Credit, land and survival work in rural Cambodia: Rethinking rural autonomy through a feminist lens

This article explores the trajectory of three rural, precarious Cambodian women as they deploy land a means undertaking survival work in Cambodia. Using gendered lens vis-à-vis concept autonomy, this rethinks distress sales and collateralized for microfinance borrowing forms everyday autonomy. By highlighting women's central role social reproductive labour to reproduce rural household, these acts sale debt-taking are understood ‘survival work’, that ensure day-to-day household form basis broader projects Although we remain ambivalent about long-term prospects resistance through credit-taking particular, ultimately highlight need greater attention variegated oppositional agency path autonomy understand life.