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The Gender Committee of the Cambodian Labor Union was established on September 24, 2008 and has been in operation for 12 years. It has the following activities:

• Celebrates International Women’s Day (March 8)
• Participate in activities on May 1 and December 10
• Meeting every 3 months
• Open training to women leaders and activists
• Training of Trainers (TOT)
• Meeting to strengthen and empower women to become leaders
• Provide counseling services to help resolve disputes and file complaints when women have problems
• Write case studies on women’s issues
• Compile a network of women in the garment sector
• Establish a network of gender committees in three provinces: Siem Reap, Sihanoukville and Svay Rieng
• Radio programs
• Produce video to prevent and prevent Kovid-19
• In collaboration with more than a dozen trade unions, the Women’s Union Network (WUN) and NGO-CEDAW campaigned for the government to ratify Convention 183 on maternity leave, Convention 189 on domestic workers and C190 on Eliminating violence in the world of work.
• Submit a petition to the National Assembly, the Office of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs requesting the Government to ratify Convention 183, 189 and C190.

Challenges:

• The company discriminates against women, union leaders, threats, intimidation, harassment and dismissal.
• Violence, Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
• The company discriminates against pregnant women, persecutes them and terminates their contracts prematurely without legal compensation.
• In some places, there is also discrimination against the same wage, the same role, different wages.
• Women union leaders and older women between the ages of 38 and 40 find it difficult to find new jobs when companies close or factories close.

Requirements:

• Want to have good working conditions
• Want to have a stable job consistency
• Want a decent wage, a decent living
• No discrimination against women and pregnant women
• Let there be no pay gap between men and women in the workplace
• Eliminate workplace violence
• Provide opportunities for women to exchange experiences both at home and abroad
• Provide more opportunities for women to become leaders at all levels, from the grassroots to the national level.

Suggestions:

• Stop discriminating against women and pregnant women
• Stop all violence and harassment in the workplace
• Let there be no pay gap between men and women in the workplace
• Let the government provide more employment opportunities for women
• Let the government ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 183,189 and C190 to improve women’s rights and livelihoods.
• Comparison of the impact of fixed contract and non-fixed contract on workers in the garment and footwear sector in 2017. According to the above research report, workers still find it difficult to perform their work, life is not good and appropriate. Still.

According to the above research report, workers still find it difficult to perform their jobs, and their living standards are not yet good and decent. Therefore, in order to help workers who are facing these problems, unions need to disseminate this research paper to increase knowledge and jointly advocate with relevant partners in order to increase benefits, promote rights and better working conditions for workers. Give them a decent and dignified life in line with the strategic plan for national development to progress in the international arena.