From the 7th to the 11th of October 2019, I was granted the honour to represent Malaysia in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Advancing Gender Equality Workshop in Brunei Darussalam. Working together with Wedu, the US Embassy of Bandar Seri Begawan and The...
In the last 9 years, I have with been working with 10ThousandWindows in helping survivors of violence and exploitation by providing economic empowerment services for them to live safe, free and hopeful lives. What I saw was a lot of older women and LGBTQs losing...
My name is Yoana, an inclusive art practitioner from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Early October 2019, I was honoured to participate in YSEALI Generation Workshop on Advancing Gender Equality in Brunei Darussalam along with other 49 participants from across ASEAN and Timor-Leste. Yogyakarta is a remarkably diverse city....
Women working in technology are still a minority worldwide. Wedu shares the insights of Wedu and USAID’s Development Innovation project “Mentoring and Leadership for Women in Tech in Cambodia”. Like many other fields, women represent a minority in the tech field globally. The issue starts with...
Having a chance to attend YSEALI Generation Workshop: Advance Gender Equality in Brunei Darussalam, 7-11 October, 2019 not only provided me with the opportunities to learn as much as I can but it also provided me a chance to hear and learn different stories as...
My name is Laitheam. I am a proud Wedu Rising Star, YSEALI alumna and co-founder of Dare & Dream Cambodia. It is my privilege to participate in YSEALI Advancing Gender Equality Workshop in Brunei as a delegate. The most memorable moment that I had from the...
I am so glad and excited to share my journey note from ‘YSEALI Advancing Gender Equality Workshop’ in Brunei. Please, just read through my little note before you know me my name. Enjoy my journey! From the workshop, I have learned many worth lessons from professionals...
In partnership with U.S Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan, Wedu implements the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Generation Workshop: Advancing Gender Equality from 7-11 October 2019. Bringing together 50 emerging leaders from all the eleven YSEALI member countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,...
My name’s Diep Bao Anh from Vietnam. I have been working with the Department of International Collaboration and Project Promotion at Tra Vinh University – a public university in the Mekong Delta region since 2014. I’m in charge of developing educational partnership with universities, institutions...
Leadership is probably not something that came natural to me. Back in Austria, I started off as a shy girl in primary, high school and still rather timid when I was in university. I was not sure of my own opinion – whether it was...