Strategy 4 Legal Protection for Women and Girls

Violence against women is a violation of women’s rights as human rights and poses a major obstacle to women’s participation in national development, which has a long-term negative impact on physical, intellectual, mental, sexual and reproductive health of women victims and children. These consequences place heavy economic and social burdens on the family, community and society. In this sense, eliminating violence against women remains a top priority on the agenda of human capital development and harmony in the family and society.
 
In this regard, MoWA continues to lead and coordinate ministries, institutions, development partners, civil society, media and private sector in formulating and implementing the 4th National Action Plan to Prevent Violence against Women 2024-2030. Preventing and responding to gender- based violence, including sexual abuse and exploitation, trafficking in persons, especially women and children, is essential for eliminating all forms of discrimination against women and girls to ensure women’s and child’s rights are promoted and protected.
 
In this context, Neary Rattanak VI focuses on the following key priorities and measures:
 
Mainstream gender in the process of formulating and implementing laws and legal and judicial reform programs.
Develop and promote the implementation of legal framework, policies and regulations related to the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation of women and girls.
Develop, coordinate, support and promote the implementation of the National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women 2024-2030 and the national, regional and sub-regional plans related to countering human trafficking, sexual abuses and exploitation, and exploitation, addicted drug use and mutlisectoral response service mechanisms, support to victims at national and sub-national levels, and effectively monitor and evaluate them.
Strengthen and expand the implementation of capacity development program and campaign to prevent violence against women and girls and digital platforms to prevent and provide response services to help victims of gender-based violence.
Prepare, coordinate, support and promote the implementation of the National Action Plan to Prevent Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancy and monitor and evaluate.