
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Information and women for development in Lao PDR | Lao PDR | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Public Sector Institution unspecified | Finalisation | $50k-$100k | Skills training | Education (professional development); ICT |
Building Partnerships among Government, Parliament and Civil Society in Support for Pro-Poor and Gender-Responsive Budget Initiatives in South Sulawesi | Indonesia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $100k-$500k | Social protection | Social protection |
Raising women's voices: Advocating for women's rights in East Timor | Timor-Leste | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $100k-$500k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Women's rights; Legal services |
Improving food security for women and rural poor in Mondulkiri province (IFWP-MP) | Cambodia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $100k-$500k | Business development | Food security; Rural development |
Young Women in Business - Rural Cambodia | Cambodia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $100k-$500k | Skills training | Access to employment; Capacity building |
Improving the Livelihoods of People With Disabilities and Especially Women through Peer Training for Employment | Lao PDR | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $50k-$100k | Skills training | Education (vocational); Disability |
Advancing social and economic empowerment of female migrant workers through development and implementation of gender-sensitive initiatives in Binh Duong and Dong Nai Provinces | Viet Nam | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $1M-$5M | Social protection | Social protection; Public health; Social services |
Promotion and Protection of Women's Rights and Socio-Economic Empowerment | Cambodia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $1M-$5M | Social protection | Social protection; Legal services; Civic participation; Women's rights |
Young Women's Economic Empowerment | Indonesia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $1M-$5M | Financial services | Access to employment; Education (vocational); Access to finance |
Partnerships for Poverty Reduction and Women's Empowerment in Dakcheung Project (PWED) | Lao PDR | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $1M-$5M | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Rural development |
MIGRA-SAFE: Safe Labour Migration for Vulnerable CambodianMigrant Workers to Thailand. | Thailand | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $500k-$1M | Unions & fair employment | Trafficking in persons; Employment conditions |
New Horizon Hotel | Philippines | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Other unspecified | Finalisation | <$50k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Gender training/mainstreaming |