New report evaluates decade of Better Factories Cambodia

5 September 2012
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10 Years of the Better Factories Cambodia Project: A critical evaluation / Better Factories program / Cambodia / Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center / Factories / International Labour Organization / Report / sweat-shop

A new report – 10 Years of the Better Factories Cambodia Project: A critical evaluation – has been released by Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center. Started in 2001, the goal of the Better Factories program is to improve the working conditions in Cambodian factories and end sweat-shop production.The report discusses the BFC’s achievements and limitations from a worker rights’ perspective. 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) project in Cambodia. The overarching goal of the BFC is to gradually improve the working conditions of factories in Cambodia and ultimately increase production of sweat-shop-free goods…

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