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A number of government initiatives seek to support women including maternity pay99
which is now being rolled out. However, reports received suggest that pregnant workers
experience discrimination and arbitrary dismissal.100
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Violence against women has been raised in previous reports. 101 A third National
Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women 2019-2023 currently in preparation will
continue addressing gaps and challenges.102 Given the emphasis on a sustainable violence
prevention agenda in the SDGs and CSDGs, 103 further commitments are expected. Some
sectors of women remain especially vulnerable to abuse: girls; elderly persons; LGBTIQ
persons; women with disabilities; women in street situations; and women in specific areas of
work, including sex-workers.
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Women remain unequal in many areas of work. 104 Amongst the measures proposed
by workers, trade unions and civil society organisations to improve labour conditions are:
childcare facilities; one-stop service centre for victims of domestic violence, 105 a telephone
reporting service and rehabilitation facilities centre for perpetrators of violence; addressing
transport of garment sector workers given the prevalence of road traffic accidents; a
minimum wage for domestic workers and those in the tourism sector; social protection for
entertainment sector workers, street vendors and informal sector workers; and better
protection of migrant workers.106 Registration of all workers with the National Social
Security Fund would be one way to support women, particularly those in the informal and
entertainment sectors. Prevention of harassment in the workplace must also be addressed. It
is noted that Cambodia voted in favour of Convention no 190 concerning the elimination of
violence and harassment in the world of work, at the ILO’s centennial conference in June
2019. It is recommended that this is followed by ratification then adoption of an
implementation plan. More awareness-raising of the rights and dignity of women is
needed.107
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Migrant workers remain of concern. Women often leave their families to go abroad
either as documented or undocumented workers. For those moving overseas arguably more
should be done to ensure appropriate data monitoring including establishing data
management systems, documenting the migrant workers and their workplaces and
residences, establishing safe shelters for those with problems. The Special Rapporteur visited
Sisophon and Poipet in Banteay Mancheay province in 2017 to better understand the impact
of migration, especially on the children left behind. She has also received information from
migrant workers and those researching on their experiences. Protection of domestic workers
inside and outside Cambodia could be strengthened. The Royal Government has strengthened
cooperation with the Royal Government of Thailand to address a number of issues common
to Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia as sending countries and Thailand as a receiving
country. Cambodia has developed a labour centre for workers returned from Thailand (the
Special Rapporteur learned of the early plans in 2017) and is developing a migrant worker
monitoring database.108
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A/HRC/39/73, para 54.
Joint submission 15, available.
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRKHStakeholdersInfoS32.aspx at 4.39.
A/HRC/33/62, paras 23-25, A/HRC/36/61, para 35, A/HRC/39/73, para 49.
Second Action Plan 2014-2018 available https://cambodia.unfpa.org/en/publications/national-actionplan-prevent-violence-against-women-2014-2018.
SDG targets 5.2; 5.3; 16.1; 16.2; CSDGs only address 5.2 and 5.3.
Petition Requesting Resolution of 11 Priority Problems to Protect Workers’ Fundamental Rights and
the Labour Market, Labour Day May 2019.
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is working with other departments to trial a one-stop service centre
in hospitals in Steung Treng and Kampong Cham.
Petition Requesting Resolution of 11 Priority Problems to Protect Workers’ Fundamental Rights and
the Labour Market, Labour Day May 2019.
A/HRC/33/62, para 27.
General Department of Immigration, General Commissariat of National Police, Ministry of Labour
and Vocational Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the National
Committee for Counter Trafficking.
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