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Floods Leave Southeast Asia More Vulnerable to Food Price Shocks
Massive flooding in Thailand and elsewhere have destroyed large parcels of rice farmland, pushing rice prices up and leaving Southeast Asia at greater risk of a food price shock. The rice-consuming region is under the threat of food supply shortages after heavy rains and massive flooding destroyed crops in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The United Nations says it is closely monitoring the potential for “serious food shortages” in several parts of Southeast Asia after floods affected agricultural activities and aid deliveries. Continue reading
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Tagged bangkok, brunei, countries, floods, food, government, Japan, Malaysia, news, South Korea, vietnam
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Legal Protections Sought For Cambodian Domestic Workers in Malaysia
Human Rights Watch is calling for new legal protections for the thousands of Cambodians who work in Malaysia as domestic workers. Rights workers say both countries must do much more to prevent an array of abuses including physical and sexual violence. Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, cambodian, government, Human rights, indonesia, international, legal, Malaysia, news, poverty, rights, thousands, wife, women
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Despite Ban, Cambodian Maids Still Being Sent to Malaysia
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen signed an order in recent days that bars recruitment firms from sending domestic workers to Malaysia after numerous reports of abuses. But a prominent rights group says the ban was quickly violated when at least two firms sent more women abroad on Monday. Rights groups have been pressuring Phnom Penh for months to combat the abuse of Cambodian maids working in Malaysia Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, cambodian, country, director, government, jobs, Malaysia, malaysian, news, rights, says-the-ban
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National Police Receive Anti-Trafficking Training
Around 60 policemen from around the country took part in a training workshop on Thursday to help them combat illegal human trafficking. The two-day training came as Cambodia approved a measure to tighten controls on Cambodian migrant laborers. Cambodia is facing dual problems of human trafficking and an increase in the number of laborers who legally seek work abroad, some of whom have reported serious abuses as a result Continue reading
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Tagged books, caram-cambodia, country, implementation, interior, Malaysia, ministries, news, training, well-as-further
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UN Urges Asia to Enforce Human Trafficking Laws
Senior United Nations officials say countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region including Thailand, Cambodia and Laos are failing to apply existing laws aimed at combating human trafficking. The conclusions come as a U.N. envoy on human trafficking concluded a 10-day assessment of Thailand’s efforts to curb labor migration abuses. Continue reading
Youth Representatives Debate Migrant Labor Policies
The Cambodian government came under criticism Wednesday for failing to create jobs for an influx of workers entering the market and instead sending too many workers abroad. Speaking at a forum to discuss the government’s migrant worker policies, In Sam Ol, a youth representative for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, said authorities had failed to develop an economy that could absorb some 137,000 workers this year alone. “The flow of laborers to foreign countries is a sign that shows Cambodia lacks jobs,” he said, speaking at a forum for youth political representatives of the Sam Rainsy Party and ruling Cambodian People’s Party Continue reading
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