southeast Asia without significant
ethnic tensions. The long-time leader of the communist movement
in Laos, former Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihan, was born
of a Vietnamese and a Laotian parent.
The citizens
of the country have a reputation for being
extremely peaceful
and friendly - even though Laos had been caught up in the Vietnam
war and in a civil war lasting for years.
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Photo: Laotian Family
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http://www.asiatour.com/laos/e-01land/el-lan13.htm
Jan Garanoz
869/116 Thanon Pemavipat,
Chiang Rai, 57000 Thailand
Last updated: February 17, 2010