A lack of legal protections, insufficient commitment from the Malaysian government and an overworked, understaffed embassy are among the major obstacles to lifting the maid ban, according to an internal government report obtained yesterday. Penned by the Ministry of interior, the 12-page brief details a ...

About 80 workers from a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district – which supplies women’s underwear to U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart – protested yesterday, demanding that the factory owner settle their severance payments, workers and union representatives said. Workers at the Kingsland Garment Cambodia factory ...

Busy juggling jobs, children, and housework, Cambodian women do not have the time, or platforms, to discuss bigger women-related issues like abuse, migration and forced eviction. And that is why a new initiative, called “Gender Cafe,” aims to change that by giving local women a ...

Malaysian authorities have freed 105 mostly Indonesian maids who were forced to work without pay by day and held agaInst their will at night, local media reported on Monday. The women were freed Saturday In a raid on a buildIng near the capital Kuala Lumpur where ...

Four hundred Cambodian women could be sent to Singapore  as soon as the middle of this year to work as maids  under a pilot scheme by the governments of Cambodia and Singapore. The Post has obtained an internal circular the Singapore Ministry of Manpower sent to ...

Meas Bopha, 47, sits in an outdoor pagoda over a lotus-filled pond on her property in Kampong Speu, home to 10 of her 12 children, and wipes back tears as she talks about her missing teenage daughter, Bophea, who vanished one morning last week. Bophea ...

Free Trade Union of Workers President Chea Mony has announced plans to protest the dropping of charges against former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith. The former governor was accused of seriously injuring three women when he opened fire on striking workers in Bavet in February. ...

Unionists yesterday said they would urge international organisations and buyers to pressure the government to re-charge and arrest the former Bavet town governor accused of shooting three garment workers and to release two men imprisoned for the murder of unionist Chea Vichea. in December, charges ...

The Appeal Court has set a hearing date in a case against former Bavet town Governor Chhouk Bandith, who stands accused of shooting three protesting garment workers last year. in December, the Svay Rieng Provincial Court dropped charges against the official, only to see the case ...

The Cambodian government has denied any agreement was signed to send women to Qatar to work as domestic workers, an official from the Labour Ministry said this week. The denial comes after a report late last month by Qatari newspaper Gulf Times – which said an ...

The Ocean Garment manager facing a slew of sexual harassment charges has lashed out at the union representing the 2,500 workers on strike over the past two weeks, claiming its delegates provoked the strike after management cracked down on absent workers and overtime requests. in a ...

Ocean Garment yesterday refused to meet the sole demand of thousands of striking workers to have their manager, accused of sexual harassment, sacked. An inter-governmental ministerial committee met with union and employer representatives, but Bangladeshi-owned Ocean Garment – which supplies retail titan Gap – refused to ...

A maid who fled her employer after an attempted rape and was then thrown in a detention centre just two days after she gave birth was one of 26 distressed men and women who make up the latest repatriated abuse victims from Malaysia. Detained for as ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​នេះ​ក្រសួង​ការងារ​បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​មួយ​ស្នើ​សុំ​ដល់​កម្មករ​រោងចក្រ​ទាំងអស់​រក្សា​ភាព​ស្ងប់ស្ងាត់​ និង​ជឿ​ទុកចិត្ត​ថា​អត្ថប្រយោជន៍​ទាំងអស់​ពួក​គេ​មាន​សិទ្ធិ​ស្របច្បាប់​ នឹង​ត្រូវ​បាន​ផ្តល់​ក្នុង​ទៅ​តាម​ពេល​កំណត់​។​​ ...

កាលពី​ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ​នេះ​ នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ បាន​ថ្លែងស​ន្ទ​រក​ថា​ចំពោះ​មុខ​មេដឹកនាំ​ពិភពលោក​ នៅ​ឯ​អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ​ ដោយ​ផ្តល់​ជា​រូបមន្ត​របស់​លោក​ សម្រាប់​បញ្ចប់​គម្លាត​យែ​ន​ឌ័​រ​។​​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​នេះ​ មេដឹកនាំ​ពិភពលោក​ បាន​អនុម័ត​គោលដៅ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ថ្មី ...

កិច្ចប្រជុំក្រុមការងារបច្ចេកទេសត្រីភាគីលើប្រាក់ឈ្នួលអប្បបរមាផ្នែកវាយនភណ្ឌកាត់ដេរនិងផលិតស្បែកជើងសម្រាប់ឆ្នាំ២០១៧បានចាប់ផ្តើមជាលើកដំបូងកាលពីសុក្រសបា្តហ៍មុននេះដោយក្នុងនោះខាងភាគីរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានដាក់តួលេខមួយផងដែរសម្រាប់ភាគីទាំងពីរធ្វើការពិចារណាប៉ុន្តែមិនទាន់មានលទ្ធផលណាមួយនៅឡើយទេ។ ...

​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​តាម​រយៈ​រដ្ឋសភា​ បាន​ដាក់​ផែនការ​សកម្មភាព​កាត់​បន្ថយ​អត្រា​មរណភាព​មាតា​ និង​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​លើ​ស្ត្រី​និង​ក្មេង​ស្រី​ ឱ្យ​ទាប​បំផុត​ត្រឹម​ឆ្នាំ​២០៣០​ ដើម្បី​លើកកម្ពស់​លិ​ទ្ធិ​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ សិទ្ធិ​ស្ត្រី​ សុខមាលភាព​ស្ត្រី​ និង​ប្រឆាំង​រាល់​ទម្រង់​នៃ​អំពើ​ហិង្សា ...

The Free Trade Union (FTU) yesterday filed a complaint with Labor Minister Vong Sauth on behalf of nearly 4,000 garment workers in Kompong Chhnang province against Chinese-owned M&V international Manufacturing Ltd, alleging that they had been forced to work on international Women’s Day, which is ...

កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ បាន​បង្ហាញ​អំពី​តម្រូវការ​របស់​កម្មករ​ចិន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា​ដោយ​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា​ កម្មករ​ក្នុងស្រុក​នៅ​ខ្វះ​ជំនាញ​។​ លោក​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ក្នុង​ដំណើរ​ទស្សនកិច្ច​ត្រួតពិនិត្យ​នៅ​ពហុ​កីឡដ្ឋាន​ជាតិ​មរតក​តេ​ជោ​បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា ...

សាលាដំបូងខេត្តរតនគិរីកាលពីម្សិលមិញនៅតែកំពុងបន្តធ្វើការសាកសួរជនជាតិវៀតណាម ៥ នាក់ដែលត្រូវបានកម្លាំងសមត្ថកិច្ចចម្រុះស្រុកអូរយ៉ាដាវចាប់ឃាត់ខ្លួនខណៈពួកគេកំពុងលួចធ្វើសកម្មភាពជីករ៉ែដោយខុសច្បាប់ក្នុងទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំមួយនៅក្នុងទឹកដីកម្ពុជា។ ...