WLNA Summit Press Release available here
Looking for more details about the third annual WLNA summit currently taking place in Zhenjiang? The press release is now available here.
The Third Annual Women Leaders of New Asia Summit commences 19th April 2012
19 April, 2012 Shanghai – The Third Annual WLNA summit commenced 19th April 2012, with a press conference announcing the launch of ”Rising to the Top?”, a new report on women’s leadership in the Asia Pacific region. The theme of the 2012 conference is “Women Leaders Driving Asia’s Rapid Growth”.
Report on Women’s Leadership
19 April 2012, Shanghai – Asia Society and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy officialy launches “Rising to the Top?”, a new study that highlights the current socio-economic landscape for women in China and the region. The report discusses gender gap issues and presents policy recommendations to ease gender inequality.
Sitting down with President Vishakha: The greatest challenge facing women in Asia
What does President Vishakha consider to be the greatest challenge facing the women of Asia?
Sitting down with President Vishakha: Why women leaders?
President Vishakha of the Asia Society sits down with us at NY HQs, explaining why the organization is devoting so much time and resources into developing an intiative dedicated towards building a network of women leaders across the Asia Pacific region.
Weekly Update – 10 days to go!
Welcome to the Women Leaders of New Asia homepage!
If this is your first time here, welcome! And to those of you who have been to our website before, welcome back! You’ve probably noticed a number of changes in our web layout already. That’s because we have improved our newsfeed, inserted new pages to our 2012 WLNA conference section, and added a message box in the ‘contact us’ section if you have any questions or feedback for us.
And just in time for the 2012 WLNA conference too!
With 10 days to go before the kick-off to Asia Society’s annual conference, we’re going to be bringing you a plethora of content updates via this website. For all who are coming to Shanghai and Zhenjiang, we hope that this site will become a primary source of news and updates for the conference – so be sure to bookmark it.
What can you expect to see in the coming days and weeks?
- Regular updates on the conference
- Interviews with the President of the Asia Society and others
- A full list of delegates and their bios
- Featured stories
- A daily recap of events during the conference, including press coverage
- Need-to-know information on Shanghai and Zhenjiang
- Pictures!
To our delegates, we also hope that you will become involved with our website, and we encourage you to reach out to us before and during the conference. If you feel that there is a question or story that you want everyone to be aware of, please let us know.
That’s it from us here in New York. We’ll be back in the coming days!
About Global Leadership Initiatives
In 2011, the Asia Society launched the Global Leadership Initiatives program to identify, inspire and develop leaders across the Asia-Pacific region and to address our shared challenges, by convening face-to-face meetings, creating networks, promoting new ideas, and sharing best practices across disciplines.
Sponsors of the WLNA 2012 Summit
Asia Society and the Women Leaders of New Asia Initiative gratefully acknowledges the support of their sponsors and partners at this year’s summit.
