Timor-Leste Covid-19 Survey Round 8 – September 2021
January 14, 2022Covid-19 remained by far the biggest challenge for individuals, the community, and the country in Timor-Leste. Between September 17 to 23, 2021, Mata Dalan Institute conducted 409 phone interviews with Timorese women and men. There were 1,183 active Covid-19 cases in Timor-Leste, and the State of Emergency had been renewed for the 17th time when the survey was conducted. The…
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Nepal Subnational Governance Program Bridging Phase Quarterly Newsletter Issue 2 – July-September 2021
January 14, 2022Subnational Governance Program Bridging Phase, implemented through a strategic partnership with the Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and in coordination with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration in Nepal, aims to promote an enabling environment for a stable, effective, and inclusive subnational government in Nepal that addresses health and economic security of all, including women…
GovAsia Issue 4: From Hanoi to Hyderabad
December 21, 2021This issue of GovAsia looks at the multidimensional impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in eight cities across Asia. It draws on research conducted between October 2020 and April 2021, in partnership with Kore Global, that focused on the perspectives and experiences of those who receive the fewest benefits of urbanization due to a range of intersecting marginalized identities and experiences,…
Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – Fall 2021
December 21, 2021PERIPHERAL VISION: Views from the Borderlands illuminates how political, security, and socioeconomic developments affect the people living in contested borderlands and, conversely, how border dynamics shape change and transition at the national level. In this issue, we cover: Tunisia’s Border Regions: Between Security and Social Unrest Less Violence, More Tensions: trends of identity-based conflict in subnational and border areas across…
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Strengthening Social Cohesion in Sri Lanka Application Materials
December 17, 2021This call for proposals is through the “Strengthening Social Cohesion in Sri Lanka” project, implemented by The Asia Foundation with support from Global Affairs Canada. This two-year project aims to build capacity for local civil society organizations (CSOs), especially those focusing on strengthening women’s networks and movements to ensure that local communities, particularly women and girls, and marginalized groups, benefit…
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Expanding Opportunities in the Digital Economy for Women Entrepreneurs
December 9, 2021Among the many challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic are widening gender gaps in economic opportunity, especially in a rapidly changing world economy that is becoming increasingly digitized. Covid-19 mobility restrictions and lockdowns hastened businesses’ transition to e-commerce and digital trade, yet many businesses were—and still are—struggling to make the transition to e-commerce, especially micro and small enterprises in…
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Philippine Disability Sector Research: An Initial Analysis of Access to Social and Public Services, Education, Work and Employment, and Civic Participation and Governance
December 9, 2021This report explores the disability sector in the Philippines and how current laws and policies have been implemented for persons with disabilities. The publication offers an initial analysis of policy implementation in four key areas: education, employment, social services, and civic participation. The research gives significant insight that warrants further exploration and action for policy development, program implementation, and capacity…
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Updates from Washington, DC: October 2021
December 1, 2021In this issue: Launch of The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia, 2021: Identity-based Conflict and Extremism; InAsia Podcast: Stories for Children of the Ocean; Mongolia: Five Lessons from Mongolia’s Pandemic Hotline Project; Is Asia Ready for a Feminist Foreign Policy?; Myanmar: Covid-19 and Complex Conflicts: The Pandemic in Myanmar’s Unsettled Regions; Technology and Development: Six Stories of Resilience:…
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“Хүн худалдаалах гэмт хэргийн хохирогчдод туслалцаа үзүүлэх үндэсний механизмын зураглал” судалгааны тайлан
November 23, 2021Азийн сан нь Хүйсийн тэгш эрх төв ТББ-ын судалгааны багтай хамтран “Хүн худалдаалах гэмт хэргийн хохирогчдод туслалцаа үзүүлэх үндэсний механизмын зураглал” судалгааг хийж гүйцэтгэлээ. Энэхүү судалгаагаар хүн худалдаалах гэмт хэргийн хохирогчдод үзүүлэх туслалцаа, үйлчилгээг зураглан, тэдгээрийн чанар, хүртээмж болон энэ чиглэлээр гарсан хууль, журмуудын хэрэгжилтэд дүн шинжилгээ хийсэн. Ингэхдээ хохирогчдод үйлчилгээ үзүүлэгч төрийн болон төрийн бус байгууллагууд, тэднээр үйлчлүүлсэн хохирогчдоос…
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Development Letters (July–September 2021 Issue)
November 23, 2021Development Letters aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing country like Bangladesh. This quarterly publication provides a platform to introduce thought-provoking ideas on broad development issues through short and concisely written articles that are comprehensible to policymakers and development practitioners. This present issue contains 10 articles that include, amongst others, some practical ideas on…
