Maids find local Champion
The abuse of Cambodian maids overseas has become one of the most documented human rights violation here. But as the Government, media, NGOs and aid agencies focus their energies on domestic laborer living abroad, advocates have begun to urge that closer attention be paid to maids working in the Kingdom. That’s the aim of the newly formed Cambodian Domestic Worker Network, whose more than 100 members on Sunday established the nation’s first group to focus on the interests of maids in Cambodia. “I decided to form the network because domestic workers in Cambodia did not have any institution or union to protect them from rights abuses and negotiate benefits for them” said Vorn Pao, president of the Independant Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA). …
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