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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 in Trade knowledge platform to boost inclusive and sustainable growth (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Trade Facilitation Office Canada
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Trade & access to markets
Market access; Research
Women in Trade knowledge platform to boost inclusive and sustainable growth (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Trade Facilitation Office Canada
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Trade & access to markets
Market access; Research
Driving inclusion through empowerment and decent work: the case of Filipino women in online work
Philippines
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Trade & access to markets
Employment conditions; Research
Women Empowerment
Viet Nam
United Nations Development Programme
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Women's rights
Gender Strategy & Framework
Malaysia
United Nations Development Programme
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Gender training/mainstreaming; Governance
Project to support the Leading
Cambodia
United Nations Development Programme
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Gender training/mainstreaming; Governance
Policy Initiatives&Cap.Buildin
Indonesia
United Nations Development Programme
Finalisation
$500k-$1M
Economic empowerment unspecified
WEE unspecified
EM Women Economic Empowerment
Viet Nam
United Nations Development Programme
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Business development
ICT; Business development
Promoting Inclusive Growth
Myanmar
United Nations Development Programme
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Business development
Programme development
Strengthening Women's Rights i
Philippines
United Nations Development Programme
Finalisation
$50k-$100k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Research; Gender training/mainstreaming
SDG5 Women's Livelihoods
Lao PDR
United Nations Development Programme
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Skills training
WEE unspecified
COVID-19 Socio Economic
Indonesia
United Nations Development Programme
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Social reproductive labour
Research; Reproductive labour; Violence against women
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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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