Cambodian researchers get award for innovation to address gender-based violence

File photo of Cambodian women from shouting slogans during a march on International Women's Day in Phnom Penh on March 8, 2012. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): A research team from Khana Centre for Population Health Research in Cambodia has won funding to implement a 24-hour platform for gender-based violence response and support for female entertainment workers in the country, said a World Bank's press statement on Thursday (July 9).

The 2020 Development Marketplace: Innovations to Address Gender-Based Violence award will enable the researchers at Khana organisation to test the feasibility and effectiveness of the "SMARTgirl Chatline," which provides 24-hour support via WhatsApp to female entertainment workers who are at risk or survivors of gender-based violence, the statement said.