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To assist governments in their current efforts to place youth employment at the heart of respective political agendas and to provide information for the design and monitoring of effective policy responses, the ILO has developed its school-to-work transition survey (SWTS), a household survey of young people aged 15−29. The SWTS was implemented in 2012–13 in five Asian-Pacific countries, namely Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Samoa and Viet Nam. This analytical report summarizes the survey results in the five countries and highlights the main areas of policy concern. The report is intended for the use of the policy-makers and social partners involved in the implementation of national youth-related policies and programmes, as well as for international and non-governmental organizations involved in the development of responses at the regional level.

As part of the campaign against the worst forms of child labour for the wellbeing of Cambodian children, LICADHO and WVC have commissioned the research team, led by Dr. Poch Bunnak, to conduct a study on children working in brick factories. The study was conducted in July 2007 to identify the causes and consequences of child labour in brick factories in Battambang and Sang Ke districts, the surrounding areas of Battambang provincial city. Data were collected using interviewer-completed questionnaires from three main sources (132 child workers, 43 parents, and 15 brick factory owners or managers) from 26 brick factories. It is estimated that between 400 and 500 children work daily in these brick factories during the high labour-demand season.

This Report addresses the context of trafficking in human beings in Cambodia and the process by which trafficking victims are identified and assisted. Cambodia’s current anti‐trafficking field is crowded with various government, non‐government, and international institutions each administering its own response to the problem of trafficking and the challenge of victim assistance. It assesses the successes and shortcomings of different approaches to identifying victims, providing support services, and ensuring access to justice. This Assessment evaluates the viability of a national referral mechanism, whereby the diversity of approaches could be streamlined into a single cooperative framework. Ultimately, a national referral mechanism would strengthen Cambodia’s responsiveness to trafficking victims by providing standardized processes for victim identification, assistance, and referral therein replacing the inefficiency of competing approaches.