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Our vision is a peaceful, just, and thriving Asia
The Asia Foundation improves lives, expands opportunities, and
helps societies flourish across a dynamic and developing Asia. We
work with innovative leaders and communities to build effective
institutions and advance pathbreaking reforms. Together with
our partners, we are committed to Asia’s continued development
as a peaceful, just, and thriving region of the world.
A Message from the Chairman and President
The past two years have been a period of profound change and disruption across Asia.
Throughout the region, countries grappled with adverse public health, economic,
and social effects of the global pandemic. The military coup in Myanmar and Taliban
takeover in Afghanistan marked major setbacks in the struggle to strengthen
democratic governance, rule of law, and respect for human rights in those two countries.
In the first months of 2022, we’ve seen economic melt-down and political protests lead
to civil unrest and violence in Sri Lanka, while elections and parliamentary realignments
have brought new governments to power in Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, and Timor-
Leste. Most recently, the war in Ukraine has reverberated across the globe resulting in
food insecurity, energy supply disruptions, transnational tensions, and soaring inflation.

All these developments take place against a backdrop of long-term trends and
challenges: structural economic shifts, technological transformation, growing
climate change, and increasing geo-political competition. Together, they have major
implications for both the operating environment and programmatic context for the
work of the Foundation.

The Asia Foundation’s adaptive response capabilities were in full supply as frontline
leaders and staff in all our offices showed remarkable resiliency, determination, and,
in many cases, sheer personal courage in responding to the multiple challenges of these
past years. We were buoyed by the unstinting support of our Board of Trustees, partners,
and donors. As a result, the Foundation has been able not only to maintain continuity
of our operations, but also pivot and adapt our programs to address the changing needs
and priorities of the countries where we work.

Our flexibility and strength as an organization have been deeply tested as the countries
we work in rose to meet the multiple challenges—both immediate and longer-term—
that characterize this pivotal moment in Asia’s history. Drawing on the Foundation’s
experience and strengths, and with a clear focus on the future, we are well-positioned
to contribute to Asia’s ongoing emergence as a peaceful, just, and thriving region of our
interdependent world. Please enjoy some of our stories from across the Foundation.

S. Timothy Kochis, David D. Arnold,

Chair of the Board and Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer

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2021 At-a-Glance
INVESTING IN DIGITAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Go Digital ASEAN provided digital literacy training for over 200,000 micro-,
small-, and medium-enterprise owners and jobseekers across 10 countries.

ADDRESSING CONFLICT & EXTREMISM

Overall fatalities through conflict have declined across most of Asia in
the past decade. But several emerging trends are of critical concern:
we released the second edition of State of Conflict and Violence in Asia,
highlighting increased levels of identity-based violence associated with polarizing
politics and authoritarian leadership.

INITIATING CLIMATE ACTION

We launched the Climate Action Initiative with 11 new climate projects to
strengthen the Foundation’s capacity to respond to diverse climate challenges
facing the Asia-Pacific region.

LET’S READ WITH NO LIMITS

Let’s Read, Asia’s only free digital children’s library, grew rapidly with more than
8,000 inspiring storybooks in 51 languages in 16 countries. Kids read 3.7 million
books on the Let’s Read platform last year.

AMBASSADORS FOR A GLOBAL FUTURE

Building on our investment to equip and develop emerging, next-gen leaders in
Asia, we launched LeadNext to expand leadership training to include 18–25-
year-olds.

CHANGE STARTS HERE CAMPAIGN

We successfully completed a fundraising effort unlike any in the history of the
Foundation: the Change Starts Here campaign raised 50+ million dollars over five
years empowering us to activate positive change during a time of growing regional
tensions and global disruption.

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VOICES FROM ASIA: InAsia Podcast
Hosts Tracie Yang and John Rieger took us on a journey
to meet people on the ground shaping Asia’s future in
their acclaimed InAsia podcast, available on Spotify or
wherever you get your podcasts. In her piece Political
Unrest Unsettles Myanmar’s Borderlands, Tabea
Campbell Pauli of our Conflict and Fragility team
explains when the Myanmar military reclaimed power
after a decade of democratic government, it upended
the delicate peace process with Myanmar’s ethnic armed
groups. In Rethinking America’s Role in Asia, leading
political, security, economic, and trade specialists share
their perspectives on U.S. policies and prospects in Asia,
including strategic policy recommendations for the
Biden administration; and our Afghan Survey director
Tabasum Akseer talks candidly about growing up in
Afghanistan, leaving the country suddenly, and her
doctor father, who worked in the refugee camps, and
how all of this led her to devote her career to gathering
data on what Afghans think and believe. These stories
and more at https://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/.

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 Afghanistan
Looking Forward:
Data for Humanitarian Assistance
With the end of the Western presence in Afghanistan, the country is facing a crisis.
The economy, long dependent on foreign aid, is collapsing, and security issues and future
governance are of paramount concern. As the international community formulates a
response, reliable data is essential for effective humanitarian relief—to deploy resources
where they are needed most and develop risk-reduction strategies.
Since 2004, The Asia Foundation’s annual Survey of the Afghan People has gathered first-
hand opinions from a nationally representative sample of Afghan citizens, building an
unparalleled portrait of the state of the nation. In 2022, as we consider Afghanistan’s future,
The Asia Foundation will conduct a series of flash surveys as part of our commitment to
collecting data for effective planning, policymaking, and development. These more frequent,
streamlined surveys can capture the fast-moving developments in Afghanistan and allow for
timely analysis and dissemination of results.

Given the political developments and the challenging

security environment in Afghanistan, The Asia Foundation
has temporarily suspended most of its activities there for the
safety of our staff and their families. With a deep and enduring
commitment to that nation’s development, we will continue to
seek a positive path forward for the people of Afghanistan.

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 In Bangladesh, The Asia Foundation works with government, civil
society, religious and community leaders, and the private sector
to address community challenges, build leadership capacity
that reflects the country’s diversity, and facilitate broad-based
participation in the country’s development.

Apparel Industry’s Future Work Collective

The pandemic was devasting for Bangladesh, a powerhouse in the ready-made garment
(RMG) sector, and over the last two years it lost its position as the world’s second-largest
apparel exporter. A pilot project with H&M Foundation, Future Work Collective Impact

Bangladesh
Initiative, addressed vulnerabilities exposed during this difficult period and provided women
RMG workers with skills and resources to stay healthy and safeguard their livelihoods.
The first component focused on disaster relief and directly served more than 130,000
workers. The Future of Work component provided upskilling to equip women workers
for more senior roles in the workplace. We trained 650 women RMG workers and 234
supervisors and managers. We also partnered with BBC Media Action on a perception
change program to shift pervasive biases against women workers.
The pilot was a success, and H&M Foundation selected the Foundation as a “Backbone
Organization” for the next 3-year project phase to equip women RMG workers for a
digitalized work environment.
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In Cambodia, we are equipping young people for success in the future
digital economy and expanding economic opportunities through access
to education and learning. Our focus is on ensuring women’s safety and
access to justice while providing women with growth opportunities. We
also support Cambodia’s role in regional development and promote the
knowledge sector through evidence-based policy formulation. At the
subnational level, we engage with stakeholders on citizen engagement,
solid waste management, and building inclusive and environmentally
sustainable cities.

Let’s Read

Cambodia
2021 marked important milestones for
Let’s Read in Cambodia. The Ministry
of Education, Youth, and Sport officially
endorsed 100 Let’s Read books in
Khmer. The team tested and identified
new approaches to increase production,
marketing, and distribution, using
social media to distribute 7,800 online
books. We also launched Let’s Read and
Play, to foster love of reading through
an enriched home reading environment,
and a community that supports children
and families with early-grade literacy,
childhood development, and school
preparedness. In 2021, the Foundation
organized two BookLabs that created
20 new storybooks for the Let’s Read
digital library and an activity book for
children and parents that demonstrates
fun STEM activities based on Let’s
Read books. Let’s Read also distributed
22,769 hard-copy books in 2021,
through five partners, to reach students
in 80 schools across the country.

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 In China, the Foundation focuses
on developing the charitable
sector, disaster management,
gender equality and women’s
development, child welfare,
regional cooperation, and
constructive U.S.-China relations.
By contributing technical expertise
and the Foundation’s well-
established network in the United
States and Asia, we work closely
with local partners to improve
stakeholders’ understanding of
China’s development strategy,
development assistance, and
overseas investment. We also seek
to strengthen the capacity of
Chinese civil society organizations
(CSOs) to tackle the intersection
of these issues with disaster relief
and assistance, environmental
resilience, and gender equality.

Shared Global Challenges China

Bilateral relations between China and the United States have seen escalating strategic
competition, but shared global challenges such as climate change require cooperation,
and the economies of the two countries remain deeply interconnected. In July 2021,
the Foundation supported the Centre for China and Globalization (CCG) to hold a
virtual China-U.S. Think Tank Dialogue during the Seventh China and Globalization
Forum. “Balancing Competition and Cooperation Amid Global Challenges: What’s Next
for U.S.-China Relations?” was hosted by CCG president Wang Huitao and featured
distinguished panelists including Stapleton Roy, Foundation trustee emeritus and
former U.S. ambassador to China; Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for
International Economics; John L. Thornton, chair emeritus at the Brookings Institution
and cochair of the Asia Society; and Zhu Guangyao, CCG advisor and former Chinese
vice minister of finance. The livestreamed event reached an audience of approximately
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300,000 viewers, received in-depth coverage in mainstream Chinese media, and resulted
in a summary report by CCG distributed to several Chinese government ministries.

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Our New Delhi office supports local initiatives to enhance women’s
safety, security, and economic empowerment and initiatives
that facilitate India’s engagement in regional and global affairs.
The office also serves as a focal point for the Foundation’s
regional programs in South Asia, including transboundary water
governance and intraregional trade.

India
Mapping for Trafficking Vulnerability

Nick Kenrick (CC BY 2.0)

The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with Bal Kalyan Sangh, supported the first vulnerability mapping
exercise in the state of Jharkhand, which identified thousands of vulnerable children in the trafficking
hotspot district of Khunti. The mapping exercise identified and connected at-risk children and families
to preventive social schemes and services in this trafficking hotspot area. The research supported the
work of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and was undertaken with their
guidance. Research findings were adopted by the district administration in its digital vulnerability
tracking application, Yuva Chetna.
To further inform and strengthen our work on trafficking in persons, we carried out a multi-country
research project: Optimizing Screening and Support Services for Victims of Trafficking and Gender-
based Violence in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The research provides an informed framework for
policymakers, law enforcement officers, and service providers to make their approach more victim-
centric, and to address the abuses these victims experience.

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Empowering Access
to Justice

Indonesia
Indonesia’s recently adopted human rights
framework still faces implementation obstacles.
The Foundation’s eMpowering Access to Justice
(MAJu) program is bridging those gaps. MAJu
cultivates relationships between the government
and civil society organizations to break down
discrimination towards marginalized groups—
for example, by helping minorities secure
identity cards from the Civil Registry Office or In Indonesia, we advance
get access to services from the Healthcare and reforms that improve
Social Security Agency. In another example, an Indonesia’s environmental
instruction was issued to Civil Registry offices governance, increase social
to provide identity cards and other documents inclusion, strengthen justice
for transgender individuals, a breakthrough
systems, protect human rights,
for the transgender community. During the
pandemic, MAJu partners successfully advocated
and promote tolerance and
for restarting suspended HIV/AIDS services. equitable economic growth.
Today, testing is running smoothly at 10
designated clinics. MAJu also supports legal aid
programs, including paralegals from marginalized
communities. From 2016 to 2021, MAJu
supported 716 paralegals who, together with
legal aid organizations, addressed 16,715 cases,
serving more than 20,000 people from MAJu
target communities.

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Korea Our office in Seoul partners
with South Korean government
agencies, the private
sector, and civil society
organizations involved in
international development,
and facilitates regional
cooperation in Northeast Asia.
Entrepreneurship development
and a sustainable finance
ecosystem play a key role in
promoting inclusive economic
growth for South Korea.

Survey of North Korean

Entrepreneurs
More than 33,000 North Korean refugees live in South Korea
today, and roughly half of them say they aspire to become
entrepreneurs. A Foundation report, North Korean Refugee
Entrepreneurs in South Korea: Unveiling Korea’s Hidden Potential,
surveyed refugee entrepreneurs to explore their aspirations,
opportunities, and challenges as they face life in a radically
different society. A partnership with Korean NGO Woorion,
the study found significant gaps between aspirations and reality.
Coping with a market-based economy and a competitive society,
barriers of culture and language, and unfamiliarity with the tools
and practices of business all pose serious challenges. The report
recommended measures to support North Korean entrepreneurs
and to celebrate refugee entrepreneurial success. The findings were
made public at events cohosted by the Korea Economic Institute in
Washington D.C., U.C. Berkeley’s Institute of East Asian Studies,
and the KDI School in Korea. They were also used to inform
the Foundation’s Personal Initiative Training Program for North
Korean entrepreneurs.

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Encouraging Citizen
Engagement
In Laos, we work with local partners
In advance of the 2021 elections, the
and the Lao government to improve
membership of Laos’s National Assembly (NA)
and the 18 Provincial People’s Assemblies
governance and access to justice
(PPAs) convened to assess the 2016 elections for all citizens, advance women’s
in which the PPAs were first elected. To rights and opportunities, help
enhance citizen engagement, the NA leadership communities manage development
asked the Foundation to support an election and safeguard their natural
workshop in the capital city to train members environment, increase access to
to advise their constituents on the importance
information, and promote Laos’s
of elections, reinforce participation in elections
international cooperation.
as a constitutional right, and promote
grassroots engagement with government
policymaking. In addition to the NA and PPA
membership, the workshop involved the NA
Standing Committee, the National Election
Committee, election subcommittees, and
representatives from other organizations.
Laos

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 In Malaysia, we focus on strengthening the inclusivity and
sustainability of Malaysia’s economic growth as an Advanced
Middle-Income Country (AMIC), and on building its high-skilled
workforce; we provide opportunities for women and girls, and
future skills training to enable young Malaysians to succeed in
the new economy.
Malaysia

Digital Literacy Becomes Essential

Digital literacy and online safety grew in importance during the
pandemic, when so many small businesses and job seekers were
driven online. Our Go Digital ASEAN project equipped more than
200,000 small-business owners and jobseekers in online skills across
all the ASEAN countries, with a special emphasis on women, youth,
and people with disabilities. In Malaysia, the Foundation mobilized
102 trainers to teach digital literacy to more than 16,742 jobseekers
and entrepreneurs from marginalized communities. In collaboration
with the Ministry of Rural Development, we provided training-of-
trainers to managers of 177 rural internet centers. The Foundation
also partnered with the Sarawak State Library to feature a Go Digital
ASEAN module as part of its statewide digital literacy campaign.

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Mongolia
Podcast Increases Understanding of Environmental
Threats
Mongolia’s environment faces multiple To support Mongolia’s efforts to broaden
threats: mining, infrastructure development, public awareness of climate change and
overgrazing, fossil fuel exploitation, science-based conservation, the Foundation
desertification, and climate change. has supported the first Mongolian language
These threats deeply and personally affect podcast series focused on climate change,
Mongolians. One example is the increasingly covering greenhouse gases, emission sources,
frequent brutal winters known as dzuds. temperature and precipitation changes,
These natural disasters have changed a herding youth climate activism, desertification, land
country’s way of life: millions of animals have degradation, permafrost, and sustainable
been lost in these extreme weather events, fashion. Episodes are produced in collaboration
which are caused by overgrazing, deforestation, with the Climate Change Research and
and climate change. Some herders just can’t go Cooperation Centre, under the Ministry of
on. Dzuds are among the many forces driving Environment and Tourism, and are available
the migration of Mongolians to the capital of on YouTube, Google Podcasts, and Apple
Ulaanbaatar, whose population has tripled in Podcasts. On social media, episodes have been
the past 30 years. streamed approximately 100,000 times.

In Mongolia, we strengthen
anticorruption efforts, improve
urban governance, support
justice- sector development,
increase gender equality,
and advance climate change
mitigation efforts through
increased attention to the
environment and climate
change in national and local
development strategies.
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 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has drawn
increasing international attention in recent
years, but for decades it’s been central to the
work of The Asia Foundation. Our support
to partners in government, civil society, and
the private sector encourages diversity of
identity, thought, equality of opportunity,
and inclusivity in public affairs—regardless
of status or relative power. Across our core
program areas, the Foundation supports the
efforts of elected officials, national and local
governments, civil society organizations, media,
the business community, and other partners to
raise awareness of DEI principles and practices,
facilitate thoughtful debate, elevate citizens’
voices, protect rights, eliminate discrimination,
and promote opportunities for marginalized
populations. In 2021, the Foundation supported
10 new projects to address DEI issues, including:
psychosocial support the LGBTIQ community
in Timor-Leste; a Let’s Read program to create
and disseminate stories for children with
disabilities in Indonesia and Pacific Island
countries; and a study on the role of language
in value chain upgrading for ethnically diverse
agriculture and handicraft producers in remote
provinces of Laos.

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 Let’s Read
Let’s Read helps children of all
backgrounds and abilities develop
reading fluency, critical thinking
and problem-solving skills with local
language storybooks in digital and print
formats. It prepares children for future
work in rapidly changing economies,
and equips them to rise to the critical
challenges facing Asia. This past year,
we redesigned the Let’s Read platform
to increase usability, engagement, and
accessibility. The platform increases
engagement with an entirely localized
language experience and includes
accessibility features. Let’s Read
grew by 97 percent and expanded
to 16 countries. This dramatic increase
was fueled by herculean efforts of
our staff. During 2021, the number of
books accessed through the storybook
platform grew from 2.2 million to 5.58
16 7,400 51 million and the number of languages
COUNTRIES DIGITAL BOOKS LANGUAGES
on the platform grew to 51.

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The military coup severely affected Asia Foundation operations
in Myanmar in 2021. While instability and uncertainty continue,
we have initiated crucial projects supporting children, girls, and
women, which are essential, less politically sensitive, feasible
to implement with modest funding, and able to keep our team
engaged on the ground as we examine strategies to move
forward in a positive way for the people of Myanmar.

Essential Support for Girls

Myanmar
and Women
Covid-19 left many families in Myanmar jobless,
malnourished, and struggling. Many pregnant
women cannot access public hospitals or afford
private facilities, and single mothers need
support. In 2021, we partnered with the Women’s
Organization Network of Myanmar (WON) to
implement the Emergency Response for Vulnerable
Women in Myanmar project in Yangon and Shan
State, providing micro-nutrient supplements,
necessity kits, and hospital fees. Our project with
Girl Determined, Essential Support for Girls
Affected by Humanitarian Crisis, reached
425 adolescent girls with basic needs packages
and informational materials, and another 620
adolescent girls through Essential Support for
Girls Affected by Covid-19.

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 In Nepal, the Foundation supports efforts to strengthen
subnational governance, mitigate conflict, empower women,
expand economic opportunity, increase environmental
resilience, and promote regional cooperation.

Data for Development:

Disaster Risk Reduction
The persistent threat of natural calamities like flooding,
landslides, and earthquakes in Nepal is exacerbated by
topography and human-caused environmental changes.
In addition, Nepal is dealing with these threats as
the world’s most recently federalized state. In this
context, the Data for Development (D4D) project uses
data-based approaches to address these development
challenges.
Nepal
In 2021, with partner Youth Innovation Lab, D4D
helped the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Authority (NDRRMA) further develop
its integrated disaster information management
system. The Building an Information Platform
Against Disaster project (BIPAD) integrated datasets
from three sources, developed new risk visualization
modules for six municipalities, and created an archive
on the data portal for air pollution, rainfall, and river
flow, among other improvements. D4D also produced
technical manuals for designated user groups and
trained 329 participants from all seven provincial
governments to use data for monsoon preparedness.
The data portal is currently used by disaster managers
and planners across the country.

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 Pacific Islands
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As we expand our programs The Future of Work

in Pacific Island countries and Across the Pacific there are pronounced
reestablish an office in Suva, gender disparities in labor market
Fiji, The Asia Foundation is participation and the types and level of
building on decades of on- work women and men perform. Pacific
the-ground experience in the women are overwhelmingly employed
in the informal economy. In 2021, the
region. Areas of focus include
Foundation published The Future of
supporting Pacific solutions
Work for Women in the Pacific Islands,
to Pacific challenges—working a study investigating women’s labor force
with respected leaders, local participation amid the challenges of
NGOs, and government agencies Covid-19, climate change,
and officials to amplify voice and disruptive technology. It analyzed
and accountability in decision- emerging opportunities for Pacific women
making; advancing women’s both locally and abroad and concluded
with recommendations for moving
leadership and agency on
forward towards a greener, more resilient
climate action and disaster economy and a more inclusive labor force.
management; enhancing digital The Foundation will work with the Fiji
economic opportunities and Women’s Rights Movement in 2022 to
cybersecurity; and countering expand this research to include the future
trafficking in persons. of work for older Pacific women.

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In Pakistan, we work with
local partners to meet
the needs of citizens for
inclusive economic growth,
education reform, and
workforce development.

Built by Her
Women comprise just 17 percent of the
workforce in all fields of science and
technology in Pakistan, and just 4.8
Pakistan
percent in research and development,
among the lowest rates in Asia. In FY21, in
partnership with the National Incubation
Center Karachi, we organized Built by
Her, a hackathon for female programmers
nationwide, part of our continuing STEM
Hackathon project. More than 700
contestants in 200 teams participated from
28 cities, raising awareness of women’s
opportunities in STEM across Pakistan.
Twenty teams were chosen to present
their ideas to a jury. Two teams each won
$5,000 in seed funding to implement their
proposals, and all teams received continued
mentorship support. One of the winning
teams created an attendance management
system to encourage classroom participation,
while the other team demonstrated a
one-stop-shop concept for training and
supporting female entrepreneurs.

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 Philippines
A Fairer, More Accessible
Legal System
The Philippines suffers from significant inequities
The Asia Foundation in in access to justice. One key obstacle to access is
the Philippines works availability of affordable legal advice. In response,
with government, civil over the last few years The Asia Foundation started
society, and the private an online Clinical Legal Education Program
sector to strengthen (CLEP) for law schools making it much easier to
democratic institutions, access legal education; established partnerships
with law clinics and local chapters of the Integrated
support economic growth,
Bar of the Philippines, along with other legal
strengthen the rule of services providers; and welcomed the first cohort
law, improve education, of trainees to a new mentorship program with
and foster peace and partner law schools. Our Strengthening Rule of
development in Mindanao. Law through Legal Aid Clinics project is helping
participating schools establish their own CLEPs and
law clinics. The Foundation also enlisted U.S.-based
institutions to conduct executive courses for the
law schools. Some 238 judges, prosecutors, public
attorneys, and other members of the Bar enrolled
in the courses, along with representatives from
66 of the nation’s 124 law schools. Through its
Partnership with Law Schools for the Establishment
of Law Clinics, the Foundation helped establish a
legal aid helpdesk and hotline for the law clinics
and also provided mentors.

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The Asia Foundation programs in
Sri Lanka strengthen subnational
governance, increase access to
justice, build community security,
support mental health for victims
of trauma, and foster localized,
inter-ethnic social cohesion
through values education and
inclusive economic growth.

Building Community and

Jump-starting Businesses
A history of ethnic and religious tensions in Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka
Eastern Province has often led to devastating communal
violence. At the same time, the country is experiencing
its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
How to bring communities together that normally
don’t get along? Figure out what they have in common,
including difficulty in making a living and running
their businesses. The Foundation’s INSPIRED project
(Initiative for Sustained Peaceful Inter-Ethnic Relations
through Economic Development) organized 20 public-
private dialogues and a province-wide meeting in
FY21 to find areas for these communities to connect
rather than disagree. Participants raised 282 issues
concerning regulations, infrastructure, and finance
with local authorities. Networking through these
shared concerns and activities measurably strengthened
inter- and intra-community trust. Surveys and follow-
up discussions confirmed participants had made new
efforts to embrace diversity in their values and business
operations. The Foundation invested 92 seed grants
into 167 MSMEs, 72 percent of them female-owned, to
give them a jump start and improve financial literacy.

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 Over the next decade,
technological advances will
significantly change the job
market and business opportunities
in Thailand, but critics say the
national education curriculum fails
to promote skills like collaboration
and critical thinking that students
will need to meet this challenge.
Women Learning In 2021, The Asia Foundation
and Leading in Tech launched the Women Learning
in Thailand and Leading in Tech in Thailand
Thailand is ahead of the pack in closing
project and continued to develop
Thailand

the career-path gender gap: 53 percent its Thailand Learning web portal to
of Thai students in STEM fields are help both students and teachers
women. But women make up less than prepare for the future of work.
24 percent of students in engineering,
manufacturing, and construction studies
in Thailand. The workforce of the future
will need women with these skills,
but how to forge new pathways? The
answer is investing in young women’s
education and skills development. Our
Women Learning and Leading in Tech
in Thailand program partners with
universities to equip young women to
enter these growing fields and align their
educational goals with real-world needs
and, hence, good jobs. Workshops, paid
internships, and teacher training help
shift the idea of what a career path might
look like. Students who participate in
these internships share their experiences
with their professors, who are then
better able to prepare their students for
the world of work. For many of these
teachers, it’s the first time they have
received direct feedback about their
students’ experiences in the workplace.

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The Asia Foundation in Timor-
Leste works to streamline
this young country’s new
institutions, increase citizen
engagement with their
democratic government,
diversify the oil-based

Timor-Leste
economy, and ensure public Environmental Action
safety for all, especially women. and Crisis Response
When Typhoon Seroja caused catastrophic
flooding that damaged more than
28,000 households in Timor-Leste and
left thousands without shelter in April
2021, The Asia Foundation mobilized
its existing programs and networks to
deliver desperately needed relief. With
funding from the New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, we distributed
emergency aid to the remote regions
of Aileu and Maubisse. Our Nabilan
project worked with vulnerable citizens
in evacuation centers and collaborated
with the LGBTI organization CODIVA
to support marginalized communities
during the crisis. Our Community Policing
Support Program provided food, clothing,
bedding, kitchen supplies, and sanitary
necessities to remote communities in the
Manatuto municipality. We also provided
replacement computers to the national
police to allow them to continue their
vital work. Our Let’s Read team focused
on developing educational packages for
displaced children in evacuation centers.
Months after the flooding, the Foundation
used its partnership with the national police
to distribute much-needed household items
in remote, rural areas, where agricultural
livelihoods are still recovering.

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 Women’s Voice and Leadership
Vietnam’s legal framework supports women’s participation
in politics. Communist Party committees, People’s
Councils, and the National Assembly all have significant
female representation. Yet, compared to the health,
Our office in Hanoi education, and economic sectors, women in politics and
public administration are rare. Since 2015, the Foundation
promotes fair, inclusive,
has partnered with the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) to
and transparent
support the Women’s Participation in Political and Public
governance; economic Leadership project. One notable result of this partnership
resilience; climate is the Women Leaders Network, a coalition of women in
change mitigation; various positions of national leadership. In 2021, the VWU
educational and The Asia Foundation activated a capacity building
achievement; women’s and support program for 100 first-time female candidates

Vietnam
empowerment; from provincial and district levels of two provinces. Later,
VWU used this experience to partner with the Committee
and regional and
for Social Affairs of the National Assembly to train female
international cooperation candidates in all 63 provinces, with funds from the National
for peace and prosperity. Assembly and local governments. This helped increase the
percentage of women candidates for the National Assembly
from 26.7 percent in the previous election to 30.26 percent
in 2021, surpassing the country’s official target of 30
percent. The Vietnam Women’s Union has made increasing
the number of women in leadership positions one of its key
performance indicators for its five-year plan.

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Washington, DC

The Asia Foundation’s Washington D.C. office provides a view

of the Foundation’s programs for policymakers through a
series of seminars, webinars, and events on the Foundation’s
core areas of good governance, women’s empowerment and
gender equality, environment and climate action, inclusive
economic growth, and regional and international relations.
Our activities specifically focus on bringing Asian perspectives
to the policy community, often featuring the Foundation’s
Asia country representatives, program directors, and local
partners. This year, despite the interruptions of the Covid-19
pandemic and shutdown of activities in Washington, several
virtual events took place including on Myanmar, Laos,
women’s empowerment, and the launch of the three waves
of Flash Surveys in Afghanistan. The Foundation continues
its monthly Southeast Asia Roundtable series, and released
a Task Force Report Urgent Issues in U.S. Southeast Asian
Relations for 2021. The Foundation also released Asian
Voices on the Future of U.S. Asian Relations for the Biden
Administration and Congress, and two reports on Trilateral
dialogues, Firm Partners In An Unstable Region: Prospects
for Trilateral Cooperation between the Republic of Korea, the
United States, and Australia and Deepening Ties: Prospects for
Trilateral Cooperation between Korea, the U.S., and Vietnam.
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LeadNext

2022
Ambassadors for a Global Future
Solving critical development challenges relies on people. The Asia Foundation invests
in the human capital needed for societies to flourish including equipping the next
generation of transformational leaders. This past year, we launched a dynamic new
program called LeadNext: Ambassadors for a Global Future, focused on global citizenship
for the 21st century. LeadNext is focused on building a vibrant network of future leaders
aged 18-25 from across Asia and the United State and supports their growth, impact,
and capacity to address today’s greatest challenges. LeadNext Fellows are dynamic
emerging leaders from diverse sectors with a commitment to addressing issues such as
climate change, inequality, injustice, poverty, and other pressing 21st century issues. The
LeadNext program equips these emerging leaders across cultures and disciplines with
strong international networks, exposure to wide-ranging experiences, and leadership
tools to thoughtfully steer the future. Fellows participate in a rigorous Leadership Training
Intensive, take monthly Master classes with leaders from diverse sectors addressing global
and social issues, and convene for a Global Leaders Summit to build upon learning and
gain exposure to cutting-edge approaches to tackling 21st century challenges.
Each emerging leader is also paired with an accomplished and dedicated mentor.

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86%
139 Advance Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality

96 Expand Inclusive Economic Growth

PROGRAMS 61 Increase Environment and Climate Action

75 Promote Regional and International Relations

2021 FINANCIAL CONDENSED HIGHLIGHTS (in thousands)

REVENUE, SUPPORT, AND INCOME

Government: Bilateral & Multilateral Institutions 87,472
Foundations, Corporations, and Individuals 6,152
93,624
EXPENDITURES
Programs, Grants, and Related Services 82,708
General Administration 12,373
Fundraising 649
95,730

Change in Net Assets from Operations -2,106

Non-operating Income 3,189

BOOKS IN-KIND
Donated Books and Related Services 2,495
Distribution of Books and Materials 1,760
Inventory Increase 735

ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES
Programs 86%
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