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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
F.a: Cooperation for Women's Economic Development
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid
Implementation
<$50k
Business development
Entrepreneurialism; Market accecss; Capacity building
F.a: Empowering Domestic Workers for their Rights
Philippines
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; SASK
Implementation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Capacity building; Legal services
F.a: Organizing and Advocacy for Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Indonesia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; SASK
Implementation
<$50k
Unions & fair employment
Capacity building
F.a: Workshop on Making Thai Snacks by Thungphee Disability Club
Thailand
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Education (vocational); Entrepreneurialism; Disability
F.a: Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship
Cambodia
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Finnish Church Aid
Implementation
<$50k
Skills training
Entrepreneurialism; Education (vocational)
F.a: Small Grocery shop Project
Myanmar
Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs; ABILIS Foundation Finland
Implementation
<$50k
Business development
Business development; Disability
Capacity Development for Gender Integration
Philippines
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Closed
<$50k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Gender training/mainstreaming; Research; Programme development
Partnerships, Research and Advocacy (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$50k-$100k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Research; Capacity building; Programme development
Partnerships, Research and Advocacy (Philippines)
Philippines
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
<$50k
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Research; Capacity building; Programme development
Gender Capacity Building, Research and Advocacy
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$50k-$100k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Research; Capacity building
Women's Leadership Program
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Administration; Governance; Capacity building
Community Development Fund (CDF) 2010-13
Cambodia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Business development
Business development; Public health; Access to employment; Governance; Rural development; Disability
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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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