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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Cambodia: enjoying China’s long shadow
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| Photograph by Brendan Brady |
By Brendan Brady
Macleans (Canada)
With per capita GDP well under a thousand dollars and a government dependent on foreign aid, Cambodia is among the poorest of the poor in Southeast Asia. But with workers in China, Thailand and Vietnam, demanding and obtaining heftier paychecks, Cambodians are getting a residual lift. Rising wages, labour unrest, as well as currency instability and political turmoil in some cases, elsewhere in the region’s traditional manufacturing centers are improving the prospects of Cambodia, an industrial minnow.
The country’s garment exports have soared in the past year, increasing by nearly 40 per cent, according to the government. Independent observers might put the figure lower, but they would agree with Ken Loo, the secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, when he points to rising wages and work stoppages in China as one of the main causes of Cambodia’s increased share of the market. It’s an important boost in a sector that has been Cambodia’s main engine of growth since the late 1990s, when the country stabilized after years of debilitating civil strife. The garment and footwear industry employs some 400,000 people in this country of just over 14 million (the Gap, H&M and Nike are among the major brands that have suppliers in Cambodia) and account for more than two-thirds of Cambodia’s exports.
Friday, November 26, 2010
CCU calls on factory to pay final salary to the family of factory workers who died in Koh Pich
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| Rong Chhun, CCU President |
By Meas Mony
Free Press Magazine Online
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
The Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), which regroups the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) and the Cambodia Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA), issued a request to garment factory owners to pay the final salary, as well as their additional supplementary income to the workers who died during the tragic accident in Koh Pich bridge on 22 Nov.
Rong Chhun, CCU President, indicated in his letter sent to Van Sou Ieng, the chairman of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) that the accident which took place on Koh Pich Island on 22 Nov led to more than 300 deaths and several hundreds injured. Among the victims were 28 factory workers who were members of WTUFKC, and 33 of them were also injured.
The CCU asked Van Sou Ieng to intervene so that administrators of factories where workers have died or injured could receive their last pay and that this money be handed to the victim’s families so that they can organize the funerals or pay for their medical care.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Rit Kor Kamakor Khmer - "Choking Khmer Workers": A Poem in Khmer by Srey Sra'em
Click on the poem to zoom inPoem in Khmer by Srey Sra'em
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Cambodia sees higher sex trafficking during crisis
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cambodia expects an increase in prostitution and human trafficking as the unemployment rate climbs during the economic downturn, the country's secretary of state said on Wednesday.
"More women and more girls will be entering the entertainment business and will also face issues on sexual exploitation," Chou Bun Eng, whose portfolio includes anti-trafficking, told reporters during a visit to Singapore.
Cambodia's economy could shrink 0.5 percent this year due to a slowdown in garment exports and a drop in the number of tourists, the International Monetary Fund said in March.
Chou said the economic crisis has forced many female factory workers to return home and look for "riskier jobs."
Chou said there were about 13 to 18 cases of human trafficking reported in Cambodia last year, but it was difficult to spot because many women were leaving of their own free will after being promised good jobs abroad.
"It's hard to identify the cases as they do not look at themselves as trafficked women," Chou said.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in February human trafficking for the sex trade or forced labor market appears to be getting worse because many countries are ignoring the globalized problem, but it gave no figures.
(Reporting by Laurence Tan; Editing by Neil Chatterjee and Paul Tait)
"More women and more girls will be entering the entertainment business and will also face issues on sexual exploitation," Chou Bun Eng, whose portfolio includes anti-trafficking, told reporters during a visit to Singapore.
Cambodia's economy could shrink 0.5 percent this year due to a slowdown in garment exports and a drop in the number of tourists, the International Monetary Fund said in March.
Chou said the economic crisis has forced many female factory workers to return home and look for "riskier jobs."
Chou said there were about 13 to 18 cases of human trafficking reported in Cambodia last year, but it was difficult to spot because many women were leaving of their own free will after being promised good jobs abroad.
"It's hard to identify the cases as they do not look at themselves as trafficked women," Chou said.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in February human trafficking for the sex trade or forced labor market appears to be getting worse because many countries are ignoring the globalized problem, but it gave no figures.
(Reporting by Laurence Tan; Editing by Neil Chatterjee and Paul Tait)
Friday, May 01, 2009
Marking World Labor Day in Phnom Penh
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Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold their national flags as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment factory workers hold banners while attending May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment factory workers hold banners while attending May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment factory workers stand under banners while attending May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment factory workers march on the street to mark May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold banners as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment workers hold their national flags as they march on the street to mark World Labor Day in Phnom Penh May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian garment factory workers hold banners while attending May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment factory workers hold banners while attending May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment factory workers stand under banners while attending May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian garment factory workers march on the street to mark May Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 1, 2009. Hundreds of Cambodian garment factory workers walk on the street in Phnom Penh to mark May Day celebrations, asking the government to enhance the minimum wage and their working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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