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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
Promoting the Legal Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers' Rights: A Study, and Advocacy in Strengthening and Increasing Awareness of Migrant Workers Rights in Banyumas, Jember and Tulang Bawang
Indonesia
European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified
Finalisation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Legal services
'Support Food Security By Income Generation For Women and Rural Poor In Cambodia and Lao PDR''
Cambodia
European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development; Public Sector Institution unspecified
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Business development
Entrepreneurialism; Food security
Contribution au developpement socio-economique du Vietnam par la formation professionnelle et l'acces a l'emploi de 1 600 jeunes defavorises, dans le domaine du tourisme, en particulier de l'htellerie-restauration.
Viet Nam
European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organisation and Civil Society unspecified
Finalisation
$500k-$1M
Skills training
Access to employment; Education (vocational)
Gender Action Plan of the Economic and Social Relaunch of Northwest Provinces in Cambodia (ECOSORN) project
Cambodia
European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships; Public Sector Institution unspecified
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Trade & access to markets
Programme development; Rural development
FUNDACION WORDFORGE. Igualdad de oportunidades en el acceso al trabajo en la sociedad de la Informacion en Camboya
Cambodia
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Skills training
Education (secondary); Access to employment
NCRFW. Fortalecimiento inst. Nac. y local en gobernabilidad y dcho. Humanos con enfoque de g�nero
Philippines
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
MOLISA. Apoyo de la equidad de genero en el Cadigo Laboral Vietnamita.
Viet Nam
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment
WOMEN, FOOD AND CITIZENSHIP: Promover el empoderamiento socio economico y la igualdad de genero en 31 aldeas de la Provincia de Mondulkiri, Camboya
Cambodia
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Financial services
Rural development; Access to finance; Capacity building; Entreprenurialism; Women's rights; Civic participation
Mejora de la proteccion legal de las mujeres frente a la desigualdad de genero en las provincias de Thua Thien Hue y Son La, Vietnam.
Viet Nam
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; CCAA CAV - Pa�s Vasco (Basque Autonomous Community)
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
Fortalecimiento de las organizaciones campesinas vinculadas a la Via Campesina a traves de la formacion
Indonesia
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; CCAA CAV - Pa�s Vasco (Basque Autonomous Community)
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Skills training
Rural development; Capacity building
Filipinas. Apoyo al fortalecimiento de la comision filipina de la mujer para la implementacion de la Carta Magna de la Mujer
Philippines
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights; Governance; Capacity building
10-CO1-037/CRE/Vietnam/Integracion socio-economica y laboral de personas con discapacidad.
Viet Nam
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Skills training
Access to employment
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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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