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The garment industry in Cambodia provides around 1 million workers with access to formal employment, 80% of whom are women. Although these jobs offer regular income, it is minimum wage and often in cash. This report presents results from supporting 17 garment factories with over 25,000 workers with wage digitalization, and enabling workers to access, use, and benefit from their accounts. 

BSR's HERproject® is now RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality, an initiative to support collaborative industry action at scale to advance gender equality in global garment, footwear and home textiles supply chains.RISE brings together the four largest women’s empowerment programs in the apparel industry—from&nbsp;BSR’s HERproject,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gapinc.com/en-us/values/sustainability/empowering-women/p-a-c-e-and-empower@work" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gap Inc. P.A.C.E</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.care.org/work/womens-empowerment/dignified-work" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CARE International</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://betterwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Better Work</a>—to build from proven approaches, scale impact and improve efficiency.This unified approach makes it easier and more efficient for industry and wider stakeholders to drive accelerated and lasting impact on gender equality.

RISE

BSR's HERproject® is now RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality, an initiative to support collaborative industry action at scale to advance gender equality in global garment, footwear and home textiles supply chains.

Improving financial health in Cambodia's garment sector