Protecting Maternity in Cambodia’s Textile Factories - 
Many women in Cambodia risk losing their jobs when they become pregnant. But most textile factories monitored by the ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia programme now offer maternity protection to their employees. For Ros Kimsreng, she now has the opportunity of keeping a good job and providing for her family’s future.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to reducing poverty , achieving fair globalization and advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. As a tripartite organization the ILO works with governments, employers and workers' organizations to promote the following interlinked aims:
- Social protection
Enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all. - Social dialogue
Bringing together representatives of governments, employers and workers to foster cooperation and to deliver "real world" knowledge about employment and work.
- Employment creation
Create greater opportunities for women and men to secure decent employment and income. - Rights at work
Working extensively throughout the world to promote a solid legal framework for respecting basic economic and social rights.
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