Research & Report

In-depth research, impact assessments, and annual reports documenting our work in women empowerment and peacebuilding across Cambodia.

Book 2025

Peace, Gender & Care in Cambodia

A pilot study by Monash GPS and WPM Cambodia examining how unpaid care responsibilities create barriers to women's meaningful participation in peace and security work. Finds that women perform the large majority of care work in Cambodia, reducing their capacity…

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Report 2024

Mapping Statelessness in Cambodia: A Review of the Current Context and Conditions

Addresses the overlooked crisis of statelessness in Cambodia by examining populations lacking citizenship recognition. Uses international frameworks and UNHCR guidelines to define statelessness within the Cambodian context, explores relevant legal structures, and highlights obstacles faced by marginalized groups, designed as…

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Report 2024

Diving Deep Into Cambodia’s Freedom of Religion and Belief

Examines the current state of Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB) in Cambodia through collaboration with community action researchers and partner organizations. Investigates Cambodia's legal protections for religious freedom, implementation challenges, intra-community violations, interfaith relations, and the role of religious…

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Report 2024

Voice and Visibility: A Participatory Exploration of Minority Women’s Human Rights in Cambodia

Documents how minority women in Cambodia experience compounding discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, and age. Uses Feminist Participatory Action Research methods to center the voices of marginalized women and young researchers, examining systemic barriers and advocating for structural reforms that…

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Report 2022

2022 Status of Ethnic Vietnamese Residents in Kampong Chhnang

A participatory study with 50 ethnic Vietnamese community members along the Tonle Sap River using Facilitative Listening Design. Documents how precarious legal status, relocation pressures for those living on the water, and environmental changes affected residents' lives, offering perspectives directly…

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Annual Report 2021

WPM Annual Report 2021

Documents WPM's experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic's continued impact in Cambodia during 2021. The organization adapted by transitioning work online while maintaining community connections, highlighting its resilience and creative capacity through successive virus variants while upholding its commitment to peace…

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Book 2023

The Diverse Cambodian Woman (An Initiative of Our Turn)

Explores the lived experiences of 30 women from three minority groups in Cambodia (Cham Muslims, ethnic Vietnamese, and Khmer Krom) using Facilitative Listening Design methodology. Documents distinct challenges faced by minority women while fostering cross-community solidarity and advocacy among doubly…

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Book 2023

LGBTIQ Voices (An Initiative of Our Turn)

A collaborative research initiative exploring the lived experiences of LGBTIQ individuals in Cambodia through conversations with 20 community members, using Facilitative Listening Design methodology to examine how law and societal norms affect them in their everyday lives. Provides insight into…

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Book 2023

Peacebuilding Practice: A Textbook for Practitioners

A multidisciplinary textbook exploring peacebuilding concepts and their practical application in Southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia. Informed by WPM's 2020 intervention addressing historical trauma among young people in inter-ethnic settings, it offers a brief overview of peacebuilding concepts while introducing teachers…

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Book 2022

Who’s Listening? Understanding ‘Us’ to Know ‘Them’

The third edition in the Who's Listening series, featuring narratives from eight young people representing ethnic minorities and migrant groups across Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand who conducted participatory action peace research. Argues that shared experiences, love for family, and appreciation…

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Annual Report 2020

Annual Report 2020

Titled "Fiercely feminist in the face of a pandemic," this report documents WPM's experiences navigating the first year of COVID-19. Highlights how WPM maintained its core feminist values while adapting to unprecedented challenges, demonstrating organizational resilience and detailing the work…

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Annual Report 2019

Annual Report 2019

Showcases WPM's organizational development and alignment with core values throughout 2019, documenting significant accomplishments and new developments, and laying out much of the work achieved over the year as the organization refined its initiatives to reflect its commitment to empathy…

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Annual Report 2018

Annual Report 2018

Showcases WPM's accomplishments and developments throughout 2018, presenting examples demonstrating how the organization brought its vision to life and inviting supporters to join it on its journey toward building a more peaceful and gender-just society.

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Annual Report 2017

Annual Report 2017

Showcases Women Peace Makers' accomplishments and initiatives throughout 2017, highlighting how the organization's work was made possible through the support of donors, partners, and community members, and representing WPM's ongoing commitment to a peaceful and gender just society.

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Book 2019

Who’s Listening? From Centre to Periphery

Examines interethnic dynamics along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border through Facilitative Listening Design. Explores how diverse ethnic groups, including Khmer, Indigenous, Cham/Khmer Muslim, Chinese-Cambodian, and ethnic Vietnamese communities, interact across the border, with business and personal relationships challenging preconceived stereotypes and revealing…

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Book 2017

The FLD Handbook

Introduces Facilitative Listening Design (FLD), an innovative approach to understanding others. Provides practical methodology for action-research, peacebuilding, and relationship transformation, emphasizing that those affected by conflict possess the capacity to resolve it through improved listening and understanding of differing perspectives.

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Book 2017

Who’s Listening? Tackling Hard Issues with Empathy

Examines anti-Vietnamese sentiment in Cambodia through community dialogues conducted in Phnom Penh during early 2017, gathering perspectives from both Khmer and ethnic Vietnamese residents on how they perceived each other. Demonstrates that interethnic relationships involve complexity beyond negative stereotypes, revealing…

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Book 2025

Iconic Women Peacebuilders of Cambodia: Voices and Legacies

Profiles eight remarkable Cambodian women who have shaped peace and justice in their communities, from women's rights advocates and land rights defenders to interfaith leaders and international peacekeepers. Addresses a widening gap in Cambodia's intergenerational memory by documenting personal accounts…

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Report 2025

Between Likes and Loathing: A Cross-Border Inquiry into the Online Conflict Between Thailand and Cambodia

Explores the escalation of digital tensions between Cambodian and Thai social media users, examining the emotional and cultural undercurrents fueling one of Southeast Asia's most enduring online rivalries. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2024 using Facilitative Listening Design methodology, the…

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Report 2025

Voice of Legacy: Amplifying Minority Survivors’ Perspectives in Cambodia’s Transitional Justice and Future Atrocity Prevention Effort

A scoping study examining how Cambodia's transitional justice processes can strengthen conflict prevention and minority inclusion. Connects the ECCC's documented atrocities, including genocide and persecution of minorities such as the Cham and ethnic Vietnamese, to contemporary peacebuilding efforts, with particular…

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Report 2025

Prospects and Challenges for Women’s Access to Justice

Examines Local Dispute Resolution (LDR) practices in Cambodia, specifically addressing intimate partner disputes. Investigates the implementation of LDR and its impact on women's rights and well-being in the context of high rates of intimate partner violence and systemic legal barriers,…

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Book 2025

Foundations of Women, Peace & Security: Lessons and Opportunities for Transformative Peace in Cambodia

Examines how global peace, security, and gender equality frameworks can be meaningfully implemented in Cambodia's conflict-affected communities. Organized around the four pillars of Women, Peace & Security (Prevention, Protection, Participation, and Relief & Recovery) and drawing on UN Security Council…

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