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  • The Asia Foundation Honors Global Champions of Women’s Rights at 2025 Lotus Leadership Awards
    On April 22, The Asia Foundation hosted its 2025 Lotus Leadership Awards dinner at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The event celebrated global champions of women’s rights and […]
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    Women Leaders Share Strategies for Stability in Southeast Asia 
    Armed conflicts and human security threats disproportionately impact women, which is why women worldwide are leading movements for peace and the safety and well-being of their communities.   The Asia Foundation […]
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    2024 Leaders on the Frontlines: Voices for Asia and the Pacific’s Future
    On October 22 and 23, 2024, we hosted two private dinners for our 2024 Asia Foundation Development Fellows in Berkeley and San Francisco. The dinners brought together Lotus Circle Advisors, […]

  • ABC News Spotlights Lotus Circle Honorees HAkA and The Asia Foundation’s Social Forestry Programs in Indonesia
    ABC News quotes our program director for Environmental Governance in Indonesia, Alam Surya Putra, in a feature on women forest rangers combating deforestation in Aceh. The article also features our […]

  • 2024 Lotus Leadership Awards
    On April 25, 2024, The Asia Foundation hosted the 2024 Lotus Leadership Awards in New York City. The twelfth Lotus Leadership Awards honored the Bangsamoro Women’s Movement from the Philippines, […]

  • Bangsamoro Women’s Movement and Visa and Visa Foundation Honored at 2024 Lotus Leadership Awards
    The Asia Foundation today hosted the 2024 Lotus Leadership Awards Gala at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The Leadership Awards are an initiative of the Lotus Circle, a […]

  • The Asia Foundation Awards 10 Scholarships for Mongolia’s First Gender Studies Master’s Program
    The Asia Foundation awarded scholarships to ten outstanding scholars admitted to Mongolia’s first Gender Studies Master’s Degree Program. The cohort and graduate program mark a critical milestone in fostering inclusive […]

  • The Asia Foundation and National University of Mongolia Launch First Gender Studies Program
    In a significant move to advance women’s rights in Mongolia, The Asia Foundation, with support from the Lotus Circle funds and the National University of Mongolia (NUM), has collaborated to […]
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    APEC Women & Economy Forum in Seattle Features Asia Foundation Experts on Care Economy
    The Asia Foundation’s experts furthered high-level discussions on the Care Economy at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in Seattle. At the forum, Elizabeth Silva and Ankita Panda highlighted […]

  • The Effect of Psychosocial Support for Women in Mongolia
    In a culture that traditionally views psychosocial counseling with suspicion, a project to address the trauma of the pandemic suggests that many Mongolians could benefit from greater access to these services.

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