Enhancing Female Participation in Project Choice Through Self-Help Groups in Vietnam (June - December 2021)

The project is part of a multi-country initiative conducted in Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Vietnam. This experimental research project randomly assigns half of village-level women’s groups to receive training while the other half serves as a placebo group. This experimental design allows rigorous evaluation of the impacts of collective efficacy training (whether it increases women’s sense of group identity within the women’s groups and as women more generally).

Our theory of change is that delivering collective efficacy training through groups will increase women’s sense of group identity both within the group and as women. The project will equip women with knowledge about how the local political system works and the capabilities they need to turn ideas into action at village and commune levels.

Soc Trang and Thai Nguyen provinces

180 village-level women’s groups of the Vietnam Women’s Union enhance their participation in the community in local budgetary decisions.

The Evidence in Governance and Politics' (EGAP) Metaketa Initiative

Centre for Community Empowerment

Thai Nguyen and Soc Trang Women Unions