PROGRAM SNAPSHOTS

On March 8, 2023, The Asia Foundation in Indonesia continued the tradition of celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) with a gathering of gender focal points from organizations across Indonesia, following the campaign of embracing equity. Celebrating IWD 2023 is a part of the Promoting Women’s Forest Stewardship program supported by Google.org… Read more

On March 18 and 19, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, in collaboration with The Asia Foundation and National Incubation Centre Islamabad, successfully organized the United States–Pakistan Innovation Expo at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. The event aimed to celebrate the United States contribution to Pakistan’s entrepreneurship eco… Read more

On January 23, 2023, The Asia Foundation and Kathmandu University School of Arts (KUSoA) launched A Survey of the Nepali People (SNP) in 2022. The nationally and provincially representative perception survey aims to gauge people’s views on critical contemporary, social, development, and governance issues. KUSoA led the study in collaboration with I… Read more

On January 24, 2023, The Asia Foundation hosted the Accelerate Women’s Entrepreneurship and Access to Capital project closing workshop. The project was funded by the Visa Foundation and implemented from February 2021- January 2023. The project’s main objective was to promote inclusive economic growth by supporting women-led small and micro business… Read more

On January 24, 2023, the First National Innovation Conference provided a platform for stakeholders in Nepal to exchange policy ideas and stimulate dialogues on inclusive innovations to support social and economic development. The Asia Foundation’s Data for Development (D4D) program in Nepal organized the event in collaboration with The Nepal Academ… Read more

In Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, conflict and instability endure in contested border regions where local tensions connect with regional and global dynamics. The Asia Foundation, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, the Rift Valley Institute, and their local research partners established the X-Border Local Research Network in 2018 t… Read more

The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the International City/County Management Association, is implementing USAID ERAT (Effective, Efficient and Strong Governance) to support peer learning on stunting prevention among subnational governments in Indonesia. Since June 2022, USAID ERAT has collaborated with local governments in South Sulawesi, Nort… Read more

In support of the ongoing resilience of Indonesia’s democracy, The Asia Foundation is promoting civic engagement at the local level. On August 30, 2022, the Democratic Resilience Youth Coalition, a coalition of civil society organizations in Aceh province, collaborated with the head of the Bireuen district to hold “Democracy Night” with the support… Read more

Globally, care workers support over one billion people, including young children, aging adults, and people with disabilities. While some are paid for this work, most care providers are unpaid and lack adequate family support to redistribute care responsibilities. Paid care workers also lack support from their governments in accessing the critical s… Read more

As part of our participation in the UK government-funded Cross Border Conflict: Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) program, The Asia Foundation’s Conflict & Fragility team organized an in-person workshop at Geneva Peace Week, on November 4, 2022. The Local, people-focused policymaking: Addressing securitization in conflict zones in Africa, th… Read more