Rapid Response Fund Buoys Mongolian Women Entrepreneurs Hit Hard by Covid
An emergency fund for women entrepreneurs is helping Mongolian small businesswomen survive the pandemic and prepare for a prosperous future.
Increasing Women's Economic Opportunities
Asia Foundation Launches Women’s Economic Empowerment Project in Mongolia
On September 25th, The Asia Foundation launched a four-year Women’s Economic Empowerment Project in Mongolia funded by Global Affairs Canada. A range of leaders active in Mongolia attended the launch…
Funding Women Entrepreneurs on Mongolia’s Covid Front Line
Mongolia has been a Covid-19 success story, but the early lockdown that kept the virus at bay has also battered the economy, and no one has felt it more than Mongolia’s small businesswomen.
Asia Foundation Launches Rapid Response Fund to Address Gendered Impacts of Covid-19
The gendered impact of Covid-19 continues to play out in countries and communities across the globe, with acute effects on women and girls. These include a dramatic rise in gender-based…
Getting Her Gig on: The Future of Work for Indian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day, Indian women are still too often excluded from the formal economy. But they’re finding a place in the gig economy, thanks to a raft of tech start-ups that have given them new freedom, flexibility, and economic dignity.
Girls Can Do Anything
Michelle Obama came to December's Grassroots Leaders Roundtable in Vietnam to deliver an urgent message: some of the world’s best minds are going undeveloped because of our failure to educate girls.