The CWCC was founded in 1997 by a small group of women concerned about the sizeable level of violence being perpetrated against women and children and the lack of services available to care for victims. Since opening a Crisis Centre in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, it's services rapidly expanded to include sheltering, counselling, medical assistance, literacy and vocational training, life skills, legal representation, monitoring, repatriation and reintegration of women and girls who have been trafficked, scholarship for poor girls, community awareness and organising, training of and networking with other NGO's and Government Ministry's, advocating for the elimination of all forms of violence.
The CWCC's guiding philosophy is that women's disempowerment is the root of many of the issues confronting them. Working alongside women who have been victims of gender-based abuse, the CWCC seeks to empower women by assisting them to take control of their lives and make decisions in the interests of themselves and their children's future, free of the fear of violence or exploitation.
In response to community needs, the CWCC expanded its base of operations to include Banteay Meanchey province in 1999 and in 2001 also began operating in Siem Reap province.
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