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Cambodia's Women Tuk-tuk Drivers Fighting Prejudice

Female tuk-tuk drivers ride past the Angkor Thom south gate at the Angkor complex in Siem Reap province (Credit: AFP)

Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists to the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

But on the road to becoming one of Cambodia's tiny number of female tuk-tuk drivers, the 37-year-old who goes by the nickname Sopy has to dodge not only other road users, but also a barrage of taunts, misogyny and prejudice.

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