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Acknowledgements
This handbook has been a joint effort by UNDP and VBNK, with input from counterparts from
the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior and in close collaboration with the Project
Management Unit of the Council of Legal and Judicial Reform.
We would like to thank all individuals who contributed to this handbook. May Sreylon and
Graeme Storer from VBNK and Bronwen Seal from UNDP have worked hard to develop the
handbook and ensure it is easy to understand and practical to use. The Community Capacity
Enhancement (CCE) Trainers employed by the Access to Justice Project to train the Village Facilitators
have also assisted in developing the handbook: Mr Chun Bora, Mr Lim Pich, Mr Lim Vannak,
The Venerable Mony Saveth, Mr Sor Hong, Mr Ung SokSay and Mrs You Sokun. Patricia Curran
developed some of the monitoring tools including here and we thank her for this.
The documentation and data collection for this handbook has been supported by Mr. Sok Bora,
Deputy Chief of the Department of Legal Education and Dissemination and Project Manager of
the Access to Justice Project in the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Mony Virak, Member of the Legislative
Council and Project Manager of the Access to Justice Project in the Ministry of Interior and
Mr. Kong Rady, National Law Specialist from UNDP. Input and advice from UNDP staff members
Ms. Dorine van der Keur, Mr. Srun Rachana, Mr. Long Sona, Mr. Pich Chariya, Mr. Kim Vuthyravong,
Mr. Heng Pat, Mr. Nuth Savna and members of the Legislation Group from the Ministry of Interior
have been invaluable.
The Village Facilitators from all 89 villages in 17 districts and cities in five provinces, who facilitated
Community Conversations on Domestic Violence in their villages between 2006 and 2010, have
voluntarily given their time to participate in training and to facilitate these discussions, and for this
we are grateful. Officials from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the target areas, whom we would
also like to thank, have supported them.
We also want to thank the community members who made their time available to participate in
the community conversations in Kampong Speu, Kampong Chhnang, Siem Riep, Rattanakiri and
Modulkiri provinces. Their insights, feedback and active participation have been invaluable.
German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs have provided excellent
resources on domestic violence in Cambodia, resources that have greatly enriched the handbook –
thank you. And finally we would like to thank the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional
para el Desarrollo (AECID, the Spanish Agency of International Development Cooperation),
the Spanish Government and UNDP Cambodia for their financial support.
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