Se Chhin
Collaborative on Global Children's Issues
Se Chhin is a Cambodian civil society leader and a 2026 global fellow at the Georgetown University Collaborative on Global Children's Issues, where he advances community-led solutions to prevent child-family separation and strengthen family-based care systems in Cambodia while connecting local reform efforts to global policy dialogue and practice. His expertise spans child protection reform, reintegration, alternative care, and justice-related child-family separation. As deputy director of This Life, he serves as the organization’s chief operating lead, overseeing programs, budgeting, partnerships, and philanthropic strategy while guiding cross-sector collaboration.
- ​Leads national-scale reintegration and prevention initiatives to reduce institutionalization and strengthen local gatekeeping systems.
- Coordinated emergency tracing and reintegration of children following large-scale, sudden residential care facility closures.
- Advances reforms supporting children in conflict with the law and children of incarcerated parents.
- Builds interdisciplinary partnerships across government, civil society, and development partners to strengthen care systems.
- Serves as a board member of the International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents.
- Selected Obama Leader (Asia-Pacific) and YSEALI Professional Fellow, part of regional and global leadership networks advancing civic engagement, governance, and cross-border collaboration.
- He holds an executive master's degreein development policies and practices from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Master of Arts in public administration from the Royal University of Law and Economics.