Episode 20 - Gender-based Violence

About this episode

Ben Beck interviews Chhour Kim about life in Cambodia, gender-based violence in Southeast Asia, and cultural comparisons with the United States.

Podcast producer Ben Beck interviews Cambodian citizen and student, Chhour Kim. Chhour shares the best and worst parts of living in Cambodia. He compares life in the United States with life abroad. Later, they discuss some of the reasons why gender-based violence still exists in Southeast Asia, as well as how to address it effectively. Finally, Ben invites Chhour to share his favorite feature of his home country.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Beck

Guest: Chhour Kim

Topics covered

• gender-based violence
• Cambodia
• cultural comparison
• Southeast Asia
• student experiences

Keywords

• gender-based violence
• Cambodia
• Chhour Kim
• Ben Beck
• Southeast Asia
• cultural comparison
• student experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Cambodia, United States, Southeast Asia

More episodes of Inside The Cambodia Project

• Episode 29 - The Building Up of Zion International School of Phnom Penh (Part 2) · January 13, 2026 · 32 min
• Episode 28 - The Building Up of Zion International School of Phnom Penh (Part 1) · January 6, 2026 · 32 min
• Episode 27 - A Story of Humble Learning and Optimism · December 26, 2025 · 42 min
• Episode 26 - Ethnographic Research (Part 2) · October 14, 2025 · 40 min
• Episode 25 - Ethnographic Research (Part 1) · September 30, 2025 · 27 min
• Episode 24 - Hope of Cambodia · May 20, 2025 · 53 min