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Glossary
Abortion
Benefit
Bonded labour
Child
Child labour
Civil rights
Constitutional rights
Convention
Direct discrimination
Domestic violence
Equal remuneration
is the termination a pregnancy by medical means or by any
means (Cambodian Abortion Law)
is something that helps people or gives them an advantage, like
an income, food for eating or sale, knowledge, power, status or
recognition.
is usually the result of a debt that needs to be paid back to a
person in the form of unpaid labour. So the people are
“bonded” to the person and often the only thing they get is food.
according to the Cambodian law all persons below the age of
15 years are children.
is all work which is harmful to a child’s health and development.
are rights to personal liberty which protect persons against
arbitrary interference from the government or society. Common
civil rights are the rights to family life, choice of language,
freedom of expression and freedom of association. Civil rights
are commonly laid down in national constitutions, and some,
but not all of them are set out in the Civil Code.
are fundamental rights of citizens guaranteed (of almost all
countries). These rights are guaranteed to all citizens, usually
regardless of their sex, race, ethnicity, caste, religion or status.
International labour conventions are international treaties which
are open to ratification by ILO member States. When a State
ratifies a convention, the country pledges to apply its terms and
provisions in law and practice.
refers to any distinction, exclusion or preference based on sex
which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of
opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation. The
distinctions, exclusions or preferences may have their origin in
law (de jure) or in practice (de facto) and are made explicitly or
implicitly to the detriment of one sex over the other.
all forms of violence are domestic violence if they happen within
the family.
means that women and men who do the same type of work or
who do jobs of a different kind but of equal value should get the
same pay without any discrimination based on sex. Equal
remuneration does not only mean that the basic wage or salary
of men and women should be the same, but also that there
should be no discrimination based on sex in the payment of
allowances and benefits, paid directly or indirectly by the
employer to the worker in cash or in kind.
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