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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
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
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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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