
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Girls' Advocacy Alliance Philippines | Philippines | Plan International Netherlands | Implementation | $1M-$5M | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Violence against women; Access to employment; Gender training/mainstreaming |
MA-Livelihood project Myanmar | Myanmar | Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | Implementation | $50k-$100k | Economic empowerment unspecified | WEE unspecified |
FA-Integrated community livelihood development | Myanmar | Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | Implementation | <$50k | Financial services | Capacity building; Micro credit; Public health; Environment protection |
Decent Work in Cambodia | Cambodia | Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Unions & fair employment | Employment conditions |
Decent Work in Thailand | Thailand | Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Unions & fair employment | Employment conditions |
Decent Work in Philippines | Philippines | Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Unions & fair employment | Employment conditions |
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Program (GEWEP) III - Myanmar | Myanmar | Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | Implementation | $1M-$5M | Financial services | Access to finance |
Philippines: Business Development Mentoring for Women | Philippines | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Implementation | <$50k | Business development | Entrepreneurialism; Education (professional development) |
Philippines: Vocational training for women in Cebu | Philippines | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Implementation | <$50k | Skills training | Entrepreneurialism |
Myanmar Livelihoods and Food Security Fund (LIFT) | Myanmar | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Implementation | $1M-$5M | Financial services | Employment conditions; Access to finance |
Financial Literacy training programme | Timor-Leste | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Closed | $1M-$5M | Skills training | Entrepreneurialism; Education (adult) |
Timor Leste - Economic Development for Rural Timorese Women | Timor-Leste | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Implementation | $500k-$1M | Business development | Entrepreneurialism; Business development |