Human trafficking added to Cambodian school curriculum
US threatens sanctions if Cambodia fails to meet standards for the elimination of trafficking
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Cambodian schoolchildren will be taught laws, prevention and the different types of human trafficking including enforced prostitution and labor. (Photo: YouTube)
Human trafficking has been added to the school syllabus in Cambodia as students return to classes for a new year after extended breaks in 2020 were enforced due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Both primary and secondary pupils will be taught laws, prevention and the different types of human trafficking that range from debt bondage to enforced prostitution and labor.
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Cambodia: Migrant workers struggle to receive social assistance & health services after returning from Thailand due to COVID-19 pandemic
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It found that since Thailand began its measures to curb Covid-19 by reducing economic activities and closing its borders in March, more than 120,000 Cambodian migrant workers returned to Cambodia. The situation has created a humanitarian emergency, posing serious concerns of socio-economic vulnerability for them and their families.
The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia.- IOM Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia. IOM Cambodia
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia. IOM Cambodia
Nearly 30% of migrant workers lose income
Sun, 20 December 2020
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia.
By Matt Blomberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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PHNOM PENH, Dec 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The trafficking of Cambodian “brides” to China has risen sharply this year with mass job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic driving more young women and girls abroad to support their families, according to two charities that help victims.
Over the past decade, tens of thousands of women from Southeast Asia have been sent to China by criminal networks promising lucrative jobs, only to be sold as brides - some to abusive men - as China grapples with a huge gender imbalance.
Anti-trafficking organisations said the impact of coronavirus on Cambodia’s garment, hospitality and tourism sectors had fuelled a spike in “bride trafficking” this year.