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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
Workplace Gender Equality (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Closed
N/A
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Gender training/Mainstreaming; Capacity building
Influencing Gender Norms (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
N/A
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Regulatory action; Programme development; Gender training/mainstreaming
Influencing Gender Norms (Philippines)
Philippines
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
N/A
Gender training, research & mainstreaming
Regulatory action; Programme development; Gender training/mainstreaming
Micro Credit and Saving project in Binh Dai district
Viet Nam
MCNV
Implementation
<$50k
Financial services
Micro credit; Education (adult); Environment protection; Food security; Sanitation
Women Investment Series (WISE)
Indonesia
Commonwealth Bank
Closed
N/A
Financial services
Education (adult); Access to finance
Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program (PACE) (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Gap Inc.;
Implementation
N/A
Skills training
Education (career development)
Investing in Women initiative (Myanmar)
Myanmar
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementation
N/A
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Access to employment; Entrepreneurialism
Linking ethical fashion enterprises in Myanmar to global markets
Myanmar
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;
Closed
N/A
Trade & access to markets
Business development; Market access
Women's Economic Empowerment Through Agricultural Value Chain Enhancement (WEAVE)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;
Closed
$1M-$5M
Trade & access to markets
Business development; Market access; Education (vocational); Social services; Socia
Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism program (GREAT)
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;
Implementation
>$10M
Skills training
Social services; Rural development; Capacity development; Regulatory action
Australia-World Bank Strategic Partnership in Vietnam - Phase 2
Viet Nam
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;
Implementation
>$10M
Regulatory & legal frameworks
Administration; Governance; Capacity building
Cambodia Agricultural Value Chain Program Phase II
Cambodia
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;
#N/A
>$10M
Business development
Rural development; Food security; Reproductive labour; Civic participation; Capacity building
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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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