A grassroots approach to encouraging women’s innovation and technology is supported by tech giant, Google, through Google Developers’ Women Techmaker Events. These events encourage young women to explore the ICT sector as a potential career path and supports women who have entered into the sector already.

Mekong Blue, a high-quality silk product manufacturer in Cambodia, supports Stung Treng Women’s Development Centre near the remote Stung Treng Province in the northeast of Cambodia. SWDC offers programs in literacy, health education, vocational training, and employment assistance. Its founders’ recognition of the fact that women typically are more poverty-stricken in the region put women at the forefront of SWDC’s target population.

Artisans Angkor is a Siem Reap-based company that employs an all-female traditional crafts team to support training and apprenticeships for local youth, paying special attention to equal opportunity for women. Artisans Angkor employs over 900 artisans with a support staff for a total of over 1,300 employees, with 42 workshops in the province.

Journeys Within Our Community, a non-profit organization registered in the United States and Cambodia, provides micro financing and an informal lending network to groups of borrowers, the majority of which must be women, in Siem Reap. Created out of a need for fair-interest loans typically denied by formal banks to those without a credit history, form of collateral, and literacy to complete bank forms, JWOC’s target market is those who own microenterprises – from the roadside food vendor to recycling collectors and handicraft makers.