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 ...
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)...
24 Sep Wedu announces its commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
NEW YORK CITY, NY– September 24, 2014 – Wedu excitedly announced its commitment to be part of a movement to create global change. As part of the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Wedu commits to unlocking the leadership potential of 1,000 female Rising Stars in Asia over...
16 Nov Press release: Inspiring leaders in Bangkok to join hundreds of women worldwide to invest in the next generation of rising female leaders
See Thai version of the Press Release HERE [caption id="attachment_1640" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mentors, Mentees and the Wedu team at the Global Mentoring Walk Bangkok 2013[/caption] November 16, 2013 – Today 20 young women, and 10 successful leaders in Thailand joined together at 2B Café at Emporium Mall...
07 Jul Rank it on! Second version of the Wedu University Ranking is out!
The Second version of the Wedu Ranking is here ! Wedu’s project is ambitious: to rank ALL universities in South East Asia according to the experiences of students and alumni. To do this, We createdtwo surveys specifically designed to measure student and alumni experiences . Thanks to...
03 Dec 10 Days To Go: Come Join Us, Make A Difference!
It’s been a month sin ce Wedu launched its crowdfunding campaign. We need your contribution because in order to truly realize our mission – to nurture the generation of female leaders by providing education to young women – we need sufficient funding to build the...
22 Nov What prevents women from participating in politics?
Angela Merkel, Dilma Rousseff, Yingluck Shinawatra, Joyce Banda... Just to name a few of the incumbent female heads of government around the world. Compared to a century ago, women are gaining importance in both international and domestic politics as they are occupying various important positions in national governments and multilateral organizations. While it seems that more and more female politicians are rising in power, let us not be contend with the status-quo: only one-fifth of the seats in the parliaments are occupied by women worldwide, and the figure in Asia, Middle East and Pacific is even lower than the world average. Women, in today’s world, are still underrepresented in the political arena. What are the major obstacles that women face in political participation? According to studies, it is a complex issue as it can be traced back to a number of institutional, historical, socio-economic as well as cultural factors. UN Women found that in Bhutan,09 Nov Start the Change for Better Women Leadership Opportunities! Wedu Crowdfunding Campaign, 2012
Be part of Wedu’s crowdfunding campaign starting TODAY! Why is Wedu crowdfunding, you ask? Wedu has grown strong, started having impact and with you we can do more! For more than a year now, Wedu has been supporting the development of Cambodia’s future female leaders by investing...
16 Oct History of the Logo – You Made It!
Wedu now has an awesome new logo and we feel this has really been the result of the collaboration of the whole Wedu community. We want to thank the designers who supported us in the development as well as all the people who took the time to share their views on the preliminary version. Three designers worked on the logo: Miriam Morato, Spanish designer currently living in Bangkok, Thailand; Greg Lam, talented Canadian student; and Alice Mazzilli, Italian, living in London. They put their talent pro-bono and enthusiastically shared their ideas and vision with us. Thank you! Special thanks go to Miriam for her whole contribution to defining several aspects of Wedu’s brand. Among our staff a big thanks goes to Xiju who has been coordinating the process and contributing with her own ideas and proposals. Indeed, the biggest appreciation goes to all01 Oct Ly Chhay’s Journey Begins
Ly Chhay, from Kampong Cham in Cambodia, is Wedu’s first scholar student to go study in Chittagong, Bangladesh, at the Asian Women University (AUW). Thanks to the extensive rural network of our local partner organization and our local talent spotter, Ruby, we were able to meet Ly Chhay during her last year of school. She clearly demonstrated her leadership potential together with securing admission to AUW. Ly Chhay was offered a place at the university with a full scholarship covering her first year of study.
It is not to say that the road was not bumpy for Ly Chhay. There were many challenges for the first time: her application from rural Cambodia was delayed due to postal systems (we feared it got lost on the way!); getting a passport; obtaining the visa; saying farewell to her best friend and her family, and there was the first flight of her life! Ly Chhay, however, demonstrated strength and determination during this process of transition and moving abroad. She is now slowly beginning to settle into her university life and
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