PHNOM PENH - A new initiative has been launched by Oxfam and the Laudes Foundation in partnership with NGOs and trade unions to improve social protection for garment workers in Cambodia.
Entitled 'Inclusive National Social Protection Initiatives that Respond to the Needs of Apparel Industry Employees' (INSPIRE), the project is implemented by Oxfam Cambodia with support from the foundation which is part of the Brenninkmeijer family enterprise which owns C&A.
The other partners in the inititive, which will run until 2025, are the Centre for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC), Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), and Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU).
