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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
Empoderamiento economico y social de genero
Timor-Leste
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Economic empowerment unspecified
WEE unspecified
Programa de educacion para las mujeres del Centro Hermanda Teresa de Mira (taller de reposteria)
Philippines
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; EELL CAC - Canarias (Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands); EELL CAC CI LA PALMA (Local Entity of La Palma)
Finalisation
<$50k
Skills training
Access to employment
Formacion profesional y orientacion laboral con perspectiva de genero
Philippines
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; EELL CAV - Pa�s Vasco (Local Entity of the Basque Autonomous Community); EELL CAV AYTO VITORIA/GASTEIZ (City of Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Finalisation
$50k-$100k
Skills training
Education (vocational); Access to employment
10-CO1-030/PYD/Camboya, Timor Oriental y Vietnam/10m?/ Empoderamiento economico y social de genero (Timor Leste)
Timor-Leste
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Economic empowerment unspecified
WEE unspecified
10-CO1-030/PYD/Camboya, Timor Oriental y Vietnam/10m?/ Empoderamiento economico y social de genero (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
N/A
Economic empowerment unspecified
WEE unspecified
10-CO1-030/PYD/Camboya, Timor Oriental y Vietnam/10m?/ Empoderamiento economico y social de genero (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
N/A
Economic empowerment unspecified
WEE unspecified
Programa ""Hogar Para Chicas Marginadas"""
Philippines
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; EELL CAC - Canarias (Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands); EELL CAC CI LA PALMA (Local Entity of La Palma)
Finalisation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (secondary); Education (career development)
A home for marginalised young women
Philippines
Spainish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; EELL CAC - Canarias (Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands); EELL CAC CI LA PALMA (Local Entity of La Palma)
Finalisation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (secondary); Education (career development)
2018 Fortalecer competencias profesionales, el compromiso civico y empleabilidad de juvenes y mujeres desplazadas en Marawi y Zamboa
Philippines
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; Fundaci�n Humanismo Y Democracia (Humanism and Democracy Foundation)
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Skills training
Education (vocational); Civic participation; Access to employment
Fortalecer la resiliencia y la igualdad de genero de comunidades indigenas de Bukidnon, Mindanao
Philippines
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; Spanish Red Cross
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Economic empowerment unspecified
WEE unspecified
2019 Filipinas Mujeres Indigenas
Philippines
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; Sulong CARHRIHL Inc
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in East Timor
Timor-Leste
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Violence against women; Women's rights
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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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