Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Transportation Working Group (TWG), a group of committed brands, factory managers, and development partners seeking to address the significant health and safety risks that factory workers face on their daily commute, met together for a one-day seminar to discuss strategies and actions for improving commuting safety for Cambodia’s garment and footwear

An estimated 700,000 garment factory workers provide the labor for Cambodia’s $7.3 billion USD export sector. Approximately 80% of these workers are women and a majority are at risk every day as they commute to and from the factory due to dangerous road users lacking sufficient driver education, unsafe and overloaded vehicles, informal (unregulated) transport,

AIP Foundation facilitated road safety workers, drivers, and factory management discussions with nearly 200 people at factories in Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Cham provinces. Workers and drivers had the opportunity to speak up and raise their concerns in accordance with this year’s UN Global Road Safety Week theme of leadership for road safety. During the discussions, workers

Our Cambodia team engaged 45 representatives from the Transportation Working Group, National Road Safety Committee, and several government agencies in a three-day training of trainers workshop. The workshops build capacity for trainers and leading stakeholders to provide them with tips and tools to better serve vulnerable garment and footwear workers at the five factories participating in

The Solidarity Center and AIP Foundation joined forces to assist Cambodian trade unions with an inaugural foundational workshop on “Transport Safety for Commuting Garment Workers.” The workshop was convened to specifically discuss commuting safety for workers and to encourage the trade unions to consider and play a larger part in promoting improvements in transportation across the sector.

AIP Foundation staff accompanied researchers from the Center for Policy Studies (CPS) and the Solidarity Center to 40 driver interviews in Bavet, Cambodia where the introduction of buses for transporting factory workers is slowly starting to replace flat-bed trucks as the main means of collective transport. The town of Bavet borders Vietnam and includes a

This month, initial Road Safety Working Group (RSWG) meetings were held at garment and footwear factories for discussions on the Garment and Footwear Factory Workers Road Safety pilot program. The RSWG meetings, attended by 65 participants across three provinces included representatives from all sections of the factory – including workers, management, HR, security, trade unions, and health clinics.

AIP Foundation was invited to present at the Malaysia Commuting Accident and Road Safety Seminar (MyCARSS) 2018 on the topic of Transport Safety among Workers in Developing Countries. Louise Goldman, AIP Foundation’s Policy and Program Advisor, presented a case study of the transport safety risks impacting Cambodia’s commuting factory workers. Commuting safety has been a

Cambodia Country Director Pagna Kim presented at two national events this month to advocate for improved garment and footwear workers road safety. The commute of garment factory workers to and from work is becoming increasingly hazardous due to the continued use of unsafe and overloaded vehicles and the location of factories near increasingly busy national

AIP Foundation, in partnership with Better Factories Cambodia, GIZ, and the Solidarity Center, facilitated a stakeholder workshop gathering more than 120 participants to seek sector-wide endorsement and collaboration on a ‘Garment and Footwear Sector Road Safety Strategy’. The event was presided over by the Minister for Labor and Vocational Training and included representatives from Cambodian