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    Indonesia Launches Data-Powered Innovation to Tackle Extreme Poverty 
    Indonesia is a rising powerhouse in Southeast Asia, committed to eradicating extreme poverty by 2024. While the country’s poverty rate has declined to 1.1% in 2023, provinces like East Nusa […]

  • Expanding Success of Public-Private Partnership to Address Childhood Stunting in Indonesia 
    Our 2023 Social Entrepreneurship for the Nation (WiNNER) competition finalist, WeCare.id, is expanding its successful public-private partnership by signing an MOU to provide alternative financing for the district government of Manggarai Barat, East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia. WeCare.id is a social enterprise that provides accessible and affordable healthcare services through their crowdfunding platform. Their enterprise was a direct response to the chronic and recurrent child malnutrition affecting communities across Indonesia. 
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    Enhancing Labor Migration Capacities Through Youth Leadership in Bangladesh
    As part of the Fairer Labor Migration Coalition under the Promoting Effective, Responsive, and Inclusive Governance in Bangladesh (PERI) Program, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) is engaging youth volunteer […]

  • Strengthening Community Leaders in Bangladesh to Fight Disinformation and Promote Religious Inclusion 
    On September 13 and 14, 2024, The Asia Foundation organized a two-day workshop in Rangpur, Bangladesh as part of our Community-Driven Approach Promoting Religious Equality and Access to Justice project […]

  • Public-Private Partnership Addresses Childhood Stunting at the Local Level in Indonesia
    In 2023, we launched the Social Entrepreneurship for the Nation (WiNNER) competition to identify social enterprises that could engage and partner with subnational governments to address these continuing challenges. The competition was a collaboration between our USAID ERAT (Effective, Efficient, and Strong Governance) program and the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucracy Reform.

  • Shaping Justice: Seminar on Strengthening Access to Justice Amid Indonesia’s KUHP Revisions
    The recent revisions to the Indonesian Penal Code (KUHP) have sparked discussions about personal freedoms and civil liberties. Key provisions address adultery, and stricter regulations on religious defamation. Concerns have been raised about the ambiguity of some legal language, which could lead to enforcement challenges and potential human rights implications, particularly for marginalized groups.

  • From Mass Movement to Reforms: Insights from Bangladesh’s Latest Roundtable Discussion 
    Bangladesh is at a pivotal juncture. Recent student-led uprisings are promising to open up shrinking civic spaces over the past 15 years. With the new interim government led by Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, there is a renewed focus on the reforms necessary to address Bangladesh’s challenges. 

  • Nepal’s Legislative Strides to Combat Human Trafficking: Aligning with the Palermo Protocol
    As part of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, The Palermo Protocol is the first legal document to provide an internationally recognized definition of human trafficking. It serves […]

  • Experts Call for Comprehensive Climate Justice Law in Indonesia Amid Growing Environmental Challenges
    Indonesia does not have a comprehensive legal framework for Climate Justice. Currently, the highest umbrella regulations only exist in the Presidential Regulation (Presidential Regulation Number 98/2021), and most regulations and […]

  • The Makassar City Government to Publish the Mayor’s Regulation (Perwali) on Restorative Justice’s Support Services
    The Makassar city government, in collaboration with YLBHI LBH Makassar, is currently in the final stages of drafting the Mayor’s Regulation (Perwali) on Restorative Justice’s Support Services in Indonesia. The […]

  • Fostering Strategic Partnerships for Effective and Inclusive Subnational Governance in Nepal
    In December 2023, our Subnational Governance Program in Nepal supported Damak Municipality in hosting the third Municipal Roundtable, convening elected representatives from the program’s seven strategic partner municipalities for learning […]

  • The Asia Foundation Supports Kathmandu Declaration for Free, Fair, and Transparent Elections
    In Nepal, participants of the sixth Asian Electoral Stakeholder Forum (AESFVI) affirmed their commitment to strengthening democratic processes by signing the “Kathmandu Declaration to Strengthen Democracy and Promote Electoral Integrity […]

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