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15Aug-25

A journey towards greater disability inclusion, highlights from the third Disability Inclusion Workstream meeting

Date: 7 August 2025 Location: Phnom Penh The Disability Inclusion Workstream is one of three working groups in the ACCESS 2 governance structure, alongside Gender Based Violence and Rehabilitation. On 7 August 2025, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation and the Disability Action Council Secretariat General co-chaired the six-monthly Disability Inclusion Workstream meeting. National and provincial counterparts, ACCESS 2 partners and the Australian Embassy reviewed progress and confirmed priorities for the next six months. (more…)
8Aug-25

First PCC meeting in Ratanakiri: A journey to strengthen collaboration with sub-national authorities in support of Indigenous communities

Recently, we held the first Provincial Coordination Committee (PCC) meeting in Ratanakiri, co-chaired by Her Excellency Nhean Tith Chenda, Deputy Provincial Governor, and Ms Sophia Cason, ACCESS 2 Team Leader, alongside representatives from sub-national government, Strategic Implementing Partners (SIPs) such as CARE, TPO, PAfID, and CARE’s subgrantees—Highlander Association (HA) and Conserve Indigenous Peoples Language (CIPL)—as well as the ACCESS 2 team." Prior to the PCC meeting, the co-chairs and members visited a new established counseling room located in Lomchor Commune, O...
4Aug-25

Strengthening Cambodia’s response to gender-based violence (GBV): snapshots from the 3rd ACCESS 2 Workstream meeting

Australia’s ACCESS 2 program is partnering with Cambodian ministries and local experts to make services for women affected by gender-based violence more inclusive, better-coordinated and easier to reach. A milestone gathering – 30 July 2025 The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) chaired the third GBV Workstream meeting, bringing provincial officials and ACCESS 2 partners together to review progress and align the next six-month workplan. Who was in the room: MoWA; Provincial Departments of Women’s Affairs (PDoWAs) in ACCESS 2 target provinces; the Ministries...
21Jul-25

Empowering Independence: Bringing Prosthetic and Orthotic Services Closer to Communities

With support from the Australian Government through ACCESS 2, Exceed Worldwide is transforming lives in northeastern Cambodia. Between 15–17 July 2025, Exceed organised Open Day sessions in Stung Treng, Ratanakiri, and Mondulkiri provinces, showcasing the Prosthetic and Orthotic (P&O) Services Unit at Kratie Provincial Referral Hospital, established in October 2024 through collaboration with the Provincial Health Department and ACCESS 2 funding. This initiative marks a major step in making essential rehabilitation services accessible locally. The sessions aimed to encourage early referrals...
17Jun-25

ACCESS 2 Celebrates Pride Month 2025 – “One Story. One Future”

This June, the Australia-Cambodia Cooperation for Equitable Sustainable Services – Phase 2 (ACCESS 2) proudly celebrated Pride Month 2025 under the global GLAAD theme: “One Story. One Future.” This message of shared stories and aspirations reinforces our mission to build inclusive, equitable communities, where every Cambodian, including LGBTQI+ persons with disabilities and survivors of gender-based violence, can thrive with dignity, safety and opportunity. GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a global non-profit organisation that promotes accurate, inclusive...
16Jun-25

ACCESS 2 Promotes Disability Inclusion and Accessibility in Siem Reap Communities

The Australia-Cambodia Cooperation for Equitable Sustainable Services – Phase 2 (ACCESS 2), in partnership with the Provincial Disability Action Council (PDAC) of Siem Reap, recently supported training sessions on Disability Inclusion (DI) and Physical Accessibility for commune and district authorities in Sot Nikum and Pouk districts. These sessions build on achievements from ACCESS Phase 1 and reinforce the program’s long-term commitment to improving access to quality public services for persons with disabilities at both national and sub-national levels. “Consideration of physical accessibility...
10Jun-25

ACCESS 2 and MoWA sharpen Year 3 GBV workplan to better serve survivors

Australia’s Australia-Cambodia Cooperation for Equitable Sustainable Services – Phase 2 (ACCESS 2) program is deepening its partnership with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) to ensure stronger, survivor-centred gender-based violence (GBV) services across four target provinces—Kampong Speu, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap and Ratanakiri. Together, ACCESS 2 and MoWA are working toward two end-of-investment outcomes: Higher-quality GBV and disability services reaching more people; and National and sub-national planning that responds to the priorities of survivors and persons with disabilities, in line...
10Jun-25

Refresher training strengthens GBV Working Groups and lifts service-quality standards

Australia’s Australia–Cambodia Cooperation for Equitable Sustainable Services – Phase 2 (ACCESS 2) program is working towards two end-of-investment outcomes (EOIOs): (1) higher-quality gender-based violence (GBV) and disability services reaching more people in target provinces, and (2) national and sub-national planning that responds to the priorities of survivors and persons with disabilities. A reflection workshop held in Kampot in early 2025 confirmed that members of provincial and district GBV Working Groups (GBV WGs) needed stronger skills to monitor service quality and to...