Cambodia resources

March 2024

  1. © Chalinee Thirasupa/ILO 2024

    New EU-UN ‘PROTECT’ project supports women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia

    A new initiative launched by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) will help strengthen the rights of women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia, while reducing their vulnerabilities.

  2. © Chalinee Thirasupa/ILO 2024

    Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia Project Launch and Consultation Workshop

    25 March 2024

    Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia (PROTECT, Protection of the Rights of Women and Children in Labour Migration) is a three-year project (2024-26) implemented by the ILO, UN Women, UNICEF and UNODC.

  3. Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia (PROTECT): Project Launch and Consultation Workshop: Concept note and agenda

  4. Project brief: Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia

  5. Assessment of the Cambodian National Social Security Fund’s health insurance schemes

    This study analyses the design, operation and achievements of the health insurance schemes of the Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF), and proposes options and ideas for improvement of the healthcare system

  6. Extending social protection for workers in Cambodia: A study to understand the characteristics of workers and enterprises in the informal economy

    This report presents a study of the Cambodia labour force using data from the 2019 Cambodia Labour Force Survey (LFS) and 2019 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey (SES). It provides a detailed analysis of the characteristics of workers and the respective enterprises in which they are employed, with an emphasis on those who are not currently covered by social security.

  7. Cambodian Social Protection Week 2024: Building A Resilient and Sustainable Social Protection System (12-13 March 2024)

    12 - 13 March 2024

    The 2024 Social Protection Week in Cambodia themed “Building A Resilient and Sustainable Social Protection System”. Over the two days, policymakers, civil society organisations, and social partners discussed key topics including moving towards universal health coverage, inclusive social protection, enhancing effectiveness of social security system, and the expansion of social protection coverage in Cambodia.

  8. Workers in the Cambodian informal economy

    Informality is pervasive in Cambodia: 88.3 per cent of workers are engaged in informal employment. This brief offers insights into labour informality indicators based on the 2019 LFS.

  9. © ILO 2024

    Ms Xiaoyan Qian takes up post as ILO director for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic

    New director also oversees Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific.

  10. The paths to formalization in Cambodia

    This brief examines the context and challenges associated with formalizing enterprises and employment in Cambodia, and provides a range of policy options that can be included in an integrated strategy for formalization