"In order to promote gender equity and the empowerment of women, and to reduce all forms of violence against women and against children, and to increase the percentage of citizens with a clearer awareness about violence, the Open Institute held a women's forum under the topic: 'Best Practice of ICT Use to Combat Violence against Women and Children.'
"25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the Open Institute will participate in an international campaign 'Reclaiming Information and Communication Technology to End Violence against Women' focusing on all activities considered as violence against women and children which come from a wrong attitude and lead to crimes. This campaign will take place until 10 December 2009, which is the International Human Rights Day.
"The executive director of the Open Institute, Ms. Chim Manavy, told Deum Ampil that the Open Institute is an organization working on the use of Information and Communication Technology to contribute to development of equality between men and women. She added that the Women's Program of the Open Institute, in cooperation with the Association for Progressive Communication, will organize some activities to participate in the 16 days campaign under the topic: 'Take Control of Technology to End Violence against Women' [a collaborative campaign to use Information and Communication Technology like mobile phones, instant messengers, blogs, websites, digital cameras, e-mail, and pod casts to promote the end of violence against women]. She went on to say that this campaign is going to be organized with the goal to publish the campaign to contribute to ending violence through the use of Information and Communication Technology in women's organizations, by users of Information and Communication Technology, and the public in Cambodia, to raise awareness about the different forms of violence against women, as well as to address how important the use of Information and Communication Technology can be [to combat violence against women]. She went on to say that to learn about a rich collection of information about laws, rights, gender, and other documents regarding development, on can visit the Women's Web Portal at the following Internet address: http://women.open.org.kh/; also articles and short texts related to women's affairs can be sent to a discussion list at the following address: gender [at] lists [dot] open [dot] org [dot] kh .
"It should be noted that the history of the campaign to use Information and Communication Technology to end violence against women dates back in the Association for Progressive Communication since 2006, and it is used as base material in many countries of the world."Deum Ampil, Vol.3, #344, 24.11.2009
This article was first published by The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 640 - Tuesday, 24.11.2009
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