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In 2000, a Cambodian non-governmental organization (ngo) named sirchesi (Siem Reap Citizens for Health, Educational and Social Issues) began tackling the local hiv/aids epidemic, where women beer-sellers of international brands had unusually high prevalence rates. This job exposed them to nightly workplace violence and sexual coercion; many were forced by clients to regularly drink harmful and hazardous quantities of alcohol. Grossly underpaid, some took additional risks occasionally selling sex. Free access to haart (anti-retroviral) medications to keep them alive, was denied by employers. sirchesi, using Action Research, provides health promotion and risk-reduction programs to educate beer sellers and others. The ngo also pressures brewers to take full responsibility for health, safety and “living wages” for their workers, and to end gender discrimination in the distribution of haart to their international workforce.
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