2/3rds of the women in Cambodia are under 25 years old. Somewhere near 20% of young women are illiterate compared to 15% of men.
In 2008, the ratio of girls to boys in upper secondary school was 75% and only 50% in tertiary education.
Despite progress having been made in recent years to improve girls’ access to education, there is still a gender-based inequality, particularly in rural areas.
In 2005/2006, 12.1 percent of girls dropped out of primary school, which was down to 8.7 percent in 2011/2012, according to data from the national Educational Management Information System.
“The cultural concept is still that girls and women stay at home. So the girls are kept at home to help their family and do housework rather than sending them to school or university,”
(Source: https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/unicef-says-girls-access-to-education-limited-44937/)