
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Workers rights drop-in centres | Cambodia | United Sisterhood Alliance | Implementation | N/A | Unions & fair employment | Education (adult) |
Cambodia: Creative Industries Support Programme | Cambodia | Millenium Development Goals Achievement Fund | Closed | $1M-$5M | Business development | Business development |
Improving Labour Relations for Decent Work and Sustainable Development in the Myanmar Garment Industry | Myanmar | International Labour Organization | Closed | $1M-$5M | Unions & fair employment | Employment conditions; Access to employment; Education (adult); Capacity building |
Enhancing Rice Milled Production in Lao PDR | Lao PDR | SNV Netherlands; Helvetas | Closed | N/A | Trade & access to markets | Rural development; Market access; Regulatory action; Food security |
Unpacking the Linkages Between Women's Endowments, Economic Opportunity, and Malnutrition (Cambodia) | Cambodia | World Bank | Closed | $100k-$500k | Economic empowerment unspecified | Nutrition; Research; WEE unspecified |
Unpacking the Linkages Between Women's Endowments, Economic Opportunity, and Malnutrition (Lao PDR) | Lao PDR | World Bank | Closed | N/A | Economic empowerment unspecified | Nutrition; Research; WEE unspecified |
Improved Employment for Women in Cambodia: Constraints and Opportunities (Cambodia) | Cambodia | World Bank | Closed | $100k-$500k | Unions & fair employment | Access to employment; Employment conditions; Research |
Improved Employment for Women in Cambodia: Constraints and Opportunities (Lao PDR) | Lao PDR | World Bank | Closed | N/A | Unions & fair employment | Access to employment; Employment conditions; Research |
Improved Employment for Women in Cambodia: Constraints and Opportunities (Myanmar) | Myanmar | World Bank | Closed | N/A | Unions & fair employment | Access to employment; Employment conditions; Research |
Gender Dimensions of Urbanization: Generating lessons learned from China and Vietnam | Viet Nam | World Bank | Closed | $50k-$100k | Economic empowerment unspecified | Research |
Rural Accessibility Mapping | Viet Nam | World Bank | Closed | $100k-$500k | Economic empowerment unspecified | Research |
Aspirations and Career Choices | Indonesia | World Bank | Closed | $500k-$1M | Skills training | Education (secondary); Research |