
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Promoting gender equality through the Rule of Law and Good Governance | Lao PDR | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $100k-$500k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Women's rights |
Strategic Advisory for follow-up of the ''ASEAN Regional Conference of Senior Officials on Sharing of Good Practices on Social Protection for Women in Enterprise Development'' under the READI Facility Human Right Programme | Indonesia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Other unspecified | Finalisation | <$50k | Social protection | Research; Social protection; Entrepreneurialsim |
Empowering Rural women's networks to lead change for a better quality of life for women and families | Thailand | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Skills training | Rural development; Civic participation |
Gender audit to EU bilateral programmes in Cambodia | Cambodia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Private sector institution unspecified | Finalisation | $50k-$100k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Administration; Research; Gender training/mainstreaming |
Gender Analysis for Thailand and Malaysia (Thailand) | Thailand | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Private sector institution unspecified | Finalisation | $50k-$100k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research |
Gender Analysis for Thailand and Malaysia (Malaysia) | Malaysia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Private sector institution unspecified | Closed | N/A | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research |
Assessment of gender equality in the Philippines and provision of training support | Philippines | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Private sector institution unspecified | Finalisation | <$50k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research; Gender training/mainstreaming |
Protecting Women's Human Rights Defenders Through Expansion of Public Space for Debate and Discussion, Capacity Building and Engagement with Critical Communities. | Malaysia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Partner country org unspecified | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Civic participation; Women's rights |
Women's voices | Lao PDR | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; International org unspecified | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Women's rights; Civic participation |
Youth Voices for Girls' Rights and Gender Equality | Indonesia | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Finalisation | $100k-$500k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Women's rights |
Training on Gender Mainstreaming in project management and Communications Planning | Philippines | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Private sector institution unspecified | Finalisation | <$50k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Gender training/mainstreaming |
Reforsa Hamutuk | Timor-Leste | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Social protection | Violence against women |