The first ever women web portal in Cambodia was one of the women programs initiated by the Open Institute in 2006 which aimed to promote gender equality in a society where women can exercise their rights and be empowered to participate in the economic and sociopolitical spheres. This women web portal attempts to bring women issues and their rights empowerment in the global discussion through the use of three Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools: Blog, Online Forum, Gender Mailing List. Though the internet penetration in Cambodia is still low of which overall usage figure in 2009 survey is 9.8 percent and up to 18.8 percent in the capital, the portal is trying to make information available in Khmer language and creating platforms where women from various backgrounds ranging from commune council members, government officials, organization's representatives, teachers, students, and the youths in general can get their voices heard. Sokhayouk Prak, Women Program's Coordinator and also active blogger whose blog aims to raise awareness on women rights gives a comprehensive introduction about the women web portal: វិបផតថល​ស្ដី​អំពី​ស្ត្រី គឺ​ជា​បណ្ដុំ​ព័ត៌មាន​​អេឡិចត្រូនិក ​​ជា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​ដ៏​សម្បូរ​បែប​​​ ទាក់ទង​នឹង​ឯកសារ​ច្បាប់ សិទ្ធិ យេនឌ័រ បច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា ​​សកម្មភាព និង​ភាព​ជោគជ័យ​​នានា​របស់​បណ្ដាញ/​អង្គការ​ស្ត្រី និង ឯកសារ​ជា​ច្រើន​ទៀត​ទាក់ទង​នឹង​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និង​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍។ វិបផតថល​ស្ដី​អំពី​ស្ត្រី​​ គឺ​ជា​វិបផតថល​ជា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​ស្ដី​អំពី​ស្ត្រី​មុន​គេ​បង្អស់​ដែល​​ត្រូវ​ បាន​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ និង​បង្ហោះ​ជា​ផ្លូវការ​នៅ​ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០០៧ ​ក្នុង​គោលបំណង ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ព័ត៌មាន​ទាក់​ទង​ស្ត្រី​និង​សិទ្ធិ និង​សម្របសម្រួល​ការ​ប្រាស្រ័យ​ទាក់ទង​​នានា​។ Women Web Portal is the first women portal made available in Khmer language with various documents related to applicable laws, rights, gender issues, ICT, social and economic development. This portal officially launched in October 2007 aims to provide spaces of women related issues and platform of discussion for the common goal of gender equality in Cambodia. From its 2009 report, there are graphs showing the majority of shared content portion and the dramatic increase of visitors which indicate the great participation of their targets. graph showing the portal's information content The increasing trend of web visitors Via e-mail interview with Manavy Chim, Open Institute's Executive Director who previously spent more than 20 years working with the Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation and later joined the civil society with the hope for a greater liberty to work with local people to solve various social problems, emphasizes the great benefit of ICT in women empowerment. Question: Why did you personally become involved in this women project? Manavy: I want to explore more about women problem and to see what I can do to be of help. Information on legal document and document related to women rights in Khmer that can help women with problem or without problem is not easy to find. Women are facing many problems including violence against women (rape, domestic violence, human trafficking) poverty, and discrimination. But women dare not to speak out. It is good that we provide women information they need, spaces and opportunities for women to break silence and speak out , to share with us what do they think about themselves and their future, and what is their concern. Hope this contribute to women life’ satisfactory. Q. What have been the results? Manavy: The Women web portal, the first and a single web portal in Khmer language in Cambodia that provides people a larger amount of information on gender, women rights and development issues. The portal was ranked by the Google Page Rank 5/10 among other web sites around the world, as a web site with meaningful, useful information and attractive to visitors. The women web portal gets more than 2000 unique visitors per day and there are more than 10000 pageviews since it was launched on late 2007. This is not only a channel for information sharing but also provides an open space for discussion to address their concern, and also as space for women organizations to share about their organizations. There are communication tool made available through the women web portal such as blog and online forum. Take Back The Tech (TBTT) is one among an attractive way of information sharing on violence against women among young people by using and controlling technology. The women program does not work alone, but we cooperate with the Association of Progressive Communication (APC), an international organization pioneering the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for social justice that has more than 100 member organizations around the world.