
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women Entrepreneurship Development | Cambodia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland | Implementation | <$50k | Skills training | Entrepreneurialism; Education (professional development); Access to employment; |
EU/ Economic empowerment of young women (Indonesia 1) | Indonesia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Plan International Finland Foundation | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism; Access to employment; Micro credit |
Quality of Life Improvement for Women in Pattani of Southern Thailand through Gender Empowerment Access Rights and Peace Building Process | Thailand | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland | Implementation | $50k-$100k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Social services; Civic participation; Access to employment |
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Malaysia | Malaysia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland | Implementation | <$50k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Women's rights |
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Cambodia | Cambodia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland | Implementation | <$50k | Business development | Business development; Education (professional development) |
Economic empowerment of young women | Indonesia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Plan International Finland Foundation | Implementation | $50k-$100k | Financial services | Access to employment; Entrepreneurialism; Micro credit |
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Thailand | Thailand | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland | Implementation | <$50k | Regulatory & legal frameworks | Social services; Civic participation; Access to employment |
Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Indonesia | Indonesia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Embassy of Finland | Implementation | $50k-$100k | Skills training | Capacity building; Education (vocational); Access to employment |
Frame agreement with NGO (Suomen Lahetysseura ry) | Myanmar | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Suomen Lahetysseura ry | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Business development | Trafficking in persons; Entrepreneurialism |
EU/ Economic empowerment of young women (Indonesia 2) | Indonesia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid | Implementation | $100k-$500k | Financial services | Access to employment; Entrepreneurialism; Micro credit |
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) (Cambodia 1) | Cambodia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid | Implementation | <$50k | Business development | Market access; Entrepreneurialism; Business development; Civic participation; Capacity building |
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) (Cambodia 2) | Cambodia | Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid | Implementation | <$50k | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Violence against women; Education (secondary); Education (vocational) |