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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
“Peace is not only a noble vision for humanity. Peace is a call to action,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered his message for the International Day of Peace 2023. As he noted, peace is crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. While the world commits...
Dah has been with Wedu since 2021 and has led operations for our education funding and mentorship programmes from strength-to-strength, while always centering our community of women leaders. Earlier this year, she took this principle even further by being a co-researcher on a project that...
This week, several Asian nations like Pakistan, India, and Indonesia celebrated their independence days, highlighting significant milestones and heroes in anti-colonial history. Yet, women revolutionaries often go unnoticed, with their contributions are discredited. From influential stateswomen to rebels, here's a brief list of celebrated women leaders...
On the International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples, we spotlight the important work of indigenous women leaders and their allies in driving transformative change. Read two remarkable leadership journeys — Hilari Tripura, an indigenous women leader from Bangladesh, and Anne Carbon Vale, an ally...