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Enhancing Police Capacity and Whole-of-Society Response to Technology-Facilitated Gender- Based Violence

Development Challenge

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is an emerging and growing issue in Lao PDR, disproportionately affecting women, girls, youth, and marginalized groups. Police and justice institutions face limited capacity to investigate TFGBV cases, weak survivor-centred approaches, low digital evidence-handling capacity, and limited public trust in reporting mechanisms.

Project Background

The project supports the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Technology and Communications to strengthen police capacity, improve survivor-centred responses to TFGBV, support legal and policy reforms, and promote public awareness on online safety and digital violence. The project combines police training, legal analysis, regional knowledge exchange, and multi-sectoral collaboration to strengthen Lao PDR’s response to cybercrime and TFGBV.

Expected Results

  • Stronger police capacity to investigate TFGBV cases and handle digital evidence 
  • Improved survivor-centred and gender-responsive responses within the justice sector 
  • Greater public awareness of online violence, cyber safety, and reporting pathways 
  • Stronger coordination between police, justice institutions, and technology actors • Contributions to cybercrime law reform and improved legal protections related to TFGBV

Key Achievement

TFGBV workshop conducted for 16 justice sector participants, four MPS representatives engaged in regional and global TFGBV policy dialogues, collaboration initiated with MTC on cybercrime law reform, and recruitment launched for TFGBV legal analysis and police training experts.

 

Project Details

  • Status: On-going  
  • Duration: 2025 - 2026
  • Focus area: access to justice and rule of law
  • Implementing partner: Ministry of Public Secutiry (MPS)
  • Total project budget: 100,000 USD  
  • Donor: Korea National Police Agency (KNPA)

 

Contacts

United Nations Development Programme
Lane Xang Avenue
P.O. Box 345 Vientiane, Lao PDR
Email: info.la@undp.org
Tel: +856 (0) 21 267 777
Fax: +856 (0) 21 267 799

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