17 Dec Sunline Foundation and Wedu partner to amplify access to education
Sunline Foundation invests in Wedu’s Income Sharing Agreement programme - enabling more women to receive educational funding in South and Southeast Asia ...
30 Nov Rise to the Occasion for Women’s Leadership
At the current rate, it will take 134 years to close the gender leadership gap, meaning that we won’t see gender parity in leadership within our lifetimes. So many of the global challenges we face today intersect with and exacerbate gender inequality. When gender issues...
08 Nov Investing in Women through Education: Wedu and The Social Investment Consultancy Partner to Expand Income Sharing Agreements in Asia
This new strategic partnership will advance gender equality by providing accessible education financing to women across South and Southeast Asia. We are thrilled to announce that Wedu and The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) have formed a strategic funding partnership to bring Wedu’s Income Sharing Agreements (ISA)...
01 Nov Join our Giving Circles – Learn how you can support the movement for Gender Equality
At Wedu, we envision a world where half of all leaders are women. In the past 12 years, we’ve empowered 5,000 women through mentorship, leadership training, and education funding—creating a lasting impact across South and Southeast Asia. Yet, the gender leadership gap remains wide. With support...
07 Oct Rani Pramesti Joins Wedu as the New Executive Director
Today, Wedu announces that Rani Pramesti has joined Wedu as the new Executive Director, effective September 2, 2024. Rani takes over from Claire Naylor-Trein, who served as Wedu Executive Director from March 2021 until June 2024. After three and half years of Claire’s leadership, Claire decided...
04 Oct What it Takes to Amplify Women’s Leadership
Wedu envisions a world where half of all leaders are women, and over the past 12 years, we’ve empowered more than 1,500 ambitious women to break barriers and inspire change in their communities...
27 Nov Rising Star Kumudini David is on a mission to “enable, empower, enrich” others through vocal mastery. Her advocacy helps change the lives of survivors of abuse. How does she do it?
On Women’s Entrepreneurs’ Day, Wedu caught up with Rising Kumudini David from Sri Lanka. Kumudini is the founder and CEO of Voice with Kumu, where she teaches a diverse range of students, both voice professionals, such as singers and speakers, and non-professionals, to achieve vocal...
24 Nov Diversity and inclusion is gaining momentum in Japan. Rising Star Yu Shinagawa is championing that.
On the occasion of Women’s Entrepreneurs’ Day, Wedu caught up with Yu Shinagawa, the Founder and CEO of An-Nahal and a Rising Star at Wedu. She is on a mission to help Japan embrace diversity and inclusion. An-Nahal helps Japanese companies and leaders create inclusive workplaces,...
23 Oct Meet the all-women research team of dBIAS LAB
As Wedu charts the course for its second decade of impact in closing the gender leadership gap, we are fortunate to have collaborated with mission-aligned partners like dBIAS LAB. Founded a little over two years ago, dBIAS LAB is a research and advisory firm dedicated...
18 Oct Voices of Change: Young Southeast Asian women leaders launch the YSEALI Women’s Declaration for Environmental Progress
Watch the Declaration's launch video here. Southeast Asia stands as one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. Extensive research underscores the disproportionate risks women face, who often find themselves in poverty-stricken communities heavily reliant on natural resources (UN Women Watch: Women, Gender Equality...