Programs

  • Education and Leadership Development for Women

    ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN WITH SUPPORT FROM AUWSF AND OTHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS, IS FOCUSED ON THE EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE BYPASSED BY THE SYSTEMS AT LARGE. IT ATTEMPTS TO SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFY TALENT IN THE MOST UNSUSPECTING OF SETTINGS AND HELPS CULTIVATE THOSE TALENTS TO MATURE. AUW STUDENTS COME FROM 17 COUNTRIES ACROSS ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. AUW HOSTS THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP OF AFGHAN AND ROHINGYA WOMEN AT ANY UNIVERSITY. IT HAS COMMITTED TO THE EDUCATION OF OVER 600 DALIT WOMEN DRAWN FROM BANGLADESH, INDIA, NEPAL, SRI LANKA AND PAKISTAN AS IT CONTINUES TO RECRUIT AND EDUCATE WOMEN WHO WORK AS TEXTILE FACTORY WORKERS AND THOSE WHO COME FROM A BACKGROUND IN RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. 85% OF OUR STUDENTS ATTEND ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORTERS FROM THE WORLD OVER. THIS PAST YEAR SAW THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW MASTERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM. PLANS FOR OFFERING A NEW MASTERS IN APPAREL AND TEXTILE MANAGEMENT, FUNDED BY HSBC, WERE ANNOUNCED. NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BOSTON COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF BASEL AND A HOST OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS WERE FORMED. A NEW HUMANITIES PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED. STUDENT ENROLLMENT SAW A 90% INCREASE. WHILE ADDITIONAL RENTAL FACILITIES HAVE SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT, AUW HAS ALSO ACTIVATED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS AMBITIOUS NEW CUSTOM-DESIGNED CAMPUS. THE FLAGSHIP CAMPUS CENTER WHICH WILL PROVIDE STATE OF THE ART ACADEMIC FACILITIES IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 2025.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $3.5M

  • Program 1 [2024]

    ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SUPPORT FOUNDATION EXISTS SOLELY TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (AUW) WHICH IS IN CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH. AUW WAS FOUNDED IN 2008 WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A PATHWAY FOR WOMEN FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO EMERGE AS EFFECTIVE LEADERS THROUGH AN EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. AUW ALSO OFFERS GRADUATE EDUCATION IN A SELECT SET OF FIELDS. AUW WELCOMES TALENTED AND MOTIVATED YOUNG WOMEN FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO ENROLL AT THE UNIVERSITY. IT PARTICULARLY STRIVES TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT WOMEN OF UNCOMMON MERIT DRAWN FROM CHALLENGING SOCIETAL OR ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO GET AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND PREPARE TO SERVE AS ETHICAL LEADERS. OVER 85% OF AUW STUDENTS ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP WITH THE INSTITUTION COVERING ALL COSTS OF ROOM, BOARD, TUITION, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED COSTS. IT RELIES ON GLOBAL PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO FUND ITS OPERATIONS AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.THIS YEAR SAW ENROLLMENT RISE TO 1600 STUDENTS. AT A TIME WHEN EDUCATION IS BEING DENIED TO GIRLS AND WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN, AUW CHOSE TO OFFER MORE EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO AFGHAN WOMEN SEEKING AN EDUCATION. WITH NEARLY 500 AFGHAN WOMEN ENROLLED AT AUW, IT HAS BECOME THE SINGLE LARGEST HOST OF AFGHAN WOMEN AT ANY UNIVERSITY. SIMILARLY, AUW HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ROHINGYA GIRLS AND WOMEN.THIS YEAR, AUW INTRODUCED TWO NEW UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS: (1) BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES WHICH INCORPORATES COURSES IN BIOCHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOINFORMATICS, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND (2) HUMANITIES WHICH COMBINES HISTORY, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. AN ADDITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND A NEW MASTER'S PROGRAM IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES AND BIOINFORMATICS ARE UNDER PLANNING.MEANWHILE, THE MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS INAUGURATED AS THE FIRST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN JANUARY 2022, SAW ITS THIRD CLASS ENTER IN 2024. THE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM IS DELIVERED IN COLLABORATION WITH FACULTY FROM JOHN'S HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND OTHER PARTNER INSTITUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPAREL AND FASHION BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, LAUNCHED AS THE SECOND GRADUATE PROGRAM IN JANUARY 2023, WELCOMED ITS SECOND COHORT IN 2024. THE ONE-YEAR PROGRAM IS TAUGHT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FACULTY FROM LEADING INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD.GRADUATES OF THE MASTER'S IN EDUCATION PROGRAM ARE LEADING AN INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMPS IN COX'S BAZAR. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNICEF, AUW HAS DEPLOYED 15-20 MASTER'S STUDENTS TO TRAIN OVER 1,000 UPPER PRIMARY TEACHERS AND TRAINERS IN THE CAMPS. THESE EDUCATORS WILL GO ON TO TEACH THOUSANDS OF ROHINGYA CHILDREN, EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO PURSUE THEIR ASPIRATIONS.IN JULY 2024, THE UNIVERSITY OPENED THE AUW LABORATORY SCHOOL, INITIALLY ENROLLING STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-8 WITH PLANS TO EXPAND AS A K-12 SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION. ALONGSIDE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATION AND STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS) SUBJECTS, THE SCHOOL PROVIDES A STRONG CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM INCLUDING LEADERSHIP, RESEARCH AND WRITING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND STUDENT WELLNESS. AUW ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL EXPANSION. A THIRD CAMPUS AREA WAS INAUGURATED AT THE KOREAN EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE (KEPZ), WHICH INCLUDES DORMITORIES, A DINING HALL, AND A LIBRARY. CURRENTLY, 200 STUDENTS RESIDE AT KEPZ. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON AUW'S FIRST MAJOR BUILDING ON ITS PERMANENT CAMPUS: THE CAMPUS CENTER, DESIGNED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECT MOSHE SAFDIE, WITH EXPECTED COMPLETION IN 2026. IN THE MEANTIME, AUW HAS RETAINED THE ARCHITECT RENZO PIANO TO REVISE THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN FOR THE AUW CAMPUS IN ORDER TO ULTIMATELY ACCOMMODATE AND SERVE 6,000 RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS. AUW CELEBRATED ITS 11TH COMMENCEMENT TO MARK THE GRADUATION OF THE CLASS OF 2024. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO CONFERRED THREE HONORARY DEGREES: 1. DR. PAULA A JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WAS AWARDED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LEADERSHIP (HONORIS CAUSA); 2. MRS. CHERIE BLAIR, FOUNDING CHANCELLOR OF AUW, WAS AWARDED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF JUSTICE (HONORIS CAUSA); 3. HIS EXCELLENCY MR. ITO NAOKI, AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND FORMER AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO BANGLADESH, WAS AWARDED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DIPLOMACY FOR DEMOCRACY (HONORIS CAUSA).AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, AUW REMAINS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO ITS MISSION OF EDUCATING WOMEN FROM THE BROADEST BASE POSSIBLE, CHAMPIONING EQUALITY AND MERIT OF ALL.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $7.7M