
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Empreendedorismo Cultural em Timor-Leste (ECTL) um Motor para o Desenvolvimento Inclusivo e a Igualdade | Timor-Leste | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Business development | Entrepreneurialism |
Justice Now! | Lao PDR | European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Violence against women; Capacity building; Legal services |
Gender, Cross-border Migrant Workers and Citizenship : Case Study of the Burmese-Thai Border | Thailand | Canadan International Development Research Centre; Asian Institute of Technology | Closed | N/A | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Research; Access to employment; Employment conditions |
Women and the Justice System in Cambodia | Cambodia | Canadan International Development Research Centre; Legal Support for Children and Women | Closed | N/A | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Legal services; Research |
Indonesian Migrants in the United Arab Emirates | Indonesia | Canadan International Development Research Centre; University of Indonesia | Closed | <$50k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Research; Employment conditions |
Health Care Access for Migrant Domestic Workers (Philippines) | Philippines | Canadan International Development Research Centre; Action for Health Initiatives (Achieve), Inc. | Closed | <$50k | Social protection | Research; Emplopyment conditions; Women's health; Social protection |
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Beer Promotion Women: Research Agenda (Southeast Asia) (Cambodia) | Cambodia | Canadan International Development Research Centre; University of Ottawa | Closed | <$50k | Unions & fair employment | Research; Employment conditions; Women's health |
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Beer Promotion Women: Research Agenda (Southeast Asia) (Viet Nam) | Viet Nam | Canadan International Development Research Centre; University of Ottawa | Closed | <$50k | Unions & fair employment | Research; Employment conditions; Women's health |
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Beer Promotion Women: Research Agenda (Southeast Asia) (Thailand) | Thailand | Canadan International Development Research Centre; University of Ottawa | Closed | <$50k | Unions & fair employment | Research; Employment conditions; Women's health |
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Beer Promotion Women: Research Agenda (Southeast Asia) (Lao PDR) | Lao PDR | Canadan International Development Research Centre; University of Ottawa | Closed | <$50k | Unions & fair employment | Research; Employment conditions; Women's health |
Enabling Sex Workers to Document Violence (India and Cambodia) | Cambodia | Canadan International Development Research Centre; Stichting The Tactical Technology Collective | Closed | $100k-$500k | Unions & fair employment | Violence against women; Research; Employment conditions |
Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor | Thailand | Canadan International Development Research Centre; Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing Limited | Closed | $100k-$500k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Research |