04 Oct What it Takes to Amplify Women’s Leadership
Wedu envisions a world where half of all leaders are women, and over the past 12 years, we’ve empowered more than 1,500 ambitious women to break barriers and inspire change in their communities...
27 Nov Rising Star Kumudini David is on a mission to “enable, empower, enrich” others through vocal mastery. Her advocacy helps change the lives of survivors of abuse. How does she do it?
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...
24 Nov Diversity and inclusion is gaining momentum in Japan. Rising Star Yu Shinagawa is championing that.
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,...
23 Oct Meet the all-women research team of dBIAS LAB
As Wedu charts the course for its second decade of impact in closing the gender leadership gap, we are fortunate to have collaborated with mission-aligned partners like dBIAS LAB. Founded a little over two years ago, dBIAS LAB is a research and advisory firm dedicated...
18 Oct Voices of Change: Young Southeast Asian women leaders launch the YSEALI Women’s Declaration for Environmental Progress
Watch the Declaration's launch video here. Southeast Asia stands as one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. Extensive research underscores the disproportionate risks women face, who often find themselves in poverty-stricken communities heavily reliant on natural resources (UN Women Watch: Women, Gender Equality...
29 Sep Rising Star Visal, a Cambodian Peaceworker, is on a mission to make peacebuilding inclusive
“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...
25 Aug How do women perceive power? Reflections from a feminist mentorship researcher
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...
18 Aug 10 women leaders of independence movements across Asia
This week, several Asian nations like Pakistan, India, and Indonesia celebrated their independence days, highlighting significant milestones and heroes in anti-colonial history. Yet, women revolutionaries often go unnoticed, with their contributions are discredited. From influential stateswomen to rebels, here's a brief list of celebrated women leaders...
09 Aug Women leaders are paving the way for indigenous youth to become catalysts of change
On the International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples, we spotlight the important work of indigenous women leaders and their allies in driving transformative change. Read two remarkable leadership journeys — Hilari Tripura, an indigenous women leader from Bangladesh, and Anne Carbon Vale, an ally...
15 Mar Meet Rising Star Celestil: A climate activist shaping sustainable and just futures in the Philippines
Celestil is a sociology undergraduate student from the Ateneo de Davao University in the Philippines with a love for reading and climate justice. She brings these passions as a Rising Star at Wedu, a member of Global Changemakers, and an activist at the Save Samai...