Banteay Srei – IWDA Program Partner, Cambodia

Banteay Srei textile piece

“We hope to continue a long lasting relationship with IWDA in the effort of promoting women’s rights in Cambodia through further social, political and economic change throughout the community” ~ Banteay Srei, July 2010.

Banteay Srei has been an IWDA program partner for ten years. In Cambodia, there are currently few services for women who experience violence. Women face barriers to security and justice including a lack of emergency shelters for them and their family, costly transport and a prohibitively expensive legal system.

The Banteay Srei Safe House is the only crisis centre in Battambang Province where women and their children can find immediate care and address personal and  economic  needs. The  Safe  House offers accommodation and food, transportation, referrals for medical, legal and psychosocial services, information about basic rights, basic health education and assistance in filing legal complaints, and accessing long-term rehabilitation and reintegration support.

Banteay Srei. Photo: Anne Frankenberg, Cambodia, January 2010

“We dream to grow and hope that in the future the women’s network will grow and we will be able to support each other’s” ~ Banteay Srei.

Tags: Banteay Srei, Textile Exhibition

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