Good practices for eliminating violence against women in Cambodia

ABSTRACT

To tackle violence against women in Cambodia, action has been taken by local people, government and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the kingdom. To understand this multi-faceted issue, in this study I highlight four main interventions that address and/or seek to prevent violence against women. By investigating these—“Shaping our future: Developing healthy and happy relationships” project, the “Cambodia Men's Network,” “Gender and Development Network,” and the “Gender Café”—projects, I identify four themes that correspond with these respectively: education, networking, advocacy and empowerment. The study indicates that these practices have yielded significant results for the prevention of violence against women and girls. While each one has its limitations, it notes the potential of each to address the complex issue of violence against women.

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KEYWORDS:

• Violence against women
• gender-based violence
• women’s empowerment
• advocacy
• Cambodia

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Notes on contributor

Rotvatey SOVANN is currently the Capacity Development Program Manager of Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC). She began her career in women’s empowerment and promoting gender equalities as a Senior Doula working with child-bearing age women and their families, integrating gender into maternal and sexual and reproductive health care. She was involved in advocacy work with Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) in 2012 before pursuing a Masters of Social Work in 2015. A year later, she worked as a national consultant at Partner for Prevention to improve and contextualize training manuals addressing the prevention of gender-based violence. She has also throughout worked with and for women with disabilities.