
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender Lens Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development in Southeast Asia | All SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Implementation | >$10M | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism |
Promoting Innovative Finance for Development | Unspecified SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | >$10M | Financial services | Access to finance |
Promoting investment for women entrepreneurs in Asia (Indonesia) | Indonesia | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | >$10M | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Education (adult) |
Promoting investment for women entrepreneurs in Asia (Myanmar) | Myanmar | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | N/A | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Education (adult) |
Promoting investment for women entrepreneurs in Asia (Thailand) | Thailand | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | N/A | Financial services | Entrepreneurialism; Access to finance; Education (adult) |
Ecosystem building for SDGs financing | Unspecified SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | >$10M | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research |
Women leadership and empowerment | All SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Closed | >$10M | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Research |
Addressing Gender Issues in Asia Through Entrepreneurship | Myanmar | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Implementation | >$10M | Business development | Entrepreneurialism |
Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration Toolkit (1.0 and 2.0) | All SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Implementation | N/A | Gender training, research & mainstreaming | Programme development; Gender training/mainstreaming |
Angel Masterclass | All SEA | Sasakawa Peace Foundation | Implementation | N/A | Financial services | Access to finance; Capacity building |
SEAF Women's Opportunity Fund (Indonesia) | Indonesia | SEAF; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Implementation | $5M-$10M | Financial services | Access to finance; Capacity building |
SEAF Women's Opportunity Fund (Philippines) | Philippines | SEAF; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Implementation | N/A | Financial services | Access to finance; Capacity building |