Bun Chhineda sits with her parents and siblings in front of a small wooden house. She lives between the city of Svay Rieng and Bavet, an industrial zone located near the border with Vietnam.
The 21-year-old sits here everyday now, having not been able to work since she was shot in the back while demonstrating for better working conditions.
"I used to sew shoes. It was hard work. But I can't do it anymore," she explains.
She used to work at Kaoway Sports where 1,000 women are employed. They earn 66 US (50 euros) dollars per month and wanted better pay, better working conditions and better food.
"We demanded overtime pay," explains Keo Nethg, who lives around a kilometer away from Bun Chhineda. "In the end, it would have been around five dollars more. And the food was so bad that we wanted to get money for food."
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