Gender and Development for Cambodia

What Gender and Development for Cambodia does

Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) is an independent local non-government organization founded in 1997 and headquartered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Originally established as a semi-autonomous program within the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC), it has grown over 28 years into one of Cambodia's leading local NGOs focused on advancing gender equality and women's rights across the country's social, economic, and political processes. GADC employs between 11 and 50 staff and operates under a five-year strategic plan covering 2023-2027.

The organization delivers its mission through a portfolio of five interconnected programs: Advocacy and Networking (policy lobbying and awareness campaigns), Community Outreach (grassroots gender transformation in three target provinces — Prey Veng, Kampong Chhnang, and Pursat), the Cambodia Men's Network (engaging men to eliminate violence against women), the Feminist Education Program (capacity building for feminist leadership), and the Thriive Program (women's economic empowerment through equipment provision to SMEs). GADC also serves as the acting secretariat for two national networks — GADNet and the Cambodia Men's Network — coordinating gender-equality advocacy across Cambodia's civil society ecosystem.

GADC's revenue model is entirely donor-funded, with no commercial products or services sold. Operating funding comes from international development donors and bilateral embassies, including the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP), the International Women's Development Agency (IWDA), Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Seoul. The organization pairs this funding with strategic partnerships with peer NGOs including SILAKA, CORD Cambodia, SEDECA, and RECOFTC. Programs are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries through trained community facilitators, gender cafes, and village-level dialogues, with no pricing structure or commercial distribution channels.

Name

Gender and Development for Cambodia

Legal name

Gender and Development for Cambodia

Website

https://gadc.org.kh

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) is a Phnom Penh-based non-profit NGO founded in 1997 that advances gender equality and women's rights through advocacy, community outreach, men's engagement, feminist education, and women's economic empowerment programs across Cambodia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gender Equality and Women's Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

Keywords

• Gender equality advocacy
• Women rights programs
• Community outreach
• Feminist education
• Women economic empowerment

Headquarters

HQ city

Phnom Penh

HQ country

Cambodia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Funding: GADC operates as a non-profit organization funded by international donors, development agencies, and government grants. Revenue comes from project funding provided by partners such as Australian DFAT, IWDA, Norwegian People's Aid, and other multilateral organizations for implementing gender equality and women's empowerment programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) is a Cambodian non-profit organization that runs gender-equality and women's-rights programs, including community outreach in multiple provinces, a men's engagement network, feminist education, and an economic empowerment initiative that provides machinery and equipment to women-owned SMEs. The organization also acts as the secretariat for civil-society networks, representing civil society on bodies such as the NGO Committee on CEDAW.

Product overview

GADC operates as a unified portfolio of gender equality programs rather than a technology platform. The organization runs five interconnected programs: Advocacy and Networking (policy influence and awareness campaigns), Community Outreach (grassroots relationship building in 3 provinces), Cambodia Men's Network (men's engagement network), Feminist Education Program (internal and external capacity building), and the Thriive Program (women's economic empowerment through equipment provision). These programs work synergistically to advance gender equity in Cambodia's social, economic, and political processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Thriive Program: A program that alleviates poverty by providing machinery and equipment to help businesses grow, create employment, and give back to communities. Recipients receive equipment valued between USD 2,000 and USD 10,000 and repay through charitable activities rather than cash.
• Cambodia Men's Network (CMN)

Products and services

• Advocacy and Networking Program Program that advances gender-equality advocacy and coordinates civil-society networks in Cambodia, including secretariat functions for coalitions and representation on bodies such as the NGO Committee on CEDAW. Intended audience: Cambodian civil-society actors, women's-rights advocates, and policy stakeholders.
• Community Outreach Program Direct community-based gender-equality programming delivered in three provinces: Phnom Penh, Kampong Cham, and Svay Rieng. Targets women, girls, men, boys, including women with disabilities, indigenous women, and rural populations, with the stated objective of improving well-being through local engagement.
• Cambodia Men's Network (CMN) Network that engages men and boys in advancing gender equality in Cambodia, operating under GADC's coordination. Audience: Cambodian men and boys, alongside partner organizations working on gender-equality outcomes.
• Feminist Education Program Education program grounded in feminist pedagogy that delivers training and learning to advance gender equality. Audience: program participants within GADC's community and partner-network footprint in Cambodia.
• Thriive Program (Economic Empowerment) Economic-empowerment initiative that provides machinery and equipment to women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Audience: Cambodian women entrepreneurs and women-owned SMEs seeking asset-based support to grow their businesses.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained women and men become resources for their communities to address sensitive issues like domestic violence, gambling, and poverty
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RECOFTCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Partnership organizing World Nature Conservation Day events to raise awareness about including diverse women and girls in natural resource protection and addressing gender-based violence in environmental contexts.
• International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing feminist partnership with IWDA including the Women's Action for Voice and Empowerment (WAVE) project, current Women's Economic Empowerment in Small-Scale Business project, and organizational development support. Partnership built on trust, mutual learning, and shared commitment to feminist values.
• GADNet (Gender and Development Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGADC serves as the acting secretariat for GADNet, conducting most initiatives through this active network. Provides capacity-building trainings to member organizations and organizes quarterly meetings to share experiences on women's status.
• SILAKAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking under coordination of SILAKA on WLSN project to empower women leaders at sub-national level (district and province) in Prey Veng province.
• CORD CambodiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGADC in collaboration with CORD Cambodia piloted the Community of Practice (CoP) project to build capacity and self-esteem for women in different sectors and levels (NGOs and public sector).
• SEDECAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEDAW Project collaboration with SEDECA and NGO partners to strengthen capacity of national human rights institutions to promote and protect women's rights.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Kalyana Mitta Foundation: A Myanmar-based feminist organization running women's empowerment, advocacy, and community-organizing programs — comparable in mission and community-led approach, though operating in a different national context.
• International Women's Development Agency (IWDA): Australian feminist organization that is both a peer (in gender-equality programming and feminist-funding) and an existing GADC partner. Comparable in feminist methodology and movement-building approach, though operating primarily from Australia with sub-granting in the region.
• Womankind Worldwide: UK-based feminist organization funding and partnering with women's rights organizations in Asia and Africa — a peer in feminist partnership approach and women's movement strengthening, though headquartered outside the region.

Broad incumbents

• UN Women Cambodia: The UN Women Cambodia country office sets national gender-equality norms and convenes civil society networks — a high-level peer working on overlapping advocacy themes but at the multilateral scale.
• Plan International Cambodia: Plan International Cambodia focuses on girls' rights, child protection, and youth leadership with a gender lens, making it a comparable broader incumbent with deeper resources but less local-Cambodian identity than GADC.
• Oxfam Cambodia: Oxfam in Cambodia runs gender justice and economic-empowerment programs at larger scale across the country; a broad incumbent INGO with overlapping thematic priorities but a wider portfolio beyond gender.
• Save the Children Cambodia: Save the Children Cambodia addresses gender-based violence and adolescent girls' empowerment alongside broader child-rights programming — a broad incumbent with thematic overlap but a different primary mandate.

Direct peers

• CARE Cambodia: CARE Cambodia is a long-standing INGO working on women's economic empowerment, gender-based violence prevention, and community organizing across multiple provinces in Cambodia — directly comparable to GADC's mandate and donor ecosystem.
• ActionAid Cambodia: ActionAid Cambodia operates as a feminist INGO focused on women's rights, economic empowerment, and youth mobilization, with overlapping community-based program models and a similar sub-granting approach to local partners.

Emerging players

• GADNet (Gender and Development Network): The national Cambodian gender and development network for which GADC serves as secretariat — a closely related ecosystem entity where member CSOs collectively address overlapping advocacy themes, making it a near-peer in the same niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CambodiaGadc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Gadcad1
• Facebookfacebook.com/GenderandDevelopmentforCambodia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gender-and-development-for-cambodia

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