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Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls and empowering them to be active participants in society are critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Development experts, innovators, activists, and practitioners from governments, corporations, academia, NGOs, and multilateral organizations across Asia gathe… Read more

The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the World Bank’s Blockchain Lab, hosted an event at the Bank’s headquarters, “Rewiring for Digital Transformation: How Online Platforms and Blockchain are Redefining Development and Changing the Rules of the Game.” Experts from Google, Stripe, eBay, Asian Development Bank, Deloitte Consulting LLP, the U.S. D… Read more

The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia program was recently selected as a 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree. At the Library of Congress National Book Festival gala earlier this month, the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the winners of the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards, which included Books… Read more

A commentary on America’s military strategy in the Middle East by Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic & International Studies highlights The Asia Foundation’s Survey of the Afghan People. Polls like those of The Asia Foundation show all too clearly that its government is losing confidence and trust… Read more

The Asia Foundation enables access to quality books and community-powered translation In the archipelago of Indonesia, especially among remote and underserved communities, quality children’s books are rare commodities. Limited access to early-grade content is a barrier to literacy, academic success, and fostering a lifelong love of reading among ch… Read more

An article by NBC News (Asian America) featuring Vietnamese-American actress Lana Condor highlights a girls’ scholarship started by the actress through The Asia Foundation. Now that she’s been able to rest after nearly two months of 14-hour workdays, Condor has a new focus: Shortly after wrapping production, she created a scholarship through the As… Read more

The Park Central Hotel 50 Third Street, San Francisco, CA The Asia Foundation is proud to be a co-sponsor of the three-day Women’s Funding Network conference. Join 300 women’s fund and foundation leaders, corporate foundations investing in economic security, senior executives of diversity and inclusion initiatives, and issue experts from around the… Read more

The Atlantic cites The Asia Foundation’s case study on conflict and development assistance in the Mindanao province in the Philippines. According to The Asia Foundation, conflict-afflicted areas of Mindanao have the highest poverty levels and lowest levels of human development in the Philippines. Of the 20 poorest provinces in the Philippines, 11 a… Read more

The Asia Foundation in Cambodia hosted the Let’s Read! E-Book Hackathon, “STEM for Kids” over the weekend at the Tekhub incubator space. During the two-day hack challenge on August 19-20, a team of local writers, illustrators, and graphic designers gathered to collaborate and produce eight original, local-language children’s stories designed to spa… Read more

Asia Foundation Powers Access to Minority Language Children’s Books In the mountainous regions of Northern Thailand, books are rare commodities, and children’s books in languages other than standard Thai are almost non-existent. For speakers of S’gaw Karen, a minority language spoken by nearly one million people primarily living in mostly rural com… Read more