Gender and Development

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Women in Development, 1994

In 1993, following two decades of war and civil strive, Cambodia embarked on a program of national reconstruction and economic development. The challenge of rebuilding Cambodia through necessity, even if not by design, rested with women. They constituted the majority of the population. Recognizing the need to actively involve women in the program of national reconstruction, the government established its Secretariat of State for Women's Affairs (SWA). Prior to this, activities related to women had been undertaken by various sector ministries; without any overall coordination, guiding policies, or strategies. With the creation of SWA, the government proposed to address women's concerns in a more systematic and coordinated manner to ensure their needs were adequately reflected in all government policies, programs, and activities. The aim was to move away from separate projects focusing on women, in favor of mainstreaming women's concerns into all sector policies and programs. Bank technical assistance was sought to assist SWA develop its capacity to manage this change.

Under the Women in Development project, assistance was provided to help SWA develop the National Policy on Women, which was subsequently adopted by the Cabinet. The policy was developed in a participatory manner involving all key stakeholders. National workshops were held to discuss it. In addition, the TA project supported the preparation of a national plan of action to implement the policy and the development of SWA's organizational framework. The roles and functions of SWA were defined to reflect its revised scope and mandate. This entailed upgrading SWA to ministry status and training SWA staff to perform their modified functions and roles. Under the project, the communications network between SWA and the 21 women-in-development centers located in the provinces and municipalities was also improved.

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