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,...
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...
At Wedu, we invest in women leaders because we believe in the powerful role they play in leading change in their communities. Our Rising Stars are testimony to that and Suthasiny (Moh) Sudprasert is an example of a changemaker and leader that’s been able to...
This week, we celebrate International Women’s Day for Peacebuilding and Disarmament to shine a light on the crucial role women leaders play within the peacebuilding field and the work they continue to do for the generations after them through mentorship. In commemoration of this day, we...
Strength, resilience, cultural sensitivity, and facing adversity: A Wedu Mentor reflects on the value of mentorship, both for her and her Rising Star...
by Rebecca Gallogly Wedu mentor, Thailand A few years ago, I was looking back at my journals from high school. I chuckled while reading excerpts written by my younger self which today I would interpret as ranging from profoundly trivial to remarkably insightful. And I recalled all...
I was invited by WEDU to meet with young women in a mentorship walk and talk. I had not known of WEDU before receiving this email but no way would I have declined this invitation to meet up with others committed to young people’s development, to women’s empowerment and gender equality.
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...
We sat down with Kim Chongsatitwatan, the Managing director of Namneebooks and talked about how her mentor helped her when she was young, and she is ever grateful for her guidance. Kim is now looking to pay it forward, and share the value of mentorship...
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...