Asian University for Women Support Foundation
Project Title
In support of a teaching training program at the Graduate School of Education
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
The Andrew Carnegie Foundation will support the Asian University for Women’s development of a new Master’s in Teaching program that prepares women educators to establish and lead secondary schools for girls in underserved communities across Asia. By training cohorts of women to create safe, accessible, and high-quality local schools in their home communities, the initiative seeks to reduce barriers to girls’ education, strengthen women’s leadership, and expand educational opportunity where access to secondary education remains limited. The program aims to create a growing network of community-based schools that bring quality education closer to girls and help them remain in school.
Project Title
In support of Scholarships for Women
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 2005, the Asian University for Women (AUW) is an international liberal arts and sciences university that recruits talented young women from countries across Asia and the Middle East, where women’s education is often inaccessible and overlooked. It currently enrolls 1,600 students and has graduated over 1400 women who have gone on to pursue graduate school opportunities; employment across the non-profit, government, and private sectors; and served as role models for young girls in their home communities. AUW has increased its commitment to women who have been displaced as a result of violence, persecution, gender-based discrimination, among other reasons. With Corporation support, the ASU will provide scholarships for pre-undergraduate and undergraduate studies to 22 women over three years.