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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. 

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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
East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (Philipines)
Philippines
World Bank
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research
East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (Thailand)
Thailand
World Bank
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research
East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (Timor-Leste)
Timor-Leste
World Bank
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research
East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
World Bank
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research
Improving Availability and Quality of Individual-Level Household Survey Data in IDA Countries
Cambodia
World Bank
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research
Childcare Provision in Garment Factories: Impacts on Productivity, Economic Empowerment, Early Childhood Development and Gender Norms
Cambodia
World Bank
Cancelled
N/A
Social reproductive labour
Regulatory action; Familial structure; Research
Mekong Informal Trade Facilitation and Gender Study (Cambodia)
Cambodia
World Bank
Closed
$50k-$100k
Trade & access to markets
Market access; Research
Mekong Informal Trade Facilitation and Gender Study (Lao PDR)
Lao PDR
World Bank
Closed
N/A
Trade & access to markets
Market access; Research
More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth (Thailand)
Thailand
UN Women
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Business development
Entrepreneurialism; Employment conditions
A comprehensive and dynamic set of global norms, policies and standards on gender equality and women's empowerment is in place and is applied through action by Governments and other stakeholders at all levels
Thailand
UN Women
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Administration
Lead the development and implementation of gender equality and women's empowerment coordination strategy and mechanism within UNCT Thailand
Thailand
UN Women
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Gender training/mainstreaming
National strategies, laws, policies and plans adopted and implemented to advance women's economic rights and entitlement and strengthened public accountability
Timor-Leste
UN Women
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Social protection; Employment conditions; Regulatory action; Disability
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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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