Ensure rights and dignity of sex workers in Cambodia

Project

Status: Current
Focus Area: Worker's Rights
Categories: Sex workers, Union organising, workers rights

Country

Project Description

Support to the Association to Support Vulnerable Women (ASWV) a representative, independent and worker-led organisation of sex and entertainment workers, advocating for the protection of their recognition as workers, their rights and social inclusion.

Project Partners

Association to Support Vulnerable Women (ASWV)

News from the field

Cambodia: Sex workers are determined to grow their power

In the heart of Phnom Penh, a powerful workers' movement is growing driven by resilience, solidarity, and a commitment to justice. The Association to Support Vulnerable Women (ASVW), known locally as the Cambodian Prostitute’s Union (CPU), is leading the charge in advocating for the rights of sex and entertainment workers.
Fighting institutional discrimination against sex workers in Cambodia

Established in 1998, the Cambodian Prostitutes Union (CPU) has been fighting to stamp out HIV and to end the discrimination and stigma against sex workers in Cambodia.
APHEDA People: meet Dyna (Cambodian Prostitutes Union – CPU)

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all. This month we meet Dyna, team leader at the Cambodian Prostitutes Union (CPU).
Sex Workers Campaigning to End Violence at Work

In Cambodia, sex workers are working together to achieve safety at work. The women of the Cambodian Prostitutes’ Union (CPU) are confronting violence at work and discrimination in their communities by building their collective power as a union.
Sex workers gather in Cambodia to oppose violence and discrimination

Red Umbrella Day is an international day to campaign for safe working conditions for sex workers, and to remember those who have died from violence.
Twenty-five years supporting the rights and dignity of sex workers in Cambodia

The Cambodian Prostitute's Union was set up by sex workers to help promote and protect their rights as workers, provide information about preventing HIV/AIDS, and help their members access social, health and legal services.
Working for Rights and Dignity of Sex Workers in Cambodia

Cambodian Prostitutes Union (CPU) is a successful actor in the country's response to HIV and defender of the rights of vulnerable women workers.