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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
Empowering Indonesian Women for Poverty Reduction / Maju Perempuan Indonesia untuk Penanggulangan Kemiskinan (MAMPU)
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
>$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment; Employment conditions; Civic participation; Social protection; Violence against women; Women's health; Reproductive rights
Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; United Nations Capital Development Fund
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Financial services
Access to finance
Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) (Lao PDR)
Lao PDR
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; United Nations Capital Development Fund
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance
Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; United Nations Capital Development Fund
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance
Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; United Nations Capital Development Fund
Implementation
N/A
Financial services
Access to finance
Preventing Exploitation of Migrant Women in ASEAN (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Trafficking in persons; Violence against women
Preventing Exploitation of Migrant Women in ASEAN (Philippines)
Philippines
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Trafficking in persons; Violence against women
Preventing Exploitation of Migrant Women in ASEAN (Thailand)
Thailand
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Trafficking in persons; Violence against women
Preventing Exploitation of Migrant Women in ASEAN (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Trafficking in persons; Violence against women
Investing in Women initiative (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$5M-$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment; Entrepreneurialism
Investing in Women initiative (Philippines)
Philippines
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$5M-$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment; Entrepreneurialism
Investing in Women initiative (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$5M-$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment; Entrepreneurialism
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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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