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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
Jobs at the Borders: What policies can promote gender equality and growth in ASEAN's economic zones? (Thailand)
Thailand
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Asian Institute of Technology
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Access to employment; Employment conditions
Jobs at the Borders: What policies can promote gender equality and growth in ASEAN's economic zones? (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Asian Institute of Technology
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Access to employment; Employment conditions
Jobs at the Borders: What policies can promote gender equality and growth in ASEAN's economic zones? (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Asian Institute of Technology
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Access to employment; Employment conditions
Empowering women through humane workplaces: Garment factories in Southeast Asia (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Trustees of Tufts College
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions; Research
Empowering women through humane workplaces: Garment factories in Southeast Asia (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Trustees of Tufts College
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions; Research
Empowering women through humane workplaces: Garment factories in Southeast Asia (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Trustees of Tufts College
Implementation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions; Research
Empowering women through humane workplaces: Garment factories in Southeast Asia (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Trustees of Tufts College
Implementation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Employment conditions; Research
Labouring women and violence: Building workplaces free of violence (Indonesia 1)
Indonesia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Perkumpulan Sedane (The Sedane Labour Resource Centre/Lembaga Informasi Perburuhan Sedane)
Finalisation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Violence against women; Research; Gender training/mainstreaming; Employment conditions
Labouring women and violence: Building workplaces free of violence (Cambodia 1)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; Perkumpulan Sedane (The Sedane Labour Resource Centre/Lembaga Informasi Perburuhan Sedane)
Finalisation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Violence against women; Research; Gender training/mainstreaming; Employment conditions
Labouring women and violence: Building workplaces free of violence (Indonesia 2)
Indonesia
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Violence against women; Research; Gender training/mainstreaming; Employment conditions
Labouring women and violence: Building workplaces free of violence (Cambodia 2)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre
Implementation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Violence against women; Research; Gender training/mainstreaming; Employment conditions
Labouring women and violence: Building workplaces free of violence (3)
Cambodia
Canadan International Development Research Centre; The Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Unions & fair employment
Violence against women; Research; Gender training/mainstreaming; Employment conditions
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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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