The Asia Foundations Womens Empowerment Program WEP Womens

The Asia Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) Women’s Empowerment and Gender Integration Workshop Bali, Indonesia | February 18 -21, 2014

TAF’s institutional commitment to women’s empowerment 1950 s -- Elisabeth Luce Moore (1903 - 2002) 1960 s -

WEP’s strategic priorities Improve inter-theme collaboration and support efforts on gender-sensitive programming in partnership with other theme units and field offices. Maximize The Asia Foundation’s intellectual capital on women’s empowerment. Strengthen the design, monitoring, and evaluation of women’s empowerment programs. Expand secure a diversified funding base that facilitates cutting-edge programming.

Our approach Address women’s and girls’ distinct needs through targeted programs Mainstream gender into all the Foundation’s programmatic areas

Expanding Women’s Economic Opportunities Increasing Women’s Rights and Security Advancing Women’s Political Participation

• Vocational training • Education • Entrepreneurship Expanding Women’s Economic Opportunities • Gender-based violence • Human trafficking • Legal rights and access to justice Increasing Women’s Rights and Security Advancing Women’s Political Participation • Voter education • Candidate training • Gender-responsive budgeting

WEP Expenditures (FY 10 – FY 14) $25, 000 $20, 000 $19, 526 $18, 191 $15, 000 $12, 048 $12, 560 $10, 000 $9, 492 $5, 000 $0 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 (Projection) FY 14 (Budget)

WEP Public Donor Trends (FY 09 – FY 13) Series 1 Series 2 $ 18, 187, 455 $ 15, 764, 291 $ 13, 481, 106 $ 6, 701, 503 $ 7, 483, 295 $ 4, 510, 838 $ 3, 088, 201 $ 1, 802, 456 $ 160, 020 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 $ 298, 950 FY 12 FY 13

WEP’s Public Donors in FY 13 Norwegian Emb 3% Aus. AID/DFAT 20% DFID 23% U. S. State Dept. 5% USAID 49%

The Lotus Circle Historical background – need for more flexible funds

The WEP Team

Gender Policy Institutional Priorities Programmatic priorities