Enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through effective water management and sustainable agriculture

The report assesses gender inequalities in Thailand, specifically within the agricultural sector, to inform a climate resilience project. It identifies that while women are active in farming, they face systemic barriers in decision-making, resource access, and leadership, particularly in water management. The document proposes a comprehensive action plan including the use of gender-responsive participatory tools, the establishment of a gender working group, and targeted support for women's leadership and financial access to ensure that at least 50% of project beneficiaries are women.

• Thailand is categorized as one of sixteen countries at "extreme risk" regarding climate change vulnerability over the next thirty years, with the agriculture sector being particularly susceptible as 55% of the nation's total area is used for agriculture.
• Gender inequality in Thailand is evident in political representation and labor market participation; as of 2017, women held only 4.8% of parliamentary seats and had a labor force participation rate of 60.5%, compared to 77.3% for men.
• Climate change impacts are not gender-neutral in Thailand, disproportionately affecting poor rural women, ethnic minorities, and indigenous people due to inequitable access to and control over land, water, and forests.
• In the agricultural sector, women often perform the same cultivation tasks as men but are typically excluded from mechanized tasks and have significantly less access to resources such as funds, credit, seeds, and information.
• Water insecurity increases the labor burden on women and children, who serve as primary household caretakers. In water-usage management groups, leadership roles are usually held by men, while women are often relegated to administrative, financing, or vice-president positions.
• Poverty in Thai farming households is most concentrated in the northeast (37.27% regional average) and the north (26.09%), with a rising trend of "skipped-generation" households where elderly women frequently head households with grandchildren.
• The project aims for at least 50% of its beneficiaries to be women and proposes several interventions to address gender gaps, including the use of gender-responsive participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and the recruitment of a Gender Specialist.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2021). Enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through effective water management and sustainable agriculture. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp170-gender-assessment.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through effective water management and sustainable agriculture. 2021. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp170-gender-assessment.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2021enhancing, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through effective water management and sustainable agriculture}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp170-gender-assessment.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }