Trapped: the Dark Side of Cambodia's Beer Gardens
Omar Havana
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Throughout Cambodia, thousands of women, most of them under the age of 25, work in beer gardens, karaoke bars and private parties promoting beer and other alcoholic beverages. Beer promoters, or “beer girls” as many Cambodians call them, are employed by the breweries themselves or by distributors and go from customer to customer, the..
