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Nepal
Barriers to Women in Business
The UN estimates that the Asia-Pacific economy would earn $89 billion every year if women were able to achieve their full economic potential. Economically empowering women builds better educated, healthier...
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South Asia Women Parliamentarians Take Lead
In July 2012 the South Asia Women Parliamentarians Conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, attracted 130 MPs from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere. Women gathered with a goal of...
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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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The Asia Foundation's Community Mediation Program in Nepal
Country Representative George Varughese describes The Asia Foundation's approach to community mediation in Nepal, while mediators and disputants allow us to watch an actual mediation session and offer their own...
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Cleaning up Nepal's Kathmandu Valley
Garbage left in streets and along riverbanks is a significant problem in Nepal and poses extreme health hazards to residents. Exasperated by this unsanitary "free disposal" system of waste, in 1992, 16 bold...
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Moving from Theory to Practice on Political Approaches to Development
Case Studies from Afghanistan, Nepal and the Philippines provide the basis for a discussion on the elements of a political economy approach to development, including going beyond analyses of the political...
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Asia's Fragile Corners
Conflict and fragile governance present enormous challenges for development and security in Asia. In places where violence is widespread and government ceases to function, the pace of development falls...
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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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Local Governance in Nepal
Asia Foundation Country Representative George Varughese discusses issues affecting local governance in post-conflict Nepal.
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Election Season Nepal
On May 4, 2009, Nepal's Prime Minister, Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned from his post. This video series documents events surrounding the nation-wide April 10, 2008 election.
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Antenna Foundation, Nepal: Tracking the Constituent Assembly Election
Antenna Foundation Nepal (AFN) is an independent, non-governmental and
non-profit organization dedicated to the development of public service
broadcasting in Nepal.
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Nepal in Focus
Sights and sounds of Nepal.
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Portraits of Leadership: Women Changing the Face of Asia
Mohna Ansari, the first Muslim female attorney in Nepal; Dr. Sohn Bong-Scuk, a member of the Korean National Assembly; and Huang Shumei, leader of Legal Service Center of the Guangdong Women's Federation in China.
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