Theary Pov, 15, holds her daughter, 1 year old, as a picture of her and her husband on their wedding day hangs on the wall, inside her family's house in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Theary has been married to her husband for two years. She's three month's pregnant with her second child and lives with her parents and her husband. She was 13 and her husband was 20 when they married. Until Theary is 16 years old they can't legally get married but they already had a wedding ceremony. She learned about abortion from the hospital and also knows about contraception but hear that both have given girl's health problems. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Theary Pov, 15, holds her daughter, 1 year old, as she works in her family's shop in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Theary has been married to her husband for two years. She's three month's pregnant with her second child and lives with her parents and her husband. She was 13 and her husband was 20 when they married. Until Theary is 16 years old they can't legally get married but they already had a wedding ceremony. She learned about abortion from the hospital and also knows about contraception but hear that both have given girl's health problems. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Theary Pov, 15, center, sits with her mother, left, and her husband, right, as he hold their daughter, 1 year old, as a picture of her and her husband on their wedding day hangs on the wall, inside her family's house in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Theary has been married to her husband for two years. She's three month's pregnant with her second child and lives with her parents and her husband. She was 13 and her husband was 20 when they married. Until Theary is 16 years old they can't legally get married but they already had a wedding ceremony. She learned about abortion from the hospital and also knows about contraception but hear that both have given girl's health problems. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Theary Pov, 15, center, gets ice cream for her family at a twice a year festival near her family's house in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Public festivals are rare in rural areas, and are one of only a few events that allow teenagers to socialize and meet people outside of their family's house. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for girls to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media. Theary has been married to her husband for two years. She's three month's pregnant with her second child and lives with her parents and her husband. She was 13 and her husband was 20 when they married. Until Theary is 16 years old they can't legally get married but they already had a wedding ceremony. She learned about abortion from the hospital and also knows about contraception but hear that both have given girl's health problems. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Theary Pov, 15, center, hands her daughter, 1, off to her husband, left, at a festival held near her family's house in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Public festivals are rare in rural areas, and are one of only a few events that allow teenagers to socialize and meet people outside of their family's house. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for girls to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media. Theary has been married to her husband for two years. She's three month's pregnant with her second child and lives with her parents and her husband. She was 13 and her husband was 20 when they married. Until Theary is 16 years old they can't legally get married but they already had a wedding ceremony. She learned about abortion from the hospital and also knows about contraception but hear that both have given girl's health problems. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Theary Pov, 15, center, holds her daughter as she watches her husband, age 22, play carnival games at a twice a year festival near her family's house in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Public festivals are rare in rural areas, and are one of only a few events that allow teenagers to socialize and meet people outside of their family's home. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. Theary is three month's pregnant with her second child and lives with her parents and her husband. She was 13 and her husband was 20 when they married. Until Theary is 16 years old they can't legally get married but they already had a wedding ceremony. She learned about abortion from the hospital and also knows about contraception but hear that both have given girl's health problems. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian young adults dance at a twice a year party with amusement park rides in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Public festivals are rare in rural areas, and are one of only a few events that allow teenagers to socialize and meet people outside of their family's house. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian young adults watch others dance at a twice a year party with amusement park rides in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Public festivals are rare in rural areas, and are one of only a few events that allow teenagers to socialize and meet people outside of their family's house. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian attend a twice a year festival in the Chamroreun village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 23, 2017. Public festivals are rare in rural areas, and are one of only a few events that allow teenagers to socialize and meet people outside of their family's house. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Lam Sreypov, 17, center right, sits with other young mothers as they talk during an interview, at a public space in her town, in the Srey Sornos village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 24, 2017. Lam met her husband when she was 15 and he was 18. She was married at 16, and got pregnant very quickly. Her husband has now been around less and less, and Lam's father thinks he isn't taking care of his family. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Lam Sreypov, 17, right, stands outside a public meeting house after an interview, in the Srey Sornos village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 24, 2017. Lam met her husband when she was 15 and he was 18. She was married at 16, and got pregnant very quickly. He husband has now been around less and less, and Lam's father thinks he isn't taking care of his family. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Lam Sreypov, 17, right, makes breakfast as her father En Lon, center, holds his grandchild inside her family's shack in the Srey Sornos village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 25, 2017. Lam met her husband when she was 15 and he was 18. She was married at 16, and got pregnant very quickly. He husband has now been around less and less, and Lam's father thinks he isn't taking care of his family. TCambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Lam Sreypov, 17, cleans dishes inside her family's shack in the Srey Sornos village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 25, 2017. Lam met her husband when she was 15 and he was 18. She was married at 16, and got pregnant very quickly. He husband has now been around less and less, and Lam's father thinks he isn't taking care of his family. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Lam Sreypov, 17, left, cleans her son inside her family's shack in the Srey Sornos village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 24, 2017. Lam met her husband when she was 15 and he was 18. She was married at 16, and got pregnant very quickly. He husband has now been around less and less, and Lam's father thinks he isn't taking care of his family. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Lam Sreypov, 17, right, makes breakfast as her father En Lon, center, holds his grandchild inside her family's shack in the Srey Sornos village, Sangkum Them District, northern Cambodia, July 25, 2017. Lam met her husband when she was 15 and he was 18. She was married at 16, and got pregnant very quickly. He husband has now been around less and less, and Lam's father thinks he isn't taking care of his family. TCambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Pat Sophy, 17, who is seven months pregnant lays on a bed while she waits to examined by a midwife at a women's clinic in Siem Pang, northern Cambodia, July 26, 2017. Pat and her husband Thom, age 20, are part of an indigenous population in the country that tend to have a lot more children. They married when Pat was 16 and they came to know each other through a party in the village, after which they started messaging on the phone. She has no plans to use contraception and doesn't know anything about abortion. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Pat Sophy, 17, who is seven months pregnant is examined by a midwife at a women's clinic in Siem Pang, northern Cambodia, July 26, 2017. Pat and her husband Thom, age 20, are part of an indigenous population in the country that tend to have a lot more children. They married when Pat was 16 and they came to know each other through a party in the village, after which they started messaging on the phone. She has no plans to use contraception and doesn't know anything about abortion. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Pat Sophy, 17, left, who is seven months pregnant, holds her youngest sister as poses for a picture with her husband Thom Kham, 20, outside their family's home in a small village in Siem Pang, northern Cambodia, July 26, 2017. Pat and her husband Thom, age 20, are part of an indigenous population in the country that tend to have a lot more children. They married when Pat was 16 and they came to know each other through a party in the village, after which they started messaging on the phone. She has no plans to use contraception and doesn't know anything about abortion. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Pat Sophy, 17, center, who is seven months pregnant, holds her youngest sister as her husband Thom Kham, left, age 20, and his younger brother stand outside the family's home in a small village in Siem Pang, northern Cambodia, July 26, 2017. Pat and her husband Thom, age 20, are part of an indigenous population in the country that tend to have a lot more children. They married when Pat was 16 and they came to know each other through a party in the village, after which they started messaging on the phone. She has no plans to use contraception and doesn't know anything about abortion. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Women plant rice, in Takeo, Cambodia, August 3, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Girls and boys attend class, at a school in Takeo, Cambodia, August 3, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. Teenagers tend to get to know each other using cell phones, text messages and social media, and through the occasional town festival. According to a report by Save the Children the rate of teenage pregnancies in Cambodia has increased by 50% in the past four years. Although this increase parallels a rise in child marriages, surprisingly, the spouses are of more or less the same age, and the families and the couples say they are love marriages. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Midwife students hangout on the boardwalk, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 27, 2017. All of these students, who are in their first year of midwifery school didn't know that abortion was legal except in special cases. None of them had boyfriends at the moment, but some had in the past. One had broken up with a boy because he cheated on her, and another because she 'needed to be free'. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
People drive their motorcycles on the boardwalk, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 27, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
People hangout on the boardwalk, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 27, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Girls play video games at a mall, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 28, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Girls play video games at a mall, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 28, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Girls hang out with their friends at a mall, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 28, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Boys play soccer at a park, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 28, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
A Cambodian girl who skateboards makes a sign as she skateboards at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with her best friend Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Mongkul Rattanak, 18, center, skateboards with her friends, at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with her best friend Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Mongkul Rattanak, 18, left, hangs out with her best friend Esther, 20, as she takes a break from skateboarding with her friends, at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian youth practice skateboarding moves at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with her best friend Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian girls practice skateboarding moves at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with her best friend Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian youth fool around as they skateboard at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with her best friend Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Mongkul Rattanak, 18, right, hangs out with her best friend Esther, 20, as she takes a break from skateboarding with her friends, at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Mongkul Rattanak, 18, right, orders spicy noodles at a local restaurant with her best friend Esther, 20, center, as she takes a break from skateboarding with her friends, at a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Here in the capital, the lifestyle of teenage girls is radically different from that of their rural counterparts up north. Although still very conservative, with girls subject to strict curfews, they can still spend their free time with friends prowling through malls, eating out, or skateboarding, like Mongkul. Mongkul, is one of the first female skateboarders in Cambodia. When she is not skateboarding, she studies in the hope of becoming a lawyer or hangs out with Esther, who is a self-proclaimed poser and Korean spicy noodle fanatic.(Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Virakthinda Ranvorng, left, hangs out in her room with her sister Virakmolika, 12, as they pose for a picture, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 2, 2017. Virakthinda is a very serious student who only has time to hang out with her friends twice a month, and wants to be a business woman before she starts a family. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Virakthinda Ranvorng, center, hangs out in her room with her sister Virakmolika, 12, right, as their little brother Viraksak, 9, looks in through a window, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 2, 2017. Virakthinda is a very serious student who only has time to hang out with her friends twice a month, and wants to be a business woman before she starts a family. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian youth bowl at a mall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or bowling. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian youth bowl at a mall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or bowling. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
A girl looks for a party dress at a mall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or skateboarding. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Cambodian youth text as they hang out outside a bowling alley at a mall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 29, 2017. Cambodia has a very traditional culture, which makes it hard for young women to meet friends or boys outside the home, particularly in rural areas. But in the cities, urban teenage life is radically different from that of their country counterparts. Although still very conservative, and city girls are subject to strict curfews, they also can spend their free time with friends prowling through malls and sitting on boardwalks, eating out, or bowling. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
