The project “Fostering Feminist Action in Social Movement and Trade Union calling ( FAST)” partnership with CATU, CFSWF and IDEA, the local union will strengthen organizing, voice, and accountability among women workers in Cambodia’s both formal and informal economic workers, especially street vendors, Tuk Tuk drivers and transportation workers, and domestic workers—so they can exercise their rights, access social protection, and secure practical improvements in day-to-day working conditions. The project aims to promote meaningful engagement and leadership of women workers in social dialogue by enhancing the capacity of women workers to take on leadership roles and strengthening social movement to actively engage in collective action to promote the right to decent work for all and capacitating the women workers to monitor the implementation of policies and to collectively document.

One of the project’s activities is promoted meaningful participation of women worker in participatory action research on the workers movement and the significant impacts of their livelihoods, income and expending daily life especially for the education of the children to make the parent suffering working overtime to generate income in the purpose to support their families members, Housing, electricity and sometime tried to saving for unpredictable case in their families such as: health issue or emergency.

This research aims to examine the realities of workers’ lives, including working and living conditions, wage levels, household financial pressures, and the risk or experience of debt. It will also assess children’s education status especially whether households rely on extra or part-time study, along with the role of family circumstances, social protection access, and parents’ ability to cover both school-related costs and additional learning expenses.