Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre was founded in 1997 and registered with the Ministry of Interior in 1998 with a simple goal “Helping Women Help Themselves”. Three women launched CWCC as a local response to a local problem, having witnessed the suffering of women and children, especially girls from the consequences of war and various forms of violence against women and children. With the generous support from Terre des Hommes Germany and the Netherlands they opened one small shelter in Phnom Penh, placing leaflets in local police stations, not imagining that within a few days their 25-place refuge would be filled. The work of the CWCC has expanded from a crisis shelter in Phnom Penh to shelters in the provinces of Banteay Meanchey (1999), Siem Reap (2001), Kampong Thom (2012) and Kampong Speu (2019). Social assistance at the early stage also expanded to legal protection, community organization, economic empowerment and advocacy work at national and international level.