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,...
“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...
Working with refugees has been one of the most rewarding and grounding professional experiences I have had. In the last three years, I visited three refugee camps in Thailand to work with women refugees. Here are my reflections on that experience. Supporting young women refugees planning...
Wedu provides opportunities to students and professionals who want to volunteer or improve their skill sets. We work with our interns to design a meaningful internship based on our current needs and their skills and interests. Most of our interns are Wedu’s community members themselves...
Wedu’s Global Mentorship Programme pairs mentors with mentees to achieve,excel and hone their leadership skills. It is designed to aspire a meaningful leadership journey for both the mentees and mentors. The picture above is of Julie, Srey Nak and Smarika - a mentorship trio! Julie...
Ashwathy Venugopal, a Rising star at Wedu since 2020, is an entrepreneur who runs Avasarshala, a platform that helps children discover their interests and talents. During this lockdown, parents are being stretched thin with the additional task of making the idle time productive for kids. Ashwathy’s...
Silviya, currently running a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called Target Health Nepal, in a rural municipality of Nepal, has been a Rising Star since 2019. Working in rural villages since the past 2 years, Silviya has seen people live under extreme poverty and struggle to...