page_title: Women in Cambodia
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Women in Cambodia / Religion
caption_attribution_description: Female Buddhist lay rununciant at en:Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia (January 2005). Photo by Peter Rimar. Featured Photo of the Week: Portal: Cambodia - March 5, 2007
context_page_description: Women in Cambodia are traditionally expected to be modest, soft-spoken, "light" walkers, well-mannered, industrious, belong to the household, act as the family's caregivers and caretakers and financial administrators, perform as the "preserver of the home", maintain virginity until marriage, become faithful wives, and act as advisors and servants to their husbands. The "light" walking and refinement of Cambodian women is further described as being "quiet in […] movements that one cannot hear the sound of their silk skirt rustling". As financial administrators, the women of Cambodia can be identified as having household authority at the familial level.
  In recent years, women have become more active in the traditionally male-dominated spheres of work and politics in Cambodia.
context_section_description: Cambodian women are generally active in worshipping at Buddhist temples and participating in religious ceremonies, particularly during the thngai sil (English: "holy days").  Some women not only participate as worshippers, but become Buddhist nuns (yeay chi) themselves, especially the widowed and the elderly.
caption: A Buddhist nun in Cambodia.
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