Gender Mainstreaming in the Mongolian Financial Sector and Guidelines for Developing Feminized Financial Products
May 11, 2022International good practices show that promoting gender equality through the financial sector directly impacts women`s financial independence and overall economic empowerment. There is innovation and good practice across the globe at financial institutions and initiatives addressing finance as a tool for gender equality and advancing women’s economic power and potential. Specifically, for women-owned micro, small and medium enterprises, having adequate…
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Deepening Ties: Prospects for Trilateral Cooperation between the Republic of Korea, the United States, and Vietnam
May 11, 2022Despite differences in political ideology, relations between South Korea, the United States, and Vietnam have deepened and evolved since formal diplomatic relations with Vietnam were established more than a quarter-century ago. Overlapping strategic and economic interests have led the three countries to expand ties across a wide spectrum of issues. While economic cooperation has been the main driver of these…
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Beyond “Capacity”: Gendered Election Processes, Networks, and Informality in Local Governments in Nepal
May 11, 2022While many donors and much state attention have focused on building the skills and capacities of elected women to make them effective in their formal political roles, recent research has shown the need to look beyond formal institutions and processes to understand the informal rules that affect the ability of women elected representatives to fulfill their duties. This paper focuses…
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Inequalities in Asian Cities: Focus on Female Bangle-makers in Hyderabad, Pakistan
April 25, 2022The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Kore Global, led an eight-city qualitative research project to explore the multidimensional impacts of Covid-19 on marginalized groups across five Asian countries. Each of these country reports focused on the experiences of a particular group of urban residents. These included: Female bangle-makers in Hyderabad, Pakistan Female micro-business owners in Khulna City, Bangladesh Ethnic-minority migrant…
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Inequalities in Asian Cities: Focus on Female Micro-Business Owners in Khulna, Bangladesh
April 25, 2022The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Kore Global, led an eight-city qualitative research project to explore the multidimensional impacts of Covid-19 on marginalized groups across five Asian countries. Each of these country reports focused on the experiences of a particular group of urban residents. These included: Female micro-business owners in Khulna City, Bangladesh Ethnic-minority migrant workers in Hanoi, Vietnam Recently…
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Inequalities in Asian Cities: Focus on Internal Ethnic-Minority Migrants in Hanoi, Vietnam
April 25, 2022The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Kore Global, led an eight-city qualitative research project to explore the multidimensional impacts of Covid-19 on marginalized groups across five Asian countries. Each of these country reports focused on the experiences of a particular group of urban residents. These included: Working mothers with school-age children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Female bangle-makers in Hyderabad, Pakistan Female…
Future Skills Alliance
April 22, 2022Economic recovery in Asia post-Covid-19 will require businesses, governments, and nonprofits to collaborate to future-proof and re-skill people for new opportunities in the digital economy. Together with rapid digitalization and changes in the job market, Covid-19 created “double disruption” for workers across the region, with women, youth, and other marginalized groups disproportionally impacted. The Asia Foundation has activated the Future…
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Laos – Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality
April 20, 2022Overview of Laos office Women’s Empowerment Program activities including building on achievements of the Government of Laos and partners to fill important gaps for prosecution, protection, and prevention of trafficking in persons, addressing the underrepresentation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics through scholarships, and empowering more women to assume leadership roles within justice system institutions by increasing the…
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Laos – Legal Aid and Access to Justice
April 20, 2022Overview of Laos office Legal Aid and Access to Justice Program activities, including expanding access to legal aid through legal aid offices and clinics, and increasing the number of lawyers providing legal aid and the number of female lawyers in the country through scholarships for professional legal training and internships.
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Laos – Governance
April 20, 2022Overview of Laos country office Governance activities including collaboration to develop parliamentary research capacity within the Institute of Legislative Studies to support parliamentarians in better executing their policymaking and oversight mandates.
