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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
Capacity of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders strengthened to assess progress in implementation of the 2030 Agenda and other global normative and policy frameworks for gender equality and women's empowerment
Timor-Leste
UN Women
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights; Capacity building
Legislation and policies related to Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE), including those regarding Disaster Risk Reduction/Management (DRR/M) and Climate Change (CC), are gender responsive, in accordance with international normative frameworks and human ri
Viet Nam
UN Women
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Regulatory action; Civic participation
(VCO Outcome 1.2) Institutions provide effective services that support women's economic empowerment and reduction of vulnerability to economic shocks, disasters, climate change
Viet Nam
UN Women
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Social protection
Social protection; Social services
(VCO Outcome 2.3) More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth
Viet Nam
UN Women
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Business development
Entrepreneurialism
Asia-Pacifc capacity strengthened to develop and monitor inclusive STI/SETI policies and knowledge systems
Timor-Leste
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
<$50k
Business development
Entrepreneurialism
Promoting gender equality in education in Viet Nam
Viet Nam
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (secondary)
Enhancing Employment Opportunities for Women and Youth through Literacy and Basic Education
Cambodia
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (adult)
Freedom of Expression: Media Pluralism and Diversity
Myanmar
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Skills training
Access to employment; ICT; Capacity building
Special Account Freedom of Expression and Security of Journalists - Outcome 2
Myanmar
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Skills training
Access to employment; ICT; Capacity building
Strengthening Safety of Journalists and Professional Journalistic Standards in the Philippines
Philippines
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Skills training
Employment conditions; Education (professional development)
Better Life for Out-of-School Girls to Fight Against Poverty and Injustice in the Philippines
Philippines
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Implementation
$5M-$10M
Skills training
Education (secondary)
Woman Empowerment through Organic Farming and the Development of Pesanguan's Ecotourism program
Indonesia
German Federal Foreign Office
Closed
<$50k
Business development
Business development; Rural development
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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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