Sopheap makes US$ 120 a month working as an entertainment worker. That’s a lot more than she made selling vegetables in her hometown. Now, she says she can support not only her two sons but her mother and occasionally even her siblings, whereas before they struggled to make ends meet. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap buys fish for the family’s dinner from the local market. She does her shopping in the morning after catching only a few hours of sleep. Sopheap comes home from work around two o’clock in the morning. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap likes to play with her sons in the morning. Like other mothers working the night shift, she enjoys being able to spend her days in quality time with her children. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap is also a peer outreach worker and she shares information on HIV prevention and treatment with other entertainment workers. The training programme for labour inspectors who will enforce the new regulations includes not only education in occupational safety and labour rights but also HIV prevention and how to reduce stigma and discrimination of entertainment workers living with HIV. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Through their participation in HIV programmes, entertainment workers have learned not only to prevent and mitigate the impact of HIV, but also to call for their sexual and reproductive rights and more recently their labour rights. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap catches up on her sleep in the afternoon with her napping sons. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap starts to get ready for work around five o’clock in the afternoon. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Before going to work, she gets a kiss from her boys. Her mother will take care of them, while she works the night shift. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap works in a beer garden in Phnom Penh. When she first moved to the Cambodian capital seven years ago, she started out in a restaurant. She says her current boss is understanding and lets her take sick leave when necessary. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap enjoys a slow start at work with other entertainment workers. She says it can get stressful when there are a lot of customers and she has to keep entertaining them without a break. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton

Sopheap likes to sing and she often entertains her clients by singing karaoke songs. Credit: UNAIDS/ILO/Peter Caton