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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
SUPPORT TO THE NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTIO
Cambodia
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$500k-$1M
Social protection
Social protection
4.2 STRENGTHENED SOCIAL PROTECTN SYSTEM
Cambodia
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Social protection
CHILD SENSITIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION
Cambodia
United Nations Children's Fund
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Social protection
OUTPUT 4.1.4 CHILD/FAMILY WELFARE SYSTEM
Indonesia
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Social protection; Child protection
IR 2. CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE SYSTEM
Lao PDR
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Child protection; Social protection
IR 1. EVIDENCE FOR SOCIAL POLICY
Lao PDR
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Research
IR 002/002 IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE
Malaysia
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
WEE unspecified; Early childhood development
083.ADVOCACY ON SOCIAL POLICIES AND SOCI
Myanmar
United Nations Children's Fund
Finalisation
$500k-$1M
Social protection
Social protection; Social services; Child protection
Integrated Social Programmes
Myanmar
United Nations Children's Fund
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Social protection; Social services
Social Protection
Philippines
United Nations Children's Fund
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Social protection
2.1 CHILD SENSITIVE SOCIAL PROTEC - SPG
Viet Nam
United Nations Children's Fund
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Social protection
Social protection
National stakeholders work together in a coordinated manner to translate national and international norms and standards into action which transforms attitudes and behaviors discriminating against women and girls
Indonesia
UN Women
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
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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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