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The Asia Foundation’s Go Digital ASEAN and Google.org Celebrate Digital Learning in Singapore
May 23, 2023
Media Coverage
The Keyword, a blog produced by Google.org, highlights Go Digital ASEAN and its partnership with Hatch in coverage of the “Grow with Go for SMEs” event celebrating digital learning programs in Singapore. The Go Digital ASEAN initiative broadens participation in the digital economy and reaches marginalized communities with the most to gain from digi… Read more
Publication Launch – On the Right Tack: Reflections on Coalition-Building Initiatives Across The Asia Foundation
Bangkok, Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Events
The Asia Foundation recently released a publication—On the Right Tack—which highlights six stories on using coalitions to achieve reform in different contexts. The publication captures stories from the Philippines, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Thailand, highlighting how diverse groups and stakeholders came together to work and add… Read more
India and U.S. promote Triangular Development Partnership in Health with Republic of Fiji
May 16, 2023
Media Coverage
The U.S. Embassy in India highlights The Asia Foundation in coverage of the delegation visit from the Republic of Fiji on May 1-5, 2023. The visit is part of the India-U.S. Triangular Development Partnership to address global development challenges, leveraging their respective experiences and areas of expertise for the global good. Implemented by T… Read more
Gloria Steinem, Google.org, and Aceh Women Forest Defenders to be Honored at 2023 Lotus Leadership Awards
New York, April 24, 2023
News
The Asia Foundation will host the 2023 Lotus Leadership Awards on April 26 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The eleventh Lotus Leadership Awards will honor Gloria Steinem, Google.org, HAkA, and the Aceh Women Forest Defenders Movement from Indonesia. The gala will feature special guest Seth Meyers, photographer Nigel Barker and singer-son… Read more
Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region: Rising Risks and Local Solutions
Washington, DC, Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Events
With conflict risks on the rise across Asia and the Pacific and geopolitical tensions mounting, the region has witnessed rising authoritarianism and receding democratic norms in recent years. Numerous political leaders have looked to bypass checks and balances on power, while identity-based campaigning has fomented chauvinist violence. Adding to an… Read more
Advancing Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in the Indo-Pacific
Washington, DC, Thursday, April 20, 2023
Events
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM As Asia and the Pacific emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, the combined effects of economic disruption, health consequences, rising incidence of gender-based violence, increased unpaid caregiving responsibilities, and the additional burdens of conflict and climate change continue to fall disproportionately on women, girls, and di… Read more
The Asia Foundation’s Trustee Adil Najam Named as New President of World Wildlife Fund International
April 14, 2023
Media Coverage
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced The Asia Foundation’s trustee Adil Najam as the new President of WWF International. Najam is Dean Emeritus of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and a professor of International Relations and Earth and Environment. Globally renowned academic and policy expert, Dr Adil Najam,… Read more
Malaysia’s Skills2Work Initiative Highlighted in BFM’s Evening Edition
April 10, 2023
Media Coverage
BFM: The Business Station’s “Evening Edition” spotlights The Asia Foundation’s Skills2Work program in an interview with Foundation Program Manager Anusuya Krishnan. Last month, we celebrated International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. We discuss women in tech and what it takes to… Read more
Indonesia’s Success in Environmental Governance: Engaging Women Climate Leaders and Forest Defenders
Washington, DC, Friday, April 28, 2023
Events
Between 2001 and 2021, Indonesia lost over 28 million hectares (69 million acres) of forest—an area larger than New Zealand, according to Global Forest Watch. This impacts traditional communities and falls particularly hard on women, who suffer disproportionately from displacement, disempowerment, and loss of land and livelihoods. As the largest co… Read more
Virtual Book Talk Discussing Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia with Ambassador Scot Marciel
Washington, DC, Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Events
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET This virtual event with author Ambassador Scot Marciel will discuss his newly released book, Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia. Imperfect Partners is a unique hybrid—part memoir, part foreign policy study of U.S. relations with Southeast Asia, a critically important region that has become the central aren… Read more
The Asia Foundation’s Go Digital ASEAN and Google.org Celebrate Digital Learning in Singapore
May 23, 2023
Media Coverage
The Keyword, a blog produced by Google.org, highlights Go Digital ASEAN and its partnership with Hatch in coverage of the “Grow with Go for SMEs” event celebrating digital learning programs in Singapore. The Go Digital ASEAN initiative broadens participation in the digital economy and reaches marginalized communities with the most to gain from digi… Read more
Publication Launch – On the Right Tack: Reflections on Coalition-Building Initiatives Across The Asia Foundation
Bangkok, Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Events
The Asia Foundation recently released a publication—On the Right Tack—which highlights six stories on using coalitions to achieve reform in different contexts. The publication captures stories from the Philippines, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Thailand, highlighting how diverse groups and stakeholders came together to work and add… Read more
India and U.S. promote Triangular Development Partnership in Health with Republic of Fiji
May 16, 2023
Media Coverage
The U.S. Embassy in India highlights The Asia Foundation in coverage of the delegation visit from the Republic of Fiji on May 1-5, 2023. The visit is part of the India-U.S. Triangular Development Partnership to address global development challenges, leveraging their respective experiences and areas of expertise for the global good. Implemented by T… Read more
Gloria Steinem, Google.org, and Aceh Women Forest Defenders to be Honored at 2023 Lotus Leadership Awards
New York, April 24, 2023
News
The Asia Foundation will host the 2023 Lotus Leadership Awards on April 26 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The eleventh Lotus Leadership Awards will honor Gloria Steinem, Google.org, HAkA, and the Aceh Women Forest Defenders Movement from Indonesia. The gala will feature special guest Seth Meyers, photographer Nigel Barker and singer-son… Read more
Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region: Rising Risks and Local Solutions
Washington, DC, Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Events
With conflict risks on the rise across Asia and the Pacific and geopolitical tensions mounting, the region has witnessed rising authoritarianism and receding democratic norms in recent years. Numerous political leaders have looked to bypass checks and balances on power, while identity-based campaigning has fomented chauvinist violence. Adding to an… Read more
Advancing Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in the Indo-Pacific
Washington, DC, Thursday, April 20, 2023
Events
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM As Asia and the Pacific emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, the combined effects of economic disruption, health consequences, rising incidence of gender-based violence, increased unpaid caregiving responsibilities, and the additional burdens of conflict and climate change continue to fall disproportionately on women, girls, and di… Read more
The Asia Foundation’s Trustee Adil Najam Named as New President of World Wildlife Fund International
April 14, 2023
Media Coverage
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced The Asia Foundation’s trustee Adil Najam as the new President of WWF International. Najam is Dean Emeritus of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and a professor of International Relations and Earth and Environment. Globally renowned academic and policy expert, Dr Adil Najam,… Read more
Malaysia’s Skills2Work Initiative Highlighted in BFM’s Evening Edition
April 10, 2023
Media Coverage
BFM: The Business Station’s “Evening Edition” spotlights The Asia Foundation’s Skills2Work program in an interview with Foundation Program Manager Anusuya Krishnan. Last month, we celebrated International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. We discuss women in tech and what it takes to… Read more
Indonesia’s Success in Environmental Governance: Engaging Women Climate Leaders and Forest Defenders
Washington, DC, Friday, April 28, 2023
Events
Between 2001 and 2021, Indonesia lost over 28 million hectares (69 million acres) of forest—an area larger than New Zealand, according to Global Forest Watch. This impacts traditional communities and falls particularly hard on women, who suffer disproportionately from displacement, disempowerment, and loss of land and livelihoods. As the largest co… Read more
Virtual Book Talk Discussing Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia with Ambassador Scot Marciel
Washington, DC, Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Events
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET This virtual event with author Ambassador Scot Marciel will discuss his newly released book, Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia. Imperfect Partners is a unique hybrid—part memoir, part foreign policy study of U.S. relations with Southeast Asia, a critically important region that has become the central aren… Read more