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Ms. Magazine, and Sahar News (Afghanistan) underscore the increasing support for women’s rights and education in Afghanistan, citing key findings from the Foundation’s Afghanistan in 2019: A Survey of the Afghan People.  Ms. Magazine According to Afghanistan in 2019: A Survey of the Afghan People—the 15th installment in the report series, whic… Read more

Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, Yahoo! News India, and Daily Mail (UK) highlight key findings from The Asia Foundation’s 2019 Survey of the Afghan People which launched Tuesday, December 3rd in Kabul and Washington D.C. Afghans are increasingly fearful for their personal safety… Read more

Asia Foundation perception poll of 17,812 Afghans includes new questions on peace, elections, and reconciliation According to a new survey released today by The Asia Foundation in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Washington DC, Afghans report a slight uptick in optimism, with 36.1% of respondents saying the country is going in the right direction in 2019, u… Read more

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST University of Ottawa Center for International Policy Studies The past year has been marked by great uncertainty for the people of Afghanistan. Rounds of negotiations conducted between the U.S. and the Taliban–amid continued violent attacks, record high levels of civilian deaths, and the repeated postponement of presidential e… Read more

This week, the Women’s Economic Empowerment through Strengthening Market Systems program, funded by the Embassy of Sweden and implemented by iDE Bangladesh and The Asia Foundation, organized a successful public-private dialogue in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Examining the challenges rural women entrepreneurs face in accessing loans, the discussion brought t… Read more

The Asia Foundation and RTI International are working with the Department of Education (DepEd) on the implementation of Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines (ABC+), a 5-year project supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The technology and community driven collaboration is set to reach more children in thei… Read more

The Asia Foundation is supporting a study of Rohingya families in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Twenty-two Rohingya volunteers have been trained to conduct face-to-face interviews with 1500 refugees, working in pairs to capture important information on families and households in the refugee camps. Interviews are currently underway. Rohingya enumerators… Read more

3:00 – 4:30 PM Despite multiple rounds of negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban throughout 2019, prospects for a sustainable political settlement in Afghanistan remain unclear, as does the future for Afghan women. Underrepresented in the peace process, Afghan women are concerned about potential outcomes and the implications of a possible U…. Read more

10:00 – 11:30 AM EST Washington, DC Watch the live stream The past year has been marked by great uncertainty for the people of Afghanistan. Rounds of negotiations conducted between the U.S. and the Taliban—amid continued attacks, record high levels of civilian deaths, and the repeated postponement of presidential elections—inspired both hope and fe… Read more

6:30 pm reception 7:30 pm dinner Mandarin Oriental New York City Learn more about the Lotus Awards The Asia Foundation’s Lotus Leadership Awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations for their contributions towards women’s and girls’ empowerment in Asia. The Awards Galas are hosted annually in New York and San Francisco by the Lotus C… Read more