New program to fight gender-based violence

Physical, sexual and emotional violence against women is “common” in Ratanakkiri’s ethnic minority communities, and mostly committed by the victims’ husbands, a new gender-based violence report by CARE Cambodia has found.

The new $1.17 million program, launched by CARE, will target 11 lower secondary schools in the province, and will reach some 2,601 ethnic students who speak Khmer.

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