Enhancing Female Participation in Project Choice Through Self-Help Groups in Vietnam
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).
Objective
To evaluate the impacts of collective efficacy and political skills training on women’s participation in local public goods distribution in 180 villages in Vietnam.
Impact
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.
Implementing locations
Soc Trang and Thai Nguyen provinces
The project targets
180 village-level women’s groups of the Vietnam Women’s Union enhance their participation in the community in local budgetary decisions.
Donors
The Evidence in Governance and Politics' (EGAP) Metaketa Initiative
Implementing Partners
Centre for Community Empowerment
