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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…
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Digital Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific
March 15, 2024Digital trade agreements (DTAs) are instrumental in expanding the benefits of the digital economy in emerging Asia. Moreover, economies in Asia and the Pacific have been the key architects of trade rules for the digital era. DTAs set trade rules and economic collaboration in the digital economy and establish the minimum framework in which data and transactions are performed digitally…
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Strengthening Care Economies in Asia and the Pacific
March 15, 2024Women’s equal access to economic opportunities is imperative for future growth and prosperity in Asia and the Pacific. The participation of women in the labor force is also critical to women’s advancement and achieving gender equality in the region. However, research has shown that one critical barrier for women to enter the labor force is the double burden of care…
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Timor-Leste
February 29, 2024In Timor-Leste, The Asia Foundation works with local partners to advance citizens’ rights and access to justice, strengthen civil society voices, develop economic growth opportunities, and safeguard women’s rights. Current flagship programs focus on good governance, inclusive economic growth, and women’s empowerment.
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Laos
February 22, 2024The Asia Foundation has worked in Lao People’s Democratic Republic since 1958. We work with local partners and the Lao government to improve governance and access to justice for all citizens, advance women’s rights and opportunities, help communities manage development and safeguard their natural environment, increase access to information, and promote Laos’ international cooperation.