On March 8th under the banner “We Can Stop Violence Against Women And Gender Discrimination” young Cambodian women’s group will take to the stage the role-play situation of people in Cambodia from the rural to urban lives; life as farmers, sex workers and garment factory workers together with the fashion parade.

The conditionality imposes on Cambodia by the World Bank and IMF when this country get the loan worsening the situation of the people day to day because it creates social economic discrimination against people and as result violence increase, especially violence against women. Life in the rural area and household issue including debt, and narrow economic opportunity increase male violence against women and children and rape in particular. Migrating from one hardship in the rural to urban job, women are subject more pressure and violence on them as sex workers (the recent plan on unethical clinical trial on these women) and garment workers (post MFA in Cambodian garment factory.) The interlude of the day will be original songs reflect the situation as Cambodia women together with the Khmer traditional dance perform by workers and Srey Sras group.

A snap shot of situation of rape will be presented to the audience and the number of signature and thumbprint collected for signature campaign against all forms of violence and rape will be announced. The signatures together with the recommendation made at the last June-July anti-rape workshop will be sent (again) to the government and related Ministries to call for serious action against all form of violence and gender discrimination against women.

This International Women Day activity will present the solidarity between two vulnerable yet core group of workers that have scarified to build this country economy, directly and indirectly; garment workers and sex workers.