Cambodia

Twenty disabled female women recently traveled to Phnom Penh from the Kampong Speu province to urge the government to investigate their allegation that they were fired from a garment factory last month without cause. A spokesperson for the workers say that they were forced by the factory to accept a severance package last month after factory managers said financial pressures were forcing them to make cuts. A representative for the factory denied that the dismissals were discriminatory but refused to provide an alternate reason. (Phnom Penh Post)