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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
YSEALI Women (Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative)
All SEA
US Mission to ASEAN
Implementation
>$10M
Skills training
Education (professional development)
Mobile banking for the poor in Vietnam
Viet Nam
Vietnam Bank for Social Policies
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Financial services
Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Education (adult)
Better Work Program - Promoting gender equality through better factory conditions (Cambodia)
Cambodia
International Labour Organization; International Finance Corporation
Implementation
N/A
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions
Better Work Program - Promoting gender equality through better factory conditions (Indonesia)
Indonesia
International Labour Organization; International Finance Corporation
Implementation
N/A
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions
Better Work Program - Promoting gender equality through better factory conditions (Vietnam)
Viet Nam
International Labour Organization; International Finance Corporation
Implementation
N/A
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Blue Orchard
Implementation
>$10M
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Blue Orchard
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Philippines)
Philippines
Blue Orchard
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Blue Orchard
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Lao PDR)
Lao PDR
Blue Orchard
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Malaysia)
Malaysia
Blue Orchard
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Japan ASEAN Women's Empowerment Fund (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Blue Orchard
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
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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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