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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
Women's Livelihood Bond series (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Impact Investment Exchange
Implementation
>$10M
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Women's Livelihood Bond series (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Impact Investment Exchange
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Women's Livelihood Bond series (Philippines)
Philippines
Impact Investment Exchange
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance; Micro credit
Breaking Out Of Marginalisation: Feminist Participatory Action Research Program
All SEA
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Education (professional development); Capacity building; Women's rights
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Oxfam
Closed
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building; Women's rights; Regulatory action
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN (Lao PDR)
Lao PDR
Oxfam
Closed
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building; Women's rights; Regulatory action
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Oxfam
Closed
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building; Women's rights; Regulatory action
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Oxfam
Closed
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building; Women's rights; Regulatory action
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN (Thailand)
Thailand
Oxfam
Closed
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building; Women's rights; Regulatory action
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN (Philippines)
Philippines
Oxfam
Closed
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building; Women's rights; Regulatory action
Gender Lens Investing: Contribution to Women's Economic Empowerment and Way Forward
Indonesia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Intellecap Advisory Services Private Limited
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Financial services
Research; Access to finance
Strengthening Indigenous Women's Participation in Seeking Accountability in Land Conflicts in Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Asian Justice and Rights Foundation
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Skills training
Land tenure; Legal services; Capacity building
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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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