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On May 29, 2019, we honored actress Lana Condor, Golden State Warriors CFO Jennifer Cabalquinto, and the Center for Education and Development in Vietnam for their incredible contributions towards women and girls empowerment in Asia at the San Francisco Lotus Circle Leadership Awards Dinner.

The Lotus Circle is a vibrant community of committed individuals and organizations supporting The Asia Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment program to strengthen economic, social, and political rights and opportunities for women and girls in Asia.

See how Let’s Read is tackling book scarcity and dismantling barriers to literacy by building sustainable book ecosystems. Let’s Read cultivates a love for reading with the only free, region-wide, digital library for children in Asia. Viewers meet Seiha, a young Cambodian writer, and Pisey, an illustrator, as they prepare for a Let’s Read BookLab,… Read more

  The 2019 Lotus Leadership Awards Gala, New York was held at the Mandarin Oriental New York. Award-winning journalist Christiane Amanpour was honored with the Lotus Leadership Award for her extraordinary leadership in raising the voices and stories of women worldwide. SafetiPin, a social enterprise harnessing the powe… Read more

The Asia Foundation’s Lotus Leadership Awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations for their contributions towards women’s and girls’ empowerment in Asia. 2019 Lotus Leadership Award honoree, Safetipin, is an innovative social enterprise making a critical difference in the lives of women. In the aftermath of the infamous rape and dea… Read more

The longest-running barometer of Afghan opinion, the Survey of the Afghan People is a map of social change over time, presenting a clear picture of the gains and gaps that Afghans perceive in a rapidly transforming nation. Now on its fourteenth edition, the Survey has gathered the views of more than 112,000 Afghans since 2004 on… Read more

The longest-running barometer of Afghan opinion, the Survey of the Afghan People is a map of social change over time, presenting a clear picture of the gains and gaps that Afghans perceive in a rapidly transforming nation. Now on its fourteenth edition, the Survey has gathered the views of more than 112,000 Afghans since 2004 on security, elections… Read more

  In September 2018, the Asia Foundation Development Fellows arrived in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. for a two-week leadership exchange program, commencing with the Leaders on the Frontlines: Asia’s Changemakers of Today and Tomorrow Award Dinner honoring Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and Asia’s next-generati… Read more

On September 11th, The Asia Foundation and Salesforce presented an executive roundtable luncheon featuring Ban Ki-moon, eighth secretary general of the United Nations and president & chair, Global Green Growth Institute. Senior executives from San Francisco met with Secretary Ban to discuss topics and trends, including the need for global… Read more

On September 11th in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation honored His Excellency Ban Ki-moon for his significant leadership in international development; the legacy of Chang-Lin Tien; and the 2018 Asia Foundation Development Fellows. Award-winning broadcast journalist Sydnie Kohara emceed the evening’s program, “Leaders on the Fro… Read more