Cambodia Full Coverage

  Domestic HelpLast Updated:  12/3/2003 3:40 PM Host country domestic help is widely available, and many personnel at post employ a maid and/or a cook and sometimes a driver. Personnel with children often hire on nannies who double as maids. Many personnel also chose to employ a part-time gardener. Full-time (44 hours/week) maids/cooks are usually hired on for about $100 a month and part-time (6–8 hours/week) gardeners are about $20–$30 a month. Prices for drivers vary depending on whether you provide the car. Full-time (44 hours/week) drivers’ salaries run $150 a month and rental of car (maintenance included) an additional $250–$350 dollars a month. Employer is expected to pay for gasoline and generally drivers are paid for overtime. Generally, domestic staff are given additio ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

Cyprus is a destination country for women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Traffickers who forced women into prostitution continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas. There was increasing evidence of Chinese women being trafficked for sexual exploitation in Cyprus. The Government of Cyprus does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Cyprus made some progress in its anti-trafficking efforts over the past year. The new police anti-trafficking unit produced successful results and showed vigilance in combating the problem. Government recognition of the problem improve ... [Read More]

Cambodia

Enforcement of the anti‑trafficking laws and prosecution of perpetrators continued to be uneven; however, there was some improvement in prosecution and conviction rates. The MOI reported that during the year police investigated 106 trafficking cases, arresting 113 individuals and rescuing 366 victims under the Trafficking Law. Phnom Penh Municipal Police arrested 52 suspected traffickers and rescued 202 trafficking victims, including 45 underage victims. A local NGO reported that only 7 of the 150 trafficking suspects arrested during the year were successfully prosecuted by year's end, with 75 released for lack of evidence and the remainder awaiting trial. A legal advocacy NGO brought 50 trafficking cases to court during the year. Of the 14 cases that went to trial, convictions were obtained against 6 traffickers with sentences ranging from 2 years' to 20 years' imprisonment. Additionally, the convicted traffickers were ordered to pay $400 to $600 (1.6 million to 2.4 ... [Read More]

International Women's Issues Newsletter: Winter 2004

The event received extensive media coverage, including a BBC interview with Ambassador Sauerbrey. Several national call-in radio programs generated tremendous interest in future training programs on women’s political participation and leadership development. ...

There cannot be a complete transition to democracy in Iraq without the full participation of Iraqi women. The U.S. is working with Iraqi women on several fronts to help them secure the opportunities and representation they deserve. ... [Read More]

Remarks at the Swearing in - US Embassy Doha Qatar

Chase, you’ll also have the full support of this building, and of a great team at Embassy Doha. And you have the President’s full confidence, and my full confidence, in your ability to master yet another new career challenge. You also have our gratitude for your willingness once again to serve your country, to serve the American people. And so if you’re ready, I’m now prepare to swear you in. ...

We know, too, that Qatar is the home of Al-Jazeera satellite TV and radio. We’ve had serious concerns with Al-Jazeera’s often biased and inflammatory coverage, which could serve to incite attacks in Israel, and attacks against those committed to security and democracy in Iraq. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Fact Sheet: Asia Home to Some of Fastest-Growing AIDS Epidemics, U.N. Says

-- Evidence also suggests Thailand's epidemic is now spreading among the partners and spouses of sex workers' clients, as well as among marginalized sections of the population, such as injecting drug users and migrants. Infection rates among men who have sex with men and injecting drug users remain high, due to inadequate coverage of prevention activities. In Bangkok, more than 15% of men who have sex with men who were tested in a 2003 study were HIV-positive, and 21% had not used a condom with their last casual partner. ... [Read More]

East Asia and Pacific

In December, the Department of State issued a strong condemnation of an attack on a Phnom Penh NGO shelter for trafficking in persons victims, calling on the Cambodian Government to take immediate steps to protect the women and girls present at the shelter during the attack and the NGOs working in the trafficking in persons sector. Secretary of State Powell urged the Prime Minister to conduct a full investigation into the events at the shelter and the release of eight suspected human traffickers. The Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission and senior Embassy staff also warned senior Cambodian officials that a lack of action in response to the incident would call into question the Government’s commitment to combating trafficking. ... [Read More]

The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria: Press Release - U.S. Working With Asian Countries To Avoid AIDS Explosion

Bradshaw said one critical element in designing these programs is to ensure that disease-prevention efforts are implemented in a way that is consistent with local conditions and responsive to local problems. "In the end, if you want to have any sustainable programs, they have to be culturally aware, they have to be fully engaged in and fully owned by the populations of the countries themselves," she said. ...

The Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) delivered a warning to Asia almost a full week before the conference began when it released an updated census on the status of the disease worldwide. ... [Read More]