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)...
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...
Panisa Thongma, a senior at Mahidol University International College shares her reasons for applying to be a mentee at Wedu's upcoming Global Mentoring Walk in Bangkok. Being a woman, I have a preconceived idea that there is a limitation in career progression. Partially because of the...
SINGAPORE — Mari Sawai and Mario Ferro, who graduated in 2009 from the Masters in Development program of the London School of Economics, founded Wedu last year, a program to help women in Southeast Asia gain access to higher education through microfinancing, mentorship and counseling.
[caption id="attachment_893" align="alignleft" width="140"] Katie[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1317" align="alignleft" width="140"] Naruedee[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1466" align="alignleft" width="140"] Noor[/caption] On Saturday 3 August 2013, the Wedu team is coming to the Law Faculty at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Wedu will share it’s programming to the institution’s female students from Cambodia and Myanmar....
Wedu is looking for Mentors from all sectors to develop female leadership in the least developed countries of South East Asia! Wedu catalyzes the development of young women in developing countries into local leaders by providing them with inspiring mentorship and innovative financing to complete university....
How has mentorship inspired me? This mentorship drew my attention in Cha Am beach town in November 2012. I was selected to attend a Myanmar scholarship students’ meeting in Cha Am. During our meetings, a man introduced this program after exhibiting with pamphlets and marketing about his organization’s visions and missions. His promotion attracted my interest and I was curiously to learn about the idea of mentorship program. I pondered about how does it work and how can be bridged between this program and my Mon Community in Mon State. My burning desire to apply to
Wedu has won the Global Solution Award GSA at Women Deliver 2013 Conference! The GSA is a new social enterprise competition recognizing financially sustainable business models that have profound and large-scale social impact potential on women and girls. Wedu received a $5000 USD cash grant with the award. This is our most recent grant of the five awards we've copped in the 18 months of our existence. Mi Win Thida, Wedu’s mentee from Myanmar, presented at the conference – talking about the impact that Wedu’s mentorship has had on her life – together with Marica Rizzo, Mentorship Manager, making a convincing presentation of their work that won the votes from the impressively experienced panel of judges that included
You hear the name, and you think: Microsoft, and wife of the wealthiest man on earth. But did you know Bill and Melinda Gates have given away more money than anyone in world history? Not only is the couple rich, they are generous. And much of their wealth goes to people living right here. Fortune, fame, and a successful career in the corporate world are not what make Melinda Gates one of the greatest female leaders in the world; her determination in giving out what she has to help those who are in need and help advancing equity in the world is what we always remember her of.