Beautifull Clothes, Ugly Reality…
Garment factory workers staged a fashion event called ‘Beautifull Clothes, Ugly Reality’ at the Worker’s Information Center in Phnom Penh, denouncing the poor working conditions and the current oppression they currently face in Cambodia. The participants held a fashion show, attended by some 200 people, wearing clothes from brands like Adidas, H&M and others which are being manufactured here. They also threaded the catwalk on songs by ‘The Messengers’, a vocal group of former garment workers, while carrying signs saying ‘We need rice, not bullets’, ‘Drop the ban on public gathering now’ or ‘We need a decent condition and dignity.
