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Facilitating a Better Access to Local Justice among Indigenous and Remote Communities (FAIR)

FAIR-AFSC improves access to local justice for Indigenous and remote communities in Stung Treng and Ratanakiri provinces by strengthening the institutions that deliver it. In Cambodia's northeast, formal courts are…

Collective Action for Rights and Equality (CARE) of Minority Women and Girls

The CARE-Minority Initiative builds the capacity and agency of minority and Indigenous women and girls in Cambodia to stand up for their rights, while fostering a safe, gender-equitable, and nonviolent…

Supporting the Adoption of Gender Responsive Alternative Dispute Resolution Guidelines and Manual (SAGA)

SAGA supported Cambodia's ministries in bringing gender-responsive mediation into national policy. Working with the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MoWA), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and the Ministry of Interior (MoI),…

Girls in Stronger Action! Empowering Girls and Young Women to Learn, Share, Create and Lead for Gender Equality in Cambodia (GISA)

This initiative brings together Women Peace Makers (WPM), Khmer Youth Association (KYA), and Plan International Germany to strengthen the leadership, participation, and rights of girls and young women in Cambodia.…

That’s My Child! So What!

This initiative focused on strengthening family acceptance and public support for LGBTQI+ people in Cambodia. It combined storytelling, peer support, and public dialogue, moving between family spaces and wider civic…

Reduction of Gender-Based Violence and Improvement of Mental Health of Indigenous Communities in Cambodia (SAFE)

SAFE brings together Women Peace Makers (WPM), Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), and Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe to improve protection from and response to gender-based violence and access to mental health support for Indigenous…

Making the Space: Voices from Girls of Cambodian Minority Communities

This initiative centered the voices and experiences of girls from Cambodia's minority communities, including Indigenous, ethnic Vietnamese, Cham Muslim, and Khmer Krom groups. It combined participatory research with art-based engagement…

Ponlok Chomnes II: Data and Dialogue for Development in Cambodia – GEDSI Consortium and SheThinks Network

Ponlok Chomnes II strengthens Cambodia's knowledge sector so that Cambodian research informs public policy. WPM holds two roles within the program. As a member of the program's Gender Equality, Disability…

Our Turn

This initiative brought together diverse marginalized communities in Cambodia to build solidarity, confidence, and collective voice. Working across five groups including Indigenous women, women with disabilities, LGBTQI+ people, minority women,…

Strengthening Civil Society Organisations in Social Transformation Processes in Southeast Asia (GROWTH II)

GROWTH II is a regional program spanning Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand, working on social transformation, resilience, gender equality, and community development in Southeast Asia. Within the regional consortium, WPM's component…

Creating a Protective Community for Women, Girls, Men, and Boys (KH0108)

This initiative focused on preventing and responding to gender-based violence while strengthening psychosocial support systems in rural Cambodia. Implemented in partnership with national and community stakeholders across Kampong Chhnang, Kampot,…

Owning the Space: Voices from Minority Women/Girls

This initiative focused on strengthening the voice, leadership, confidence, and collective agency of minority women and girls across Cambodia through feminist participatory action research, community organizing, and advocacy. Working with…

Collective Action to Support Women’s Rights (CASWR)

This initiative strengthened women's rights and leadership across six provinces in Cambodia through a multi-partner collaboration that brought together civil society organizations and local communities. The work focused on building…

Learn, Share, Speak Together: Marginalized Women Creating a Collective Space in the City

This initiative brought together doubly marginalized women in urban Cambodia to build collective voice and advocacy through participatory learning and dialogue. The work focused on four groups including Indigenous women,…

Stronger Organizational Foundation, Stronger Programming Impacts: Facilitating a Better Access to Local Justice among Indigenous and Remote Communities (FAIR)

FAIR-CPS advances gender-responsive access to justice among Indigenous and remote communities in Cambodia while strengthening WPM's organizational resilience and long-term sustainability. In much of rural Cambodia, local disputes, including cases…

AMPLIFY-WPS strengthens the leadership, participation, and influence of women and youth in all their diversity to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Cambodia.