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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
Aus4Equality
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
>$10M
Business development
Entrepreneurialism; Capacity building
Economic Empowerment of Women in IORA Countries
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Business development
Business development; Market access
Women in Sports Journalism Initiative
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Finalisation
$50k-$100k
Skills training
Education (professional development)
AIP Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment MAMPU II
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
>$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment; Employment conditions; Social protection
Women's World Banking 2016-24 (Indonesia)
Indonesia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Financial services
Access to finance
Women's World Banking 2016-24 (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Financial services
Access to finance
Women's World Banking 2016-24 (Philippines)
Philippines
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$100k-$500k
Financial services
Access to finance
Women's World Banking 2016-24 (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Financial services
Access to finance
More inclusive and equitable social protection for marginalized workers in ASEAN (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Oxfam Solidarit�
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Soclal protection
More inclusive and equitable social protection for marginalized workers in ASEAN (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Oxfam Solidarit�
Finalisation
$1M-$5M
Social protection
Soclal protection
More inclusive and equitable social protection for marginalized workers in ASEAN (Lao PDR)
Lao PDR
Oxfam Solidarit�
Closed
$500k-$1M
Social protection
Soclal protection
PROG 2017-2021_Outcome_ZSD7 Program Philippines
Philippines
Koepel van de Vlaamse Noord-Zuidbeweging 11.11.11 VZW
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Human rights; Environment protection; Women's rights
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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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