Cambodia Women's Crisis Center

The Board of Directors which has 5 members is composed of well-known leaders of human rights organizations working at national and international levels.

The Board of Directors which has 5 members is composed of well-known leaders of human rights organizations working at national and international levels.

Cambodian Women’s Crisis Center (CWCC) is a local non-government organization founded and registered with the Ministry of the Interior in Phnom Penh in 1997 by a group of women who witnessed the suffering of women and children from the consequence of war and from various forms of violence against women.

CWCC overall purpose is to contribute to the empowerment of vulnerable women and girls through protection, prevention and advocacy in order to promote a peaceful, gender-equitable and compassionate society.
Our vision is to assist women and girls in living in peace, security and dignity and enjoy their universal human rights.

CWCC’s target group are survivor of domestic violence, rape and human trafficking who need a safe place while they recover from the violence they have endured and decide what they want to do in the future. Many will not be able to return home and must resettle elsewhere and need to think how they will support themselves and their children in the future on their own.