Program Areas

Driving change through our core program areas

We work on complex, cross-cutting issues across Asia and the Pacific. Our core portfolio centers around six key priorities: climate action, education and leadership, gender equality, governance, inclusive growth, and international cooperation.

What We Do

Climate Action

We work with businesses, governments, NGOs, and community leaders to develop participatory approaches to managing natural resources, reducing the risk of disasters, and protecting environments across Asia and the Pacific.

Education and Leadership

We invest in people because tackling critical development challenges rests not only on sustainable frameworks and systems but also on the people who power them.

Gender Equality

Every day, our teams innovate new ways to open doors and disrupt the status quo of gender because gender should never hold anyone back.
Commuters cross train tracks on foot

Governance

Across Asia and the Pacific, our programs catalyze inclusive decision-making by promoting collaborative, transparent, and participatory systems that represent the needs of their communities.

Inclusive Growth

Amid rapid economic and industrial transition across Asia and the Pacific, we strive to ensure that all people have access to the future skills they need and that governments craft policies that foster inclusive growth, leaving no one behind.

International Cooperation

Our work strengthens cooperation and collaboration between nations to foster peace, stability, and prosperity, and to catalyze regional solutions to regional challenges.

Latest Across Asia and the Pacific

  • A portrait of the Environmental Human Rights Defender As a (Very) Young Man

  • Tackling Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Mongolia

  • Professionalizing Care Work in Malaysia

Support The Asia Foundation

Asia and the Pacific are the fastest-growing and most dynamic regions in the world. What happens in Asia and the Pacific impacts the entire globe. There is an urgent need to support positive change during this time of mounting development challenges and global disruption.

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