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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
PROG 2017-2021_Outcome_Philippines
Philippines
Trias
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Trade & access to markets
Business development; Entrepreneurialism; Rural development
PROG 2017-2021_OUTCOME_LAOS_OS1_Les hopitaux pour enfants au niveau tertiaire ont augmente les capacites d'offrir des services de depistage, d'orientation et de readaptation pour les enfants ages de 0-5 ans de la capitale Vientiane.
Lao PDR
Handicap International Belgique
Finalisation
$100k-$500k
Social reproductive labour
Reproductive labour; Public health; Early childhood development; Familial structure
PROG 2017-2021_Outcome_Small-scale family farmers and their family members strengthen their capacities to achieve food sovereignty, to defend their interests and to generate pro-poor growth
Cambodia
Eclosio asbl
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Business development
Business development; Rural development; Familial structure; Food security
Gender Responsive Economic Actions - Transformation of Women
Philippines
Canadian International Development Agency
Closed
$5M-$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Regulatory action
Supporting Women Micro-Entrepreneurs to Improve Womenis Economic Empowerment
Philippines
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
$5M-$10M
Business development
Business development; Entreprenurialism; Market access
Improving Market Opportunities for Women Agricultural Producers
Myanmar
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
>$10M
Financial services
Business development; Business leadership; Access to finance; Capacity building
Women's Voice and Leadership - Myanmar
Myanmar
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
Women's Rights, Action and Advocacy Project - WRAAP Philippines
Philippines
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
$5M-$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights; Education (professional development); Business leadership
Women's Voice and Leadership - Indonesia - Hivos and JASS
Indonesia
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights
Women's Voice and Leadership - Indonesia - PEKKA Foundation
Indonesia
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Women's rights; Capacity building; Entrepreneurialism; Legal services
Empowering Rohingya Refugees, Burmese and Bangladeshi Women & Youth for Sustainable Peace
Myanmar
Canadian International Development Agency
Implementation
$500k-$1M
Skills training
Civic participation; Political participation; Capacity building; Education (adult); Post-conflict
Advancing women's in financial inclusion in Myanmar
Myanmar
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Implementation
$1M-$5M
Financial services
Access to finance
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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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