
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 |