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The Asia Foundation and University of Delhi Join Forces to Enhance Women with Digital Skills Through Skills2Work Initiative
March 14, 2024
Media Coverage
Dainik Jagran, an Indian Hindi language newspaper, showcases the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed between The Asia Foundation and the University of Dehli to build digital proficiency and job readiness for its students. Utilizing the Visa-supported program Skills2Work, The Asia Foundation will partner with the university to skill 1,500 wome… Read more
e27 Features Go Digital ASEAN’s Impact on Leveling the Digital Playing Field
March 14, 2024
Media Coverage
e27, Asia’s largest Tech media platform, highlights the success of the Foundation’s Google.org supported Go Digital ASEAN program in leveling the digital playing field for women entrepreneurs. While the digital economy teems with potential, women entrepreneurs must possess the skills to fully harness those opportunities for business growth. T… Read more
The Asia Foundation Announces the Pacific Women Climate Leaders Fellowship Program
SA, March 14, 2024
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The Asia Foundation announces the inaugural class of Pacific Women Climate Leaders, a 10-day fellowship program designed to recognize, support, and amplify women’s voices driving climate solutions across the Pacific region. The three fellows selected for the 2024 class are from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Tonga. The fellowship brings three women cl… Read more
Call for Applications: 2024 Fuller Fellowship Peacebuilding
San Francisco, March 13, 2024
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Applications open on March 18 for the 2024 William P. Fuller Fellowship in Peacebuilding. Fuller Fellows are early or mid-career professionals with demonstrated potential for leadership in the peacebuilding field and who are actively working to promote peace through research, advocacy, policymaking, community practice, or other realms. The Asia Fou… Read more
The Asia Foundation’s Future Skills Alliance Launches Phase Two of STEM ConnectHER, Paving the Way for Women in STEM
March 1, 2024
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The Asia Foundation’s Future Skills Alliance (FSA) launches the second phase of STEM ConnectHER. The initiative aims to promote women’s participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in Asia and the Pacific. Building on its successful pilot in 2021, the program will expand its network in Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia, and… Read more
Amplifying Change: Community-Centered Approaches to Ending Violence Against Women
Washington, DC, Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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9:30 – 11:00 am ET Gender-based violence, specifically, violence against women and girls, and trafficking in persons, are pervasive occurrences that have seen a dramatic uptick in many countries due to conflict, climate change, Covid-19, and other ongoing conflicts and crises. Globally, one in three women experience physical and/or sexual violence… Read more
APEC Highlights Go Digital ASEAN in Digital Skills Development Report for Asia-Pacific
February 23, 2024
Media Coverage
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) spotlights The Asia Foundation’s Go Digital ASEAN initiative as a case study in the report “Enhance the Cross-Border Development of Skilled Professionals across the APEC Region.” The report emphasizes the urgent need for skilled professions in Asia and the Pacific and showcases ongoing skills development… Read more
The Asia Foundation and Google.org Partnership Featured in Coverage of APAC Cybersecurity Fund in Sri Lanka
February 20, 2024
Media Coverage
DailyFT, a Sri Lankan business and financial news outlet, highlights the APAC Cybersecurity Fund in its coverage of The Asia Foundation and its partners’ program initiatives in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, which ranked 81st out of 175 countries in 2020’s National Cyber Security Index, scoring especially low in protection for digital and essential servi… Read more
Applications Open for the 2024 Margaret F. Williams Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art
San Francisco, January 29, 2024
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In partnership with the Asian Art Museum, The Asia Foundation announces a call for applications for the 2024 Margaret F. Williams Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art, a program supporting exchange between diverse, emerging curatorial voices focusing on Asian or Asian American art. The application period opens on January 31 and closes on March 3, with… Read more
Announcing the 2024 LeadNext Fellows: Ambassadors for a Global Future
San Francisco, January 23, 2024
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The Asia Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 LeadNext Fellows: Ambassadors for a Global Future class. LeadNext is The Asia Foundation’s dynamic new program focused on global citizenship for the 21st century. LeadNext builds a vibrant network of future leaders aged 18-25 from across the Asia-Pacific region and the United States to support the… Read more