Partners

STOPStart''''s vision is to support and empower former trafficked women, this includes giving them hope for the future. One way to do this is to provide opportunities for generating an income offering long term sustainability. Our partner in Cambodia is SSE known as STOPstart enterprises employing former trafficked women and giving them the opportunity to start a new life.

Through SSE many of the women receive soft skills training such as communication, basic financial literacy and teamwork. They are then given work placements with vocational training in various social enterprise programs. The SSE program is one of these enterprises professionally training women in design and garment making.

The organisation currently employs 45 people. SSE is a member of the International Fair Trade Association and products such as the bags featured on this website are made from recycled rice and seed bags.

Quick Facts about Cambodia

• 32.6 percent of Cambodian women are illiterate
• 1 in 5 women aged 15-49 who have been married have experienced violence in their families
• It is estimated that 64 percent of the country''''s sex workers have been forced into prostitution

Figures from National Institute of Statistics, LICADHO