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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
Gender and the Future of Work: Addressing inequality in a changing labour market (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Employment conditions; Access to employment
Gender and the Future of Work: Addressing inequality in a changing labour market (Thailand)
Thailand
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Employment conditions; Access to employment
Gender and the Future of Work: Addressing inequality in a changing labour market (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Employment conditions; Access to employment
Gender and the Future of Work: Addressing inequality in a changing labour market (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Employment conditions; Access to employment
Gender and the Future of Work: Addressing inequality in a changing labour market (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Employment conditions; Access to employment
Gender and the Future of Work: Addressing inequality in a changing labour market (Philippines)
Philippines
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Employment conditions; Access to employment
Promoting gender equality through networks: Strengthening capacity and advocacy in Myanmar
Myanmar
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Gender Equality Network
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Research; Gender training/mainstreaming
Access to finance for SMEs in least developed countries: Focus on technology-based firms and women-led SMEs
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Small Globe
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Business development
Research; Business development
Opportunities, costs and outcomes of platformized home-based work for women: Case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand (Thailand)
Thailand
Canadan International Development Research Centre; JustJobs Network Inc.
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Entrepreneurialism; ICT
Opportunities, costs and outcomes of platformized home-based work for women: Case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; JustJobs Network Inc.
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Entrepreneurialism; ICT
Opportunities, costs and outcomes of platformized home-based work for women: Case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Canadan International Development Research Centre; JustJobs Network Inc.
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Entrepreneurialism; ICT
Centering the agency of women in Thailand's platform-based care economy
Thailand
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Development and Innovation on Society and Humanity Foundation
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Entrepreneurialism; ICT; Employment conditions
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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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