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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation April 2024
May 13, 2024This issue features updates about our recent roundtable on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Updates from Asia and the Pacific and Women’s Roles in Peacebuilding: The Power of Women Leading Peace in Mindanao, featuring the Bangsamoro Women’s Movement in the Philippines, an InAsia blog post and podcast episode about climate change and overlapping vulnerabilities in Bangladesh, as well as recent…
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation February and March 2024
May 13, 2024Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C., February and March newsletter. This second issue of the year features recent in-person events on Harnessing Local Knowledge for Conflict Prevention and Development, Amplifying Change: Community-Centered Approaches to Ending Violence Against Women, and Working Politically: Supporting Local Coalitions for Development, two upcoming events on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Updates from Asia and…
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation January 2024
May 13, 2024This year’s first issue of our Updates from Washington, DC newsletter features the recent Indonesian delegation visit, two InAsia pieces, one blog post sharing predictions for the year ahead in Asia and the Pacific, and a podcast episode about dancing on the line between art and activism with two 2023 Asia Foundation Development Fellows. The newsletter also includes a program snapshot…
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Women’s Voice and Leadership Sri Lanka Approach Notes
May 13, 2024These approach notes developed by the Women’s Voice and Leadership Sri Lanka project explore the feminist approaches used to achieve project outcomes. Each document delves into the strategies implemented, results achieved, insights gained, and lessons learned throughout the project’s journey. These resources serve as a reflective guide for those interested in implementing similar programs, highlighting the critical role of feminist…
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State of the Media: Timor-Leste 2024
May 7, 2024State of the Media: Timor-Leste provides new insights into Timor-Leste’s media landscape, outlining achievements and challenges facing the industry in Asia’s youngest democracy, 22 years after independence. The study includes valuable evidence for Timor-Leste’s media sector as it navigates a digital future and champions media freedom. State of the Media: Timor-Leste is a resource for media, government, and civil society…
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APAC Cybersecurity Fund Overview
April 19, 2024Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has provided $15M to The Asia Foundation to launch the APAC Cybersecurity Fund in partnership with CyberPeace Institute and Global Cyber Alliance to bolster the cyber capabilities of 300,000 underserved micro and small businesses, nonprofits, and social enterprises. Working with implementing organizations and universities across the region, The Asia Foundation aims to equip local communities and…
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Formative Research on Child Trafficking Overview
April 19, 2024This project employs formative research to generate evidence about child trafficking victims in three target sectors in Nepal—the adult entertainment sector, cross-border trafficking forced labor in brick kilns, garment and carpet manufacturing, and domestic work. It also aims to generate data and evidence on child trafficking in Nepal that will inform the design of effective, culturally appropriate, and responsive programmatic…
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Securing Legal Recognition for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia
April 17, 2024This paper is part of the Navigating Successful Policy Reform series undertaken by Coalitions for Change and the Institute for Human Security and Social Change at La Trobe University. It is one of three case studies exploring developmental policy reforms in Vanuatu, Kenya, and Indonesia that demonstrate politically smart and learning-oriented ways of working to achieve change in challenging political…
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International Peace Support and Effective Peacebuilding in Myanmar
April 12, 2024This research project explores the peace process that surrounded the 2015 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. It focuses on the successes and failures of international support for peacebuilding at that time, drawing together findings that policymakers and practitioners in Myanmar and internationally can apply. While future efforts to find peace in Myanmar will look very different from those of the past, it…
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MACSS Project 2023 to 2028
April 12, 2024USAID and Pact, Inc., through The Asia Foundation, launched the five-year (2023 to 2028) Media and Civil Society Strengthening (MACCS) in Mongolia project to support citizen participation and public access to information in Mongolia. Implemented in partnership with international consortium partners the International Research and Exchanges Board and Omdena, the project aims to empower local actors to ensure Mongolia’s vibrant…