Samatapheap Khnom Organization

Empowering, Enabling and Educating: Bridging the Gap between Communities and Services to stop Violence Against Women and Girls

Focus area: Improving Service Delivery

Internal migration into urban areas in Cambodia has resulted in the creation of 516 poor urban communities in Phnom Penh, accounting for about a quarter of the capital’s residents. The government’s National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women (2014-2018) highlights the lack of accessibility to relevant services.

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The project aims to help fill this gap by providing both preventative support to vulnerable women as well as strengthening response services for victims of VAW/G in the urban slums of Phnom Penh. In terms of prevention, social workers will provide counselling, referrals and economic access to women who are at high risk of gender-based violence. It will organize coordination meetings with service providers providing support for VAW/G survivors to ensure a cohesive and effective multisectoral response. At an institutional/policy level, the grantee will work with key stakeholders and technical working groups on VAW/G issues to support campaigns and advocacy initiatives to end VAW/G.