Cotabato City, regional capital of the BARMM. With peace has come a hunger for development.
Photo: Whitney Legge / The Asia Foundation
It's been four years since the terrorist siege of Marawi. It's been just two years since the president's pen ratified the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Now, some young data enthusiasts have offered a tantalizing glimpse of a brighter future in the southern Philippines. LISTEN.
1.68 million doses of COVAX vaccine arrive in Vietnam this month, but it is still not enough.
Even as a fourth wave of Covid-19 gropes for a foothold, Vietnam's well-managed pandemic response systems have kept death and infection rates among the lowest in the world. But vaccines are likely to remain in short supply. READ MORE.
Small-scale women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh have barely stayed afloat during Covid-19.
In the last decade, women entrepreneurs have made tremendous strides in Bangladesh, stepping out of the home to participate in the economy. How much of that progress will be undone by the pandemic? READ MORE.
The Asia Foundation and Australian Government initiated a new program to support Mongolia's women entrepreneursfacing challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic that includes: • Training and awareness raising to improve responses to rising levels of domestic violence
• Financial support to help women shift their business strategies to reflect changing market realities
• Advisory support for current and aspiring women entrepreneurs
• Psychosocial support for women suffering from challenges exacerbated/caused by the pandemic.
In Asia is an in-depth, in-country resource for readers who want to stay abreast of significant events and issues shaping Asia's development, hosted by The Asia Foundation.
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