Demand Gap be Held Accountable in Cambodia!

Employees fainting at a Gap factory in Cambodia

As you know, I spent a month volunteering in Cambodia in September 2011. While I was working with human trafficking victims, my housemate, Joel, was working with human rights advocates. Joel has been fortunate enough to be offered a full-time job in Cambodia working in human rights advocacy. Joel personally sent me this information and has requested that I help spread the word about Gap's unfair practices in Cambodia.

Last year a Gap sourcing factory framed a trade union leader on drug charges to shut him up; he was imprisoned for 10 months until we had him released; there were 1500 workers that fainted on the factory floors in 6 months; they pay 90% of their workers less than the minimum cost of living; and another 60 workers hit the deck last week...

Companies like Gap are sentencing women to a slow and painful death while this factory pulled $16 million dollars in profit in 2009. Our activities have earned the respect of Puma and Adidas who will come to Phnom Penh next week to account for their actions in front of 300 abused women that work in their factories; but Gap refuses to participate. DEMAND GAP BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

You can make a difference by joining the People's Tribunal! 

Take one minute out of your day to send an email to Deanna_Robinson@gap.com, and leave a comment on Gap's Facebook page, demanding they take responsibility for their actions, and create better working conditions for their employees in Cambodia.

(And feel free to cc: joel.p@clec.org.kh)

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Riverkids Students

Through a long meticulous process, Riverkids was awarded a place on GlobalGiving, which is a very important milestone for us.
It would be awesome if you could help us reach 50 donors from the US to make a tax-deductible donation of $90 each by 31 December 2011.
$90 provides industry visits and teambuilding field trips for 20 young women and counselling from 2 Social Workers for one month.
The Riverkids Bootstraps program helps young women aged 16 and up who are involved in the sex trade in Cambodia to commit to vocational training into safe jobs. The women talk and bond through outings to fun places like the waterpark or behind-the-scenes at a restaurant that give them a chance to be ordinary young women and see new opportunities. 60 women have already graduated into safe jobs in hairdressing, housekeeping, cooking and sewing. We have a waiting list of women eager for a second chance.
The project will help 20 young women and girls to step out of sex work. It will reduce the amount of girls at risk of child trafficking, sex trafficking, sexual abuse and HIV. It empowers the women to support their parents and younger siblings with a stable and safe job. For a female with low education, these training we provide are comparatively easier for them to learn and the skills are very useful in Cambodia.
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