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Mongolia
The Asia Foundation's Environment Programs
The Asia Foundation's Environment programs support Asian initiatives to ensure the sustainability of the natural environment and resources as fundamental to Asia's development and future well-being. The Asia...
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The Lotus Circle 2012
The Lotus Circle is a community of committed individuals working together to empower girls and women across Asia through The Asia Foundation's Women's Empowerment Program. For more than half a century, The Asia...
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Books for Asia Event Honors Publishers and Supporters in New York
On March 29, 2012, The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia honored its partners at The Power of a Book reception in New York. Publishers, donors, Asian government representatives, and executives from the...
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Advancing Women in Asia
The phrase "gender equality as smart economics" has become the mantra of such women leaders as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet. While some of Asia's economies...
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Engaging Stakeholders for Environmental Conservation in Mongolia
As Mongolia seeks to expand its mining industry, key questions arise regarding natural resource use in a country that still maintains a strong nomadic culture with close ties to the land. Since 2006, The Asia...
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Mongolian President Honored by The Asia Foundation
On June 13, the President of Mongolia was honored by The Asia Foundation at a private dinner in San Francisco. The president was here to mark the opening of a formal Mongolian consulate. President Elbegdorj was...
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Supporting Stronger Anti-Trafficking Legislation in Mongolia
Mongolia is now recognized as a source and destination country for victims of human trafficking. In its latest "Trafficking in Persons Report", the US State Department recommends that Mongolia pass more specific...
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Partnering for Girls' Education - Mongolia
In a country where a limited portion of students enroll in higher education, many young Mongolian women face challenges in pursuing studies at a college or university. Committed to improving access to education...
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Books for Asia Celebrates International Literacy Day Across Asia
In celebration of International Literacy Day 2011, The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program held events across Asia, including a book stamping in Afghanistan; drawing and reading competitions and student...
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Empowering the Women of Asia
In recent decades, Asia has experienced transformative economic growth and reform, and women have made significant advances in gender equity, political participation, and personal security. The Philippines ranks...
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Bat-Erdene - Books for Asia Mongolia
A slideshow about The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program, featuring Bat-Erdene of Mongolia.
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The Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation
Through a generous donation from the Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation, established by Pandju Merali in honor of his late wife, Shirin Merali, The Asia Foundation is supporting scholarship programs that will...
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Mongolia in Focus: The Dzud of 2010
The Mongolian winter of 2009-2010 was one of the coldest the country has experienced in over three decades. In what Mongolians refer to as a "dzud" - their term for an unusually harsh winter preceded by a dry...
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Books for Asia: Choose a Book. Change a Life.
A Books for Asia campaign invited people to vote for their favorite children's storybooks, and copies of the winning book were delivered to one school each in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mongolia.
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Securing Our Future: Environmental Security in Mongolia
Amongst Asian countries, Mongolia ranks as one of the richest in terms of volume and variety of undeveloped mineral resources. The Foundation's Securing Our Future program focuses on building constructive...
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