Indigenous Cambodians’ long wait for collective land ownership

By Sandra Yu, Local Strategies for Decent Work Specialist, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia, Sek Sophorn, National Coordinator and Min Muny, Consultant in Cambodia. (Modulkiri Province, Cambodia) Joy is etched into the faces of indigenous families here who’ve gathered here to celebrate the Royal Government of Cambodia’s preparations to formally recognize their community. On the eve of a general assembly of the people of the Orona, Phnong Group in Keo Seima, Mondulkiri Province, the community’s elders – in colourful head dress – share wine and stories of their ancestors.