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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
More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth (Indonesia)
Indonesia
UN Women
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Business development
Education (professional development); Entrepreneurialism; Civic participation
UN Women creates a strong partnership with different actors to drive the movement for social norms change, including transforming harmful and/or discriminatory practices for women and girls
Indonesia
UN Women
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
WEE unspecified
Effective advocacy supports the transformation of social norms
Indonesia
UN Women
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
The RGC resources, coordinates and transparently monitors implementation of international commitments to GE&WE, in consultation with rights holders including Young women and LGBTIQ persons
Cambodia
UN Women
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
Output 1.1 UN Women Cambodia Country Office (CCO) effectively leads UNCT joint advocacy in support of international norms and standards on GEWE
Cambodia
UN Women
Implementation
<$50k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
Output 1.2 Enhanced UNCT accountability towards GEWE under the UNDAF 2019-2023
Cambodia
UN Women
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
A comprehensive and dynamic set of global norms, policies and standards on gender equality and women's empowerment is in place and is applied through action by Governments and other stakeholders at all levels
Lao PDR
UN Women
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Capacity building
Institutions at Union and State/Regional levels have set up gender mechanisms to strengthen accountability towards gender equality and women�s rights in line with Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW
Myanmar
UN Women
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Governance; Research; Regulatory action; Civic participation; Capacity building
More women are economically empowered, have access to decent work and safe migration, and are able to advance their role in development, peace- and resilience building
Myanmar
UN Women
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Financial services
Access to finance; Access to employment; Market access; Employment conditions; Entrepreneurialism; Violence against women
Increased knowledge, understanding and visibility of gender equality and women's empowerment issues in Myanmar as a result of UN Women's efforts
Myanmar
UN Women
Implementation
<$50k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Research
More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth (Philippines)
Philippines
UN Women
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Business development
Entrepreneurialism
Women are empowered to build resilient, cohesive and peaceful communities to prevent radicalization and violent extremism
Philippines
UN Women
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Civic participation; WEE unspecified
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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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