
SDG 5 · Women's Economic Empowerment
Browse 260+ Impact Organisations and Impact Projects advancing SDG 5: Gender Equality across Asia on ImpactCollab.
Focusing on Women's Economic Empowerment
246 projects
Action on Poverty
The project aims to improve the economic and social status of poor and vulnerable communities by supporting entrepreneurs with inclusive business models and connecting them with market actors to adopt and replicate these models.
Perkumpulan Untuk Peningkatan Usaha Kecil (PUPUK)
This project creates a reproducible model for "Green Downstreaming" by bridging the gap between local Social Forestry and stringent international standards like the EUDR. It transforms rattan from a neglected trade commodity into sustainable products.
CRAFT LINK SOCIAL ENTERPRISE JSC (CRAFT LINK JSC)
Craft Link empowers ethnic minority women through heritage revival, fair trade, and sustainable livelihoods. The project boosts income, gender equality, and cultural preservation while contributing to SDG 1, 5, 8, 11, and 12.
Disability Empowerment Society Nepal
Enabling women with disabilities in Nepal to access digital skills, inclusive marketplaces, and income opportunities through accessible technology and data systems, driving economic empowerment and scalable, sustainable impact.
Nam Bo Agriculture College
Sustainable-Agri-Livelihood trains Mekong Delta rice farmers—especially women—in low-emission, high-quality rice farming to improve livelihoods, climate resilience, food safety, and rural health
Bankable Frontiers
Develop skilling tools to support young women accessing new job opportunities
HAPSARI (HIMPUNAN SERIKAT PEREMPUAN INDONESIA)
This program will be implemented in six villages in North Sumatra Province: Denai Kuala and Mabar (Deli Serdang Regency); Pondok Tengah and Ujung Negeri Kahan (Serdang Bedagai Regency); and Tanjung Siram and Pondok Batu (Labuhanbatu Regency). These regenc

Helen Keller International
A women-led, nutrition-sensitive market systems approach supporting women and marginalized groups to run dairy, egg and horticulture enterprises through seed capital, skill-building and coaching to improve income agency and household nutrition/wellbeing.
Perkumpulan Gemawan
West Kalimantan’s forests sustain local livelihoods and climate stability but face severe deforestation from mining and plantations. Using the 2014 Village Law, this project empowers communities in spatial planning to ensure justice and sustainability
The Center for Consultancy on Family Health & Community Development
This project empowers single mothers in Vietnam with emotional intelligence and parenting skills, supporting SDG 3, 4, 5, and 10 by fostering well-being, quality education, gender equality, and reduced inequalities for marginalized single mothers.
Overseas Kids Foundation (OKF)
A 3-year OKF project in Ha Hoa empowering 120 rural women via ornamental leaf farming, boosting income 20x, climate-resilient, and aligned with SDGs 1, 5, 8, 13, 15.
Yayasan Kota Kita Surakarta
In low-income settlements, limited access to public spaces reduces children’s social interaction and physical activity. This project uses community-centric design to co-create inclusive spaces for play, health, and community life.