Beer girl at workABC Radio Australia
The word's largest brewers have been criticised for paying low wages to the women who promote their beers across Cambodia. Researchers from a Canadian university say the women work in a dangerous and toxic environment, but the brewers maintain they're fulfilling their obligations.
Presenter: Robert Carmichael
Speakers: Sharon Wilkinson, country head Care International; Professor Ian Lubek, author of report University of Guelph, Canada
Listen: Windows MediaCARMICHAEL: Going for an after-work beer with your friends is a long-established tradition in many parts of the world, and here in Cambodia it is no different.
Each evening groups of men routinely head to beer gardens like this one in Phnom Penh.
There is nothing flash about the place: Around me are plastic chairs, cheap tables, a concrete floor and jugs of beer. Above is a corrugated iron roof. This beer garden - like many - looks more like a large shed than a bar or pub.
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