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Photo/Hisaar Foundation 5:00 – 7:00 pm Sausalito Woman’s Club 120 Central Avenue Sausalito, CA 94965 The Asia Foundation Lotus Circle & the Sausalito Woman’s Club presents a conversation featuring Jane Sloane, Director, Women’s Empowerment Program, The Asia Foundation. Sloane will talk about her journey to this global work in support of women h… Read more

Tolo News features The Asia Foundation’s Afghanistan Country Representative Abdullah Ahmadzai in a televised discussion about the Independent Election Commission’s July 31st announcement that the presidential elections are to be held on April 20, 2019.  According to a statement issued by the President’s Office at the time, President… Read more

Nabilan (Ending Violence Against Women) Program Phase 2 Announced On July 31, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Australia’s commitment to fund $10 million ($14.2 million AUD) for Phase 2 of The Foundation’s Nabilan (Ending Violence Against Women) Program. With the committed funding from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs,… Read more

The Asia Foundation in Cambodia is now accepting video applications for the YSEALI STEM Education Video Competition. Applications must be submitted through the online application form by the deadline of August 31st, 2018. Launched in 2013, the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) is the U.S. Department of State’s signature program to s… Read more

On July 30th, The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Institute of East Asian Studies and Center for Korean Studies, hosted a conversation “Recent Developments on the Korean Peninsula and Prospects for U.S.-Korea Relations” with Dr. Jin Park, president of Korean-American Association and Asia Future Institute. A former member of the… Read more

Microsoft’s Asia News Center features a piece by Geoff Spencer highlighting the Foundation’s goal to encourage Asian economies toward digital transformation, establishing new industries and developing relevant skills for their labor force: Employing cheap, low-skilled workers in relatively simple manufacturing or extractive industries has been a wi… Read more

From July 17-19, The Asia Foundation organized a dialogue to strengthen the relationship between Thailand and the United States, gathering Thai and U.S. leaders in Washington, D.C. over several days to support current efforts to strengthen bilateral relations. Veteran journalist Kavi Chongkittavorn writes about the meetings in the Bangkok Post… Read more

The Asia Foundation announces the appointment of Matthew Arnold as country representative in Myanmar. In this role, he oversees the Foundation’s development programs in Myanmar, focused on strengthening institutions and practices of democratic governance, supporting the peace process, promoting women’s empowerment and political participation, stren… Read more

Dawn newspaper in Pakistan highlights The Asia Foundation’s participation in an Election Mela, an event designed to raise awareness about voting and political participation. The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with PODA (Potohar Organization for Development & Advocacy) and the Election Commission of Pakistan, held an “Election Mela” (Election… Read more

On July 14-15, the seventh World Peace Forum (WPF) was held in Beijing. The theme of this year’s forum was “Constructing a Security Community: Equality, Equity, and Justice.” Yang Jiechi, a Politburo member for the Central Committee of the Communist Party and director of the the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, gave the keynote speech at t… Read more