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■ Due to cultural norms, she is also afraid of social punishment
■ She does not expect that the authorities would help her because she is poor
■ She has a disability due to domestic violence
■ She is dependent solely on her husbandûs income, and

■ She is mentally unstable and depressed, with extremely low confidence
and self-esteem.

Ms. Peung Yok Hiep, the Director of Legal Aid of Cambodia, commented that:

Anneûs story revealed the fact that even if there is a law regarding domestic violence,
they are not often applied due to several obstacles. It indicated that both legal as well as
community support are crucial in order for them to reach the court. Also, when they reach the
court, the court should be aware of the feelings of the victims and cooperate with other

authority bodies to help the victims. That is the way of ensuring equality.

➔ Group 2 : Su Mungûs story

Su Mung is 17 years old. She is from Burma. She is the oldest daughter in a poor family.
She came to Bangkok to earn money and support her family back home. She gets a job as
domestic worker in Bangkok. The following are the obstacles that she encounters as

a migrant worker:

■ She has to work from early morning to late night
■ She only gets paid half of what was promised
■ She does not have fee time
■ She is not provided health care; as her boss does not allow her to go
to hospital and she needs to pay for own medicine bought through the boss.
■ She is isolated
■ She wants to go back home but if she asks for help from police, the police

might persecute her
■ She wants education but can not afford it
■ Sometimes the boss demand massages from her. She thinks there are
possibility that she might be sexually harassed or raped
■ Even if they do not pay her salary, she can not make a claim because
there is no real contract

Ms. Jacqueline Pollock, the Director of Migrant Assistance Program Foundation, commented that: