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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
Frame Agreement with NGO (Finn Church Aid) (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid
Implementation
<$50k
Financial services
Rural development; Civic participation; Political participation; Capacity building; Entrepreneurialism; Market access
Frame Agreement with NGO (ABILIS foundation) (Cambodia 1)
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Business development
Rural development; Entrepreneurialism; Disability
Frame Agreement with NGO (ABILIS foundation) (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational)
Frame Agreement with NGO (ABILIS foundation) (Cambodia 2)
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational); Entrepreneurialism; Disability
F.a: AAT-Vietnam: Assisting the victmis of Human trafficking
Viet Nam
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Suomen Lahetysseura ry
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational); Trafficking in persons
F.a: Women In Action project
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid
Implementation
<$50k
Financial services
Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Violence against women; Education (secondary); Education (vocational)
F.a: Project for Improving Women's Livelihood
Myanmar
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid
Implementation
<$50k
Financial services
Rural development; Civic participation; Political participation; Capacity building; Entrepreneurialism; Market access
F.a: Promoting Rights and Livelihood of Women and Children with Disabilities to Take Part in Community Development
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Business development
Rural development; Entrepreneurialism; Disability
F.a: General income and capacity building for women with disabilities of Ba Dinh Districts people with disabilities organization, Hanoi, Vietnam
Viet Nam
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational)
F.a: Promoting Rights to Livelihood of Women with Disabilities through Silk Weaving Skill
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational); Entrepreneurialism; Disability
F.a: Hand Embroidery Training Project: Indigenous style
Thailand
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational); Disability
F.a: AAT-Thailand: Integeration of the Victims of Human Trafficking
Lao PDR
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Suomen Lahetysseura ry
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Skills training
Trafficking in persons; Education (vocational)
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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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