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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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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