
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sookmyung Women's University UNESCO-UNITWIN Program (Viet Nam) | Viet Nam | Republic of Korea Ministry of Education | Implementation | $50k-$100k | Skills training | Capacity building; Education (higher) |
Sookmyung Women's University UNESCO-UNITWIN Program (Lao PDR) | Lao PDR | Republic of Korea Ministry of Education | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Skills training | Capacity building; Education (higher) |
ODA Project for Women's empowerment(Indonesia) | Indonesia | Republic of Korea Ministry of Gender Equality and Family | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Skills training | Education (vocational); Entrepreneurialism; Access to employment; Gender training/mainstreaming |
Gender in Value Chains | Indonesia | AgriProFocus | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Capacity building |
INT 2018 Engaging CSOs to Eliminate Violence/Economic Excl of Girls/Women GAA | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Closed | <$50k | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified |
PH 2019 SPARK-a-PAGE to address Gender-based Violence and Economic Exclusion | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified |
PH 2020 GAA: Lobbying for a more effective implementation of laws and appropriate services for CSEC victims | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Implementation | N/A | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Regulatory action |
PH 2020 GAA: Private Sector Engagement to Address GBV, Economic Exclusion Among Vulnerable Groups in Metro Cebu | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Implementation | N/A | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Employment conditions; Child protection |
2017 GAA: Economic Empowerment and GBV for Girls/Young Women in Eastern Visayas | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Closed | $100k-$500k | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified; Child protection; Violence against women |
PH 2018 GAA Samar and Leyte Economic Empowerment of Girls/Young Women from CL | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Closed | $100k-$500k | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified; Child protection; Violence against women |
PH2019GAA Elimination of Gender Based Violence/Economic Excl. in Eastern Visayas | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified; Child protection; Violence against women |
PH 2020 GAA: Promotion of Gender Equality and Economic Empowerment in Eastern Visayas | Philippines | Terre des Hommes Netherlands | Implementation | N/A | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified; Violence against women; Child protection |