Gender Assessment SAP058: Local Governments and Climate Change III (LGCC-3) Cambodia

The report assesses gender-specific vulnerabilities and capacities in Cambodia to ensure the LGCC-3 project effectively supports women and marginalized groups. It identifies deep-seated patriarchal norms, limited land rights, and financial exclusion as key drivers of women's disproportionate susceptibility to climate change. The document proposes a Gender Action Plan (GAP) that includes gender-specific investment criteria for performance-based climate-resilient grants (PBCRG), mandatory gender-responsive safeguards, and a survivor-centric grievance redress mechanism to prevent sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH).

• Women in Cambodia are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change due to a combination of patriarchal norms, limited land rights, financial exclusion, and persistent gender-based violence.
• Female-headed households in rural areas experience higher poverty rates (29.1%) compared to male-headed households (21.5%) and are more likely to be economically inactive.
• Women face significant structural barriers in entrepreneurship, including limited access to formal finance; less than 3% of Cambodian women entrepreneurs have access to formal credit.
• Gender disparities in land tenure persist, with women possessing over 18% of land titles and 63% being conjugal, often hindered by customary practices that favor men.
• Climate-induced disasters increase the burden on women, as droughts extend the time spent gathering water and food, and floods often restrict women's mobility due to caregiving responsibilities.
• Sexual harassment is prevalent in the workplace, with ILO studies estimating it affects 40-60% of women and 10-25% of men, particularly in the garment, public, and agricultural sectors.
• The LGCC-3 project will implement a performance-based climate-resilient grants (PBCRG) system, with a target that at least 20% of investments support female-headed households.
• To mitigate risks of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH), the project will establish a survivor-centric Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and a mandatory Code of Conduct.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2025). Gender Assessment SAP058: Local Governments and Climate Change III (LGCC-3) Cambodia. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap058-gender-assessment.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Gender Assessment SAP058: Local Governments and Climate Change III (LGCC-3) Cambodia. 2025. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap058-gender-assessment.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2025gender, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Gender Assessment SAP058: Local Governments and Climate Change III (LGCC-3) Cambodia}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap058-gender-assessment.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }