
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Promoting Agent Banking in Indonesia | Indonesia | World Bank | Closed | $500k-$1M | Financial services | Access to finance; Research |
Board Gender Diversity | Myanmar | World Bank | Closed | $100k-$500k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research |
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program IE | Philippines | World Bank | Closed | $500k-$1M | Social reproductive labour | Familial structure; Land tenure; Research |
Expanding Knowledge on Gender Gaps in Timor Leste Using Gender-Disaggregated Data | Timor-Leste | World Bank | Closed | $50k-$100k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research |
ActionAid's livelihoods project | Cambodia | ActionAid | #N/A | N/A | Business development | Rural development; Business development |
Economic Empowerment of the Poor and Women in the East-West Economic Corridor | Myanmar | Asian Development Bank | Implementation | $1M-$5M | Financial services | Business Development; Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Education (vocational) |
Women's Development Centers | Cambodia | Asian Development Bank | Closed | $1M-$5M | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Education (adult) |
Promoting Women's Access to Jobs in Rural Road Construction and Maintenance | Cambodia | CARE International | #N/A | N/A | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Access to employment |
Cambodia Sustainable Business Development Project | Cambodia | World Vision Australia | Closed | $1M-$5M | Trade & access to markets | Market access; Rural development |
Building Better Budgets for Women and the Poor | Indonesia | Global Affairs Canada; The Asia Foundation | Closed | $5M-$10M | Social protection | Civic participation; Social protection; Gender training/mainstreaming; Capacity building |
Gender Capacity Building | Indonesia | The Asia Foundation | #N/A | <$50k | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Gender training/mainstreaming |
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Asia | All SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | >$10M | Business development | Entrepreneurialism; Capacity building |