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The table below lists all South East Asia-based development assistance programs in operation from 2008 to present, which have a primary focus on women's economic empowerment.


The drop-down filters can be used to narrow the program search by Country, Thematic Area, and Project Value. Additional program details can be found by clicking on a project title in the list. 

Each program has been categorised to one or more Thematic Areas, or 'sub-categories' of women's economic empowerment. These Thematic Areas identify the facets of women's economic empowerment that each program aims to address. The first eight Thematic Areas were developed by Pereznieto and Taylor*, and these broad themes account for the majority of programs in the present dataset. The include: 1) Financial services, 2) Business development services, 3) Skills training, 4) Asset provision (both financial and non-financial), 5) Social protection, 6) Unions and fair employment, 7) Trade and access to markets, 8) Regulatory and legal frameworks.  

 

 

In addition, two further thematic areas were added to encompass programs that address (9) Social Reproductive Labour, and (10) Gender training, research and mainstreaming, as these goals appear commonly among the listed programs, and are often integral to the achievement of women's empowerment. Finally, an additional theme - Economic empowerment unspecified (11) - is applied to encompass all programs that make mention of women's economic empowerment, but which do not provide sufficient detail to make a more specific thematic determination.

Programme Title
Country
Accountable org
Activity status
Project value
Thematic area
Project keywords
Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program (PACE) (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Gap Inc.
N/A
Skills training
Education (career development)
Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program (PACE) (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Gap Inc.
N/A
Skills training
Education (career development)
Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program (PACE) (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Gap Inc.
N/A
Skills training
Education (career development)
HERproject (Indonesia)
Indonesia
BSR
Implementation
N/A
Skills training
Women's health; Women's rights; Employment conditions; Education (career development)
HERproject (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
BSR
Implementation
N/A
Skills training
Women's health; Women's rights; Employment conditions; Education (career development)
5by20 (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Coca-Cola Company
Closed
N/A
Financial services
Entreprenuirialism; Business development; Education (adult); Access to finance
5by20 (Philippines)
Philippines
Coca-Cola Company
Closed
N/A
Financial services
Entreprenuirialism; Business development; Education (adult); Access to finance
DevelopHer: Empowering Women in Asia
Viet Nam
Qualcomm
Implementation
N/A
Skills training
Education (adult); Education (career development)
Hapinoy Mobile Money Hubs
Philippines
Qualcomm
#N/A
N/A
Financial services
Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance
Connect To Learn
Myanmar
Qualcomm
Implementation
N/A
Skills training
Education (secondary)
Mentoring Women in Business
Malaysia
Qualcomm
Implementation
N/A
Skills training
Education (vocational)
Rural Women's Development Program
Timor-Leste
Covalima Community Centre; City of Port Phillip; International Women's Development Agency
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Business development
Business development; Market access
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*Pereznieto, Paola and Taylor, Georgia (2014). A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls. Gender and Development, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 233-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2014.920976

Database of Programs

2023

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