2024 East Asia Gender Equality Forum: Boosting Women’s Participation, Building Inclusive Society
Traditional gender roles often confine women to the private sphere, significantly hindering their full engagement in public life.
A Gender Lens
4 minutes read After Melinda French’s recent announcement of USD 1 billion dollars in funding for women and girls, it is a good time to take stock of how far we have come and how far we still have to go. Formally, gender equality has been on the global agenda for almost ten years now. […]
A Generation of Change-Makers
This report, written in partnership with SymAsia Foundation, Creditsuisse’ philanthropic arm, takes a deep dive into emerging trends in philanthropy across Asia as seen through the journeys of 5 prominent givers who are each redefining what it means to be impact-driven. The profiles offer local as well as regional insights from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, […]
A Journey of Care, Hope, and Strength Towards Healing
In Bangladesh, cancer has emerged as a formidable health crisis, claiming over 150,000 lives annually, with thousands more suffering silently due to a lack of awareness, early detection, and affordable treatment. In 2012, amidst this grim reality, a small, heartfelt initiative took root—a few compassionate individuals started collecting donations to help cancer patients in need. […]
A Pot Unearthed; A Legacy Restored: U.S. Returns Ban Chiang Artifacts to Thailand
This article was originally featured on UNESCO here. A clay vessel and a bracelet were among four objects from the 3,500-year-old archaeological site returned to Thailand. When American college student Stephen Young tripped over a tree root and landed on a partly buried earthenware pot in 1966, he could not have known that his stumble […]
Accelerating Change: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025
3 minutes read To mark International Women’s Day 2025, AVPN celebrated the transformative power of women’s leadership with a conversation between two influential changemakers: Naina Subberwal Batra, CEO of AVPN and Olivia Cotes‐James, founder of LUÜNA, a woman-led social enterprise providing organic cotton period products for offices, schools, and public spaces across Asia. The discussion […]
Asia: A Front-Runner for Social Investment
This report, published in the lead-up to AVPN’s 2024 Global Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, highlights the growing momentum and potential of social investment in Asia. It is a resource for the entire social impact ecosystem, including, but not limited to, philanthropists, investors, CSR leaders, intermediaries, and policymakers, offering insights into Asia’s unique […]
At COP27, a Call to Root Climate Action and Justice in Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities
Co-Author: Rachel McMonagle 5 min read Anandini Munda’s typical day begins before dawn, as she rises to catch shrimp fries in the Chunār River, a distributary in the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh. Anandini, 34, and other women in her village sell the fries to shrimp farms to earn a living, though she says the fries […]
Battling Dengue in A Warmer World: Shedding Light on World Mosquito Day
4 minutes read From Brazil to Bangladesh, via Burkina Faso and France, countless regions worldwide have experienced unprecedented outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease dengue this year, afflicting entire communities and placing exceptional strain on health systems and healthcare staff. The number of officially reported dengue cases soared to over 10 million globally in 2024, a […]
