Women workers’ rights and decent work

Country

Cambodia

Project Description

Supporting three independent trade unions with large urban women memberships in food service, construction, and informal sectors to better advocate for gender equality and decent work. This includes providing them with a platform to engage with policy makers on their three key priority areas: access to social protections, occupational health and safety and combatting gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace.

Project Partners

Ministry of Women Affairs Cambodia, Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation in Cambodia (BWTUC), Cambodia Food and Services Workers Federation (CFSWF), Independent Democracy Employee Association (IDEA)

News from the field

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  Cambodian Women Workers Fight for Gender Equality

  Across Cambodia, women workers are taking the lead as they unite to fight for their rights and demand gender equality in the workplace.

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  Food and Service Workers Organising for Human Rights in Cambodia

  The Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation (CFSWF) organises workers to unionise and empowers them to improve working conditions, wages and OHS.

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  Strengthening gender equality and improving women workers’ rights in Cambodia

  Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA ran a successful fundraising appeal over May and June to support its project for working women in Cambodia. Thanks to the generous donations of our supporters, we raised $74,400

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  Women workers’ rights through Decent Work

  Last year unions conducted a gender and power analysis, exploring the ways that their own organisational structures might limit women’s participation within the union.

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  The Impact of COVID19 on Construction Workers in Cambodia

  COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on workers around the world. Unions in Cambodia have been responding to construction workers impacted by the crisis. BWTUC have created a video to bring us the voices of workers impacted by COVID-19.