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  • Empowering Women, Building Communities: The Merauke Women’s School
    A school in South Papua, Indonesia, is breaking the cycle of violence against women and empowering them to reclaim their voices in their communities.

  • The Global Roadmap for Action on the Care Economy
    The caregiving crisis of Covid-19 and long-term trends such as aging populations have thrown a spotlight on the gaps in the global care economy. This Roadmap points to the way forward.

  • U.S.–China–Southeast Asia Relations, a Special Report
    Southeast Asia has become the central arena of U.S.-Chinese competition. In this conversation, the authors of a new report from The Asia Foundation discuss the prospects for peaceful regional cooperation.

  • From Vulnerability to Resilience: Safeguarding MSMEs from Cyberattacks
    Small businesses in Southeast Asia have moved online in large numbers, but they’re stepping into a minefield of cyber risks where many lack the resources to protect themselves.

  • Tackling Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Mongolia
    Computers, smartphones, and the internet have unleashed new forms of gender-based violence that are especially threatening to women.

  • Nepal’s Silent Crisis: Human Trafficking Under the Spotlight
    Well-intentioned laws and policies still do not adequately protect Nepal from human trafficking. It could have international consequences.

  • Understanding and Empowering Timor-Leste’s Young People
    Jobs may be scarce and the future uncertain for Timor-Leste’s surging youth population, but conversations with Timorese young people suggest that they are optimistic and committed to their country’s future.

  • Reducing the Price of Justice: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bangladesh 
    Alternative dispute resolution continues to serve the poor and marginalized in Bangladesh, for whom the expensive and overloaded courts are often out of reach.

  • Indonesia: The Road to Restorative Justice 
    Indonesia’s prisons are bursting at the seams. An experiment in “restorative justice” offers a promising alternative to mass incarceration.

  • In Mongolia, a Hand Up for Young Legal Professionals
    Mongolia urgently needs lawyers to support its rapidly growing and increasingly complex society. The Mongolian justice system, which currently includes around 6,680 judges, prosecutors, and attorneys, is expanding to meet […]

  • Meet the Young Asian Diplomats
    Seminars at Georgetown University, a tour of the White House, and a trip to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were some of the highlights for 11 mid-career diplomats […]

  • The Right to Information: A Boot Camp for Young Activists in Bangladesh
    In November 2021, in the midst of the Covid pandemic, a young Bangladeshi named Joy Sarker filed a right-to-information request with the Primary Education Office in Rangpur. He wanted to […]

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