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Summary: This report is the result of three months of research to assess the worst forms of urban child labour in Phnom Penh and Battambang. Research findings will help advance the knowledge base on urban child labour and further inform development of innovative action programmes that target the most vulnerable urban child labourers.
While it is well-recognised that the “worst forms of child labour” are pervasive throughout Cambodia, the full dimension of urban child labour remains elusive, in part because of the wide range of implicated sectors (both formal and informal), the broad geographic reach and disparities depending on location, the hidden nature of particular forms of labour (domestic labour, illegal drug trafficking, underground commercial sexual exploitation, etc.), the fluidity of child labour trends and patterns, and the scarcity of up-to-date comprehensive data on child labour in Cambodia. There is limited and fragmented data on the worst forms of urban child labour in major cities throughout Cambodia. Moreover, the linkages between street children, trafficking, sex tourism, and urban child labour have not heretofore been thoroughly examined and documented.