Gender studies centre and women’s rights guide book launched in Cambodia

An unprecedented achievement for the study and prevention of further violence against women in Cambodia was announced last month with the opening of a Women and Gender Studies Centre in the capital city Phnom Penh. APC member Open Institute, a non-profit and non-government organisation in Cambodia, launched both the Centre as well as a women’s rights guide book as part of APC’s campaign: Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women. The Women’s Guide Book (a collaborative work by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Open Institute, and the international organization Peace and Development) was created for activists, policy-makers, survivors of violence and those interested in women’s rights. It outlines the legislation that can be used to support women’s rights as well as clear explanations of those laws.