Garment factory workers wear face masks as they walk out at the end of their work shift near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. - AP
PHNOM PENH, March 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Cambodia must protect the rights of working mothers to meet its international commitments, campaigners said, after a policewoman was publicly shamed by superiors for a social media photo of her breastfeeding while on duty.
The photo of Sithong Sokha went viral this week after superiors forced her to make a public apology for sullying the reputations of Cambodian women and the police force, sparking mass debate in the conservative South-East Asian country.
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