mainly women speakers: most of the speakers are women women make up a majority: women are more than half the population in Cambodia denied: not allowed to have the same opportunities as men lag behind: literacy rates for men and women may both increase; but the rate for women remains lower than the rate for men On average: generally - in most cases poorly represented: there are very few women in the most highly respected and highly paid jobs trafficking of women: women are bought and sold as goods | 
