Support Foundation

Annual Report Dear friends,

It is an honour to present Asian University for Women Support Foundation’s 2016 Annual Report. The year under review has been eventful, and I am immensely proud of our students, staff, and stakeholders for their sustained commitment to our institution and mission. With a record-breaking 605 students currently enrolled, Asian University for Women (AUW) is bigger OUR MISSION and better than ever. ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN AUW was envisioned as a place where knowledge would transform lives for the better. OUR CAMPUS The progress made in this regard cannot be doubted and we now have to build on our seeks to graduate women who achievements, strengthen our mission, and continue to push boundaries. Moving forward, we will be skilled and innovative seek to forge new, innovative partnerships with other academic institutions. These partnerships professionals, service-oriented will build on existing collaborations with governments and businesses, and together they Asian University for Women’s will be decisive as AUW extends its global footprint over the coming years. Our burgeoning leaders in the businesses and 140+ acre design emerges from the international network is a testament to our growing influence and reputation for excellence. communities in which they work and unique topography of the site, local As AUW continues to grow and develop, we will continue providing an ambitious, dynamic climatic conditions, and the region’s and exciting environment for all our students and staff. live, and promoters of intercultural cultural heritage. Moshe Safdie and understanding and sustainable human Associates, an internationally esteemed and economic development in Asia architecture firm based in Boston, and throughout the world. Massachusetts, whose Principal was “Coming to AUW was my first time being far from home. Thankfully my previously on the faculty of the Harvard roommate, Sonem, helped me a lot. We have become like sisters even though she University Graduate School of Design, is a Bhutanese Buddhist and I am a Pakistani Muslim. When we are together designed these aesthetically inspired, functionally superb, and ecologically we forget about our stresses and just have fun. We teach each other about our and environmentally sound facilities. religions and our cultural traditions, and we respect each other deeply.”

SIDRAH, CLASS OF 2020

There are undoubtedly some great challenges ahead, but we believe that with your continued support we can achieve our goals. It is my hope that in just a few years’ time, I will be standing before you expounding on AUW as a leading international university positioned at the very top, making a real difference and putting education to work for the benefit of all.

Sincerely, STUDENT 1 MALAYSIA PROFESSOR NIRMALA RAO ENROLLMENT: 3 CHINA Vice Chancellor-Designate from 1 February 2017 3 INDONESIA 6 PALESTINE 7 CAMBODIA TOTAL 8 SYRIA 10 SRI LANKA

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

India 18 AUW is an independent, international 605 university that educates and empowers women from 15 countries across Asia Afghanistan and the Middle East. Our students live Bangladesh and study together, expanding their worldviews and embracing cross-cultural

Myanmar diversity as a regional strength — not 66 24 a cause for division or strife. 324Bangladesh

Pakistan Originally from India, Professor Rao (left) is a distinguished political scientist who 25+ has served as Pro Director of SOAS at the University of London. She is an expert on 30 Languages urban governance and has published widely in the field of comparative politics and Bhutan spoken public policy. She has extensive experience in public service and has served as an advisor to a range of bodies including the UK Audit Commission, the Office of the 5+ Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), and the Government of India. As Vice Chancellor, 40 Nepal 35+ Religions Professor Rao will be supported by Mrs. Cherie Blair (right) who has served as Ethnicities editor: Kiko Wemmer Chancellor of AUW since 2011. Vietnam 32 33 ACADEMICS FACULTY RESEARCH ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS AUW’s liberal arts and sciences AUW exists to overcome barriers which As a result of scholarships and specially Although AUW is a teaching and learning focused institution, our faculty continue , & curriculum develops students’ creativity prevent women from earning an excellent designed preparatory programs, AUW has to actively engage in research and publication. Here is a report on recent publications Amin, Sara Nuzhat Ganepola, , et. al. (2015) “Beyond Classroom of thought and vision, critical thinking university education and realizing their successfully recruited promising young by faculty. Varuni Knowledge and Experience: How Can skills, and communication abilities. It full potential. To enable this journey, leaders from all backgrounds, including Fieldwork Enrich Students’ Learning and is designed around a Common Core AUW offers two preparatory programs: garments factories, refugee communities, BOOKS Perception on Gender?” In Vasilikie Demos General Education Program comprising Pathways for Promise, an intensive daughters of microfinance borrowers, and Amin, Sara N., Ganepola, Varuni, and Dissanayake, L. (Eds). Changing Nature of Forced & Marcia Texler Segal (Eds.) At the Center: offerings in Ethical Reasoning, Social English language and Mathematics diverse communities across conflicted Migration: Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities in South and Southeast Asia. Dhaka: The Feminism, Social Science and Knowledge Analysis, Literature, Civilization Studies, training program where students gain areas such as Afghanistan and Myanmar. University Press Limited, 2016. (Advances in Gender Research, Volume Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, the academic competencies to pursue Protracted conflicts, unequal burden sharing, climate change, globalization, and 20). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, and Writing Seminars. These courses a university education; and Access DR. ROSIE BATESON Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs shifting policies regarding immigration, asylum, work and development are changing pp.199–222. link relevant regional challenges to Academy, a foundation year of courses the nature of forced displacements and blurring the line between forced migration and students’ personal experiences and a focused on English communication economic migration. This book looks at migration dynamics of South and Southeast Bhuiyan, Mohammed Moniruzzaman global context, encouraging problem- skills, critical thinking, problem-solving and Muhammad Zakaria. “Determinants Asia examining these shifts to contribute to a more interdisciplinary and comprehensive solving that utilizes multiple perspectives. and strategies for life-long learning. In of Male Involvement in Women’s picture of migration for both research and policy-making. The authors highlight research After completion of the Common Core, Access Academy, students take courses Reproductive health: A Multilevel Study about migration patterns of groups that are often invisible in the study of migration— students choose from among four Majors in Language and Composition, Reading in Bangladesh.” Malaysian Journal of women, IDPs, environmental refugees and migrants, South-South migrants, and those and optional Minors. across Disciplines, World Civilizations, Public Health Medicine, vol. 16(3), 2016, that stay behind. Geography, Computer Literacy, Calculus, pp. 211–218. Leadership Seminars and Physical Salton, Herman T. Dangerous Diplomacy. Oxford University Press. (Forthcoming). “Sounding the Soul: POLITICS, Education. Cone, Tiffany. PHILOSOPHY Professor Salton’s forthcoming book reassesses the role of the United Nations Secretariat Mysticism and Music on Film.” The Asia & ECONOMICS AUW’s mission rests on the unshakable during the Rwandan genocide. With the help of new archival materials and interviews, Pacific Journal of Anthropology (TAPJA),

ENVIRONMENTAL belief that a lack of financial resources it situates the Rwanda operation within the context of bureaucratic and political friction Issue 18/2, 2017. 29% SCIENCES AND should not exclude women of great existing at Headquarters in the early 1990s. The book looks at the multifarious ways BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES , Chowdhury ME, Kuanda S, Alam promise and courage from educational in which this confrontation impacted the Rwanda mission, including through a lack of Alam N A, Sia D, Seppe M, Sawadogo J, Fournier 15.5% opportunities. Therefore AUW relies on coordination on issues as diverse as reconnaissance, political analysis, intelligence, and P. “Role of transportation to access ECONOMICS the generosity of individuals, corporations, crisis management. Yet Dangerous Diplomacy goes beyond these institutional pathologies maternal care services for women in rural PUBLIC governments and foundations to support and identifies the conceptual origins of the Rwanda failure in the gray area that separates HEALTH Burkina Faso and Bangladesh: a mixed scholarships which allow AUW students peacebuilding and peacekeeping. The difficulty of distinguishing these two key UN 32% method study.” Int J Gyncol Obstet, 2016. 14.5% to receive a world-class education. functions, coupled with the creative tension between Secretary-General and member- As Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, states, explains why six decades after the birth of the UN, it has still not been possible Sumon KA, Rico A, Horst MT, Van den Dr. Rosie Bateson (above) oversees the to demarcate the roles of several UN departments. Brink P, Haque MM, Rashid H. Risk development of all academic programming assessment of pesticides used in rice- and faculty professional development. Prior Cone, Tiffany. Charismatic Power: A study of Islamic leadership practices in China 5.5% COMPUTER SCIENCE/ICT to joining AUW, Dr. Rosie Bateson spent over prawn concurrent systems in Bangladesh. 2% OTHER (provisional title). Palgrave MacMillan, USA. (Forthcoming, March 2017). two decades in senior management positions Science of the Total Environment, 2016, at higher education institutions in Hungary, pp. 568: 498–506. Indonesia, and Scotland.

COUNTRY SPOTLIGHT Mursal Hamraz, Class of 2014 | Afghanistan | Major: Economics Despite growing up in a Taliban-ruled area of Kabul, Mursal was AUW’S IMPACT IN AFGHANISTAN surrounded by strong women who valued education. The youngest of AFGHAN STUDENT INTERNSHIP EXAMPLES: nine children, she remembers her sister lying to Taliban authorities about teaching girls in their home. As a teenager, Mursal witnessed her mother BRAC-Afghanistan — a woman who was forced to stop school after 9th grade to get married Government of Afghanistan — pursue a tertiary degree. Mursal has never forgotten her roots. Human Rights Commission, Afghanistan Korean Export Import Bank, South Korea As an AUW student, Mursal volunteered at JAAGO Foundation and 66 Li & Fung, Bangladesh co-founded Center for Leadership Assistance and Promotion (CLAP) 26 Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan Current to support Chittagong’s slum children and transgender communities. Graduates WBB Trust, Bangladesh She was also selected to be a World Pulse Voices of Our Future Students correspondent in 2010, and an AUW representative at the U.S.-Afghan POST-AUW PLACEMENT EXAMPLES: Women’s Council meeting in 2011. In July 2016, Afghan students and alumnae met with First Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO) After graduation, Mursal worked in the Government of Afghanistan’s Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani at the Presidential Palace American University of Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics, where she previously interned. She of Afghanistan. From left, Hosai Barakzay (Class of 2018), Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan evaluated the efficacy of women’s vocational training and treatment at Fatima Sabri (Class of 2014), Marvah Shakib (Class of 2014), m Ministry of Information & Communication Technology, drug addiction rehabilitation centers. She also created a media campaign First Lady Rula Ghani, Fatima Hashimi (Class of 2016), and $5.6 Government of Afghanistan to promote awareness about sexual harassment in the workplace. Now Mursal Hamraz (Class of 2014). Total Commitment to Open Society Afghanistan Stanford University Mursal works in the Office of the First Lady of Afghanistan — a dream job Afghan students The Office of the First Lady of Afghanistan which allows her to generate positive change for Afghan women. 2 3 GARMENTS WORKERS & ROHINGYA WOMEN “Within Youngone’s broad “I was thrilled to be the first factory commitment to supporting to partner with AUW’s Pathways for ENTER AUW THROUGH NEW PATHWAYS socioeconomic development of Promise program. This innovative the countries in which we operate, initiative is a beacon of hope that lights FOR PROMISE PROGRAM promoting gender equality is one the way for all women in Bangladesh To further deepen AUW’s reach into communities that remain underserved, this of the key focus areas for me. I to believe that they too can pursue year AUW launched Pathways for Promise. This program offers an additional year of look forward to witnessing the higher education and fulfill their English and Math preparation ahead of the usual Access Academy year. As a result, development and success of the potential. Mohammadi Group is thrilled AUW is able to create an unprecedented channel for educating women from several female employees whom we are to witness our former employees of the most neglected and oppressed groups of women. proudly supporting to participate succeeding at AUW, and we look in AUW’s Pathways for Promise forward to seeing more enroll in the Bangladesh has nearly Creating Opportunities for Female Garments Workers. program.” coming years.” four million women who work in this export sector. AUW reasoned that any group that large must have some extraordinary talent. In collaboration with a select RAE EUN SUNG RUBANA HUQ group of factory owners, AUW offered admissions tests on the shop floors of Executive Vice President of Managing Director of Mohammadi Group factories. Participating factory owners offered a huge incentive: workers accepted Youngone Corporation and AUW Trustee for admission would continue to receive their monthly wages throughout all five years of study at AUW. Still, nobody knew if any of the workers would try. Over a thousand did, and now, more than 30 former garments workers are enrolled in Pathways. IKEA Foundation, one of AUW’s most generous and long-standing partners, provided all the financial support to make this program possible.

Educating Rohingya Women. Rohingya ethnic minorities have long been “Pathways for Promise is integral to “Growing up in the Chittagong Hill Tracts was challenging. I helped persecuted, both as unrecognized citizens in Myanmar and unwanted immigrants realizing AUW’s mission to empower my mother cook, milk the family cow, and collect water from the in Bangladesh. In collaboration with Rohingya community leaders, 50 women from women through education and river before school every day. After I completed household chores, Rohingya communities in Bangladesh and Myanmar have enrolled in Pathways. therefore change the course of their I walked two and a half hours to school. In the evenings, I studied by Upon graduation from AUW, they will quite possibly represent the largest lives. The IKEA Foundation is thrilled candlelight because my family had no electricity. It was exhausting, single cohort of Rohingya women educated to such a high level. Open Society to have supported the pilot phase of but I was determined to complete all of my schoolwork. created by was one of AUW’s earliest supporters, Foundations George Soros this programme, enabling more than and they have extended their support for the education of Rohingya women. 15 women to leave their garment Though life was not easy, I have happy memories of my school days factory jobs and work toward university in the Hill Tracts. A joyful time for everyone was when all the hill degrees. The Pathways for Promise tribes gathered for a New Year festival called Beihai. We would eat THANK YOU, SPONSORS: model echoes the IKEA Foundation’s special food, sing traditional songs and perform tribal dances. At the Pathways for Promise commitment to continually seek the Talent Show hosted by AUW in October 2016, Pathways for Promise engages all levels of the garments industry supply chain: most innovative programmes to help I performed one of these dances for my schoolmates. I danced with factories continue to pay wages to women who leave the shop floor to study women who might not otherwise have a bottle on my head, which is a symbol of luck. It is a sign of bad at AUW, foundations representing the top players within the industry provide opportunities to thrive. It is empowering luck if the bottle falls and breaks, but when I danced in front of my scholarship funds, and retailors host students as interns exploring managerial these talented women to contribute to classmates at AUW, the bottle on my head didn’t fall! In fact, I knew Pathways opportunities. AUW is pleased to be partnering with a number of garments factories the sustainable human and economic it wouldn’t fall, because I know I am so lucky to be in the for Promise in Bangladesh. Current students enrolled in Pathways have come to AUW after development of Asia.” program, and I believe I am going to have a very good five years here!” working for Mohammadi Group, Youngone, Ananta Group, Pou Chen Group, , , and . AUW is also grateful to PER HEGGENES Simba Fashions Knit Concern Sunman Group IKEA CEO of IKEA Foundation MRASHANGCHING MARMA Foundation and Open Society Foundations for their early support and belief in Pathways student (back row, third from right) the transformative power of Pathways for Promise.

“At my previous school, there were 70 students in my only class and my English teacher didn’t use any English in the classroom. Eventually I had to leave school altogether to work. Getting a job in a garments factory was a big relief for my family and me, because my father is a farmer and it was difficult for him to make ends meet. Still, I had no idea where this garments job was going to take me or if I would be working there for the rest of my life. Fortunately, I was invited to take an admissions test for the AUW Pathways for Promise program and I passed! When I started at AUW, I felt quite nervous because I thought my English was not good enough, but I soon made friends and my teachers have been very friendly and supportive. I feel much more confident now and I must say that the opportunity to come to AUW has been the greatest gift of my entire life.”

CHUMA CHAKMA Pathways student

4 5 Rimu Byadya, Class of 2014 OUR IMPACT Bangladesh “It is a great opportunity to welcome students from the new markets where Major: Public Health Studies Let us be clear: AUW is a university rooted in knowledge for service, L’OREAL is developing its activities. This is why L’OREAL is partnering with Rimu comes from a Hindu village one hour not an ivory tower isolated from the imperatives of change. AUW is AUW as part of its extended search of talents and is supporting young women away from Chittagong. She grew up in a not a place where women go to retreat from the realities of the world one-bedroom home shared with four other with excellent academic records from diverse countries in Asia. L’OREAL is family members. Her mother is a housewife or the needs of their community. It is not a place of escape; it is a with eight years of education; her father place of study, contemplation, and deliberate engagement. offering scholarships and internship opportunities in China, India, Vietnam is a poultry famer. Rimu remembers and France. Thanks to AUW’s extended curriculum, we are confident that we Our students and graduates welcome the challenge of promoting neighbors who would hassle her parents could soon welcome on board graduates from AUW.” for investing in her education: “Why do you cross-cultural tolerance in places where ethnic strife stunts economic send your daughters to school? Educating girls is no use!” Not to be discouraged, development and political progress. Our students and graduates JÉRÔME TIXIER Executive Vice President Human Resources and Advisor to the Chairman at L’Oréal Rimu left home at age 15 to pursue a actively seek opportunities to revitalize their community through better education than what her village improved education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. could provide. She discovered AUW at an internet café, although somebody had Our students are taught from their very first day on campus that they to help her because she did not know are expected to be ethical, innovative leaders, and that such leaders how to use computers at the time. do not turn away from struggle, sacrifice, or human suffering. GRADUATE SCHOOL PLACEMENT EXAMPLES “At AUW, you have studied and lived together with Now Rimu is an international change students from 15 countries. You have celebrated maker. Prior to graduation, she studied 85% of employed AUW alumnae work in their home country. They AUSTRALIA HUNGARY SRI LANKA festivals and sacred occasions of virtually every at Lund University in Sweden on an have the skills to get a job anywhere in the world, but they elect Holmes Institute Central European Royal Institute of University Colombo creed. You have learned the dance and music exchange program. After graduation, La Trobe University to stay where they are needed most — in their own communities. Macquarie University University of Colombo and language and customs of your classmates she was recruited into the BRAC Young INDIA RMIT University University of Peradeniya Professionals Program, where she came out Ashoka University from home and faraway places. You have debated Our students and graduates have courage, empathy, and a sense University of Queensland Vidura College at the top of her class. Through BRAC, she Indian Institute of ideas, right or wrong, and found threads that University of Technology Information Technology SWEDEN bound all of us together. has worked with Ebola survivors in Liberia of outrage at injustice. They come to AUW Sydney and Management Lund University University of Western Mahatma Gandhi and Sierra Leone. She has also directly to nurture these traits and use them Umea University Sadly many places around the world are witnessing engaged with Bangladeshi populations Sydney University for the common good. Manonmaniam a rise in intolerance and disrespect for views and to improve maternal, neonatal and child BANGLADESH UNITED KINGDOM Sundaranar University practices of others. As AUW graduates, therefore, American International London School of care in rural areas. Now Rimu is a Senior South Asian University University of Hygiene and Tropical you have a particular obligation to be beacons of Sector Specialist for the Health, Nutrition 8 5% St. Xavier’s College Medicine of employed alumnae Bangladesh equality and tolerance, and to help safeguard the and Population Program at BRAC. In Rimu’s TERI University Oxford University work in their Bangladesh Agricultural values that make human existence meaningful.” words: “AUW prepares women to be University School of Oriental home country 90% INDONESIA and African Studies, — Dr. Dipu Moni, Chair of AUW Board of Bangladesh University leaders in their country, and I always of alumnae are employed Seameo Recfon University of London or enter a graduate program of Engineering and Trustees, Commencement 2016 wanted to be one to bring positive University of Indonesia University of Bradford within one year Technology (BUET) changes in people’s lives through my OUR ALUMNAE: of graduation BRAC University IRELAND University of Durham education and work.” Chittagong University Trinity College University of East Anglia East Delta University University of ITALY North South University Nottingham-Malaysia University of Trento INTERNSHIPS 2 PALESTINE State University of University of Surrey 3 MYANMAR Bangladesh JAPAN UNITED STATES Internships allow students to network and build their professional portfolios, 4 CHINA University of Dhaka United Nations 13 CAMBODIA Brandeis University while earning credit toward graduation and exploring ways to follow their University Total Alumnae 15 PAKISTAN BELGIUM Columbia University passions in the working world. Here are just a few of the organizations that Vrije Universiteit MALAYSIA Florida International provided opportunities to AUW students and graduates for internships University Bangladesh Brussels Universiti Kebangsaan George Mason University during summer 2016: BHUTAN NEPAL Illinois State University College of Natural Merryland College New York University Resources Abbott (India and Vietnam) Biratnagar School for International Bhutan CANADA Nepal Engineering Training AIA Insurance (Hong Kong) 206 17 College Center 443 Bangladesh Southern Illinois University of Guelph KEXIM Bank (South Korea) NETHERLANDS University COSTA RICA 10% Wageningen University Stanford University Li & Fung (Hong Kong) University for Peace University of Colorado- PAKISTAN Anschutz L’Oréal (France and India) 11% FINLAND Vietnam Al Shifa Trust Eye University of University of Tampere Tory Burch (Hong Kong) Hospital (Quaid.e.azam Massachusetts-Lowell Sri Lanka 23 15% GERMANY University) University of Utah Unilever (Bangladesh) Wright State University Goethe Üniversität - RUSSIA United Nations High Frankfurt am Main Afghanistan 18% Ural Federal University Commissioner for 53 Ruhr University Refugees (Bangladesh) 26 University of Duisburg- SOUTH KOREA Essen Ewha Womans From left, Sharmin Jahan (Class of 2017), Sonia Akter Nepal GOVERNMENT UNIQLO (Bangladesh, India University of Hamburg University (Class of 2016), Moury Rahman (Class of 2017), Yang SEEKING EMPLOYMENT 20% Japan, and Thailand) Yonsei University Zhong Cuo (Class of 2017), and Sanjida Afrin (Class GRADUATE SCHOOL 44 VF Corporation (Hong of 2017) interned at AIA Hong Kong during summer 37 TEACHING/RESEARCH COMMERCIAL / PRIVATE Kong) 2016. We would like to thank AIA Hong Kong’s CEO, NON-PROFITS 26% Mark Tucker, for generously supporting our students 6 as they gained valuable work experience. 7 OUR SUPPORTERS

COUNCIL OF PATRONS ANDY MATSUI LAUNCHES NEW ENDOWMENT AT AUW Our Council of Patrons actively promote and advocate for AUW and its students on a global scale. Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina is the Chief Patron under the Charter of the University. Our other Patrons include First Lady of In January 2016, Andy Matsui Japan Akie Abe; UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova; Former Chief Secretary announced a $1 million gift to AUW of Hong Kong, Anson Chan; and Denmark’s Former Minister of the Environment, Lone Dybkjaer. This year we are honored to introduce our new Patron: Her Royal in honor of his daughter Kathy, so that Highness the Grand-Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. deserving women will be able to access The Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg has long been committed to fostering efforts the liberal arts and sciences education that empower young girls and women through education, improve their living which AUW offers. conditions and work against juvenile prostitution. In addition to her support of AUW, Her Royal Highness has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since 1997 where she is involved with UNESCO’s Breaking the Poverty Cycle of Women: Empowering Adolescent Girls to Become Agents of Social Transformation, an ©2016 GRAND-DUCAL COURT/SYLVIE LANCRENON All rights reserved Like many AUW students, Andy Matsui initiative that helps adolescent girls in Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan. grew up in a rural village. He was not encouraged to pursue a university In May 2016, Kathy Matsui met with AUW Chief Patron, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, education. Instead, he was expected at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Tokyo. Kathy apprised the Prime Minister of widespread to remain on the family farm to care and growing support of AUW. From left, Bangladesh Foreign Minister A. H. Md. Ali, for his parents and siblings. Again like Sheikh Rehana, Prime Minister Hasina, Kathy Matsui, and Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Rabab Fatima. “The Asian University For Women is one many AUW students, however, Andy also fought to defy cultural conventions of the universities that contribute to the and succeed on his own terms. He sailed empowerment of women by educating from Japan to America with $28 in 1961, Andy’s courage, self-reliance and women will be able to access the world- generosity have been a blueprint for his class liberal arts and sciences education them to obtain positions of leadership in and eventually became the founder, owner and president of Matsui Nursery, four children, who all graduated from which AUW offers. Harvard and became leaders in business the Asian region. This enables them to America’s largest orchid nursery. Having To honor Andy’s wishes, AUW Support and medicine. His daughter Kathy Matsui take on roles in society they could never never attended college himself, Andy Foundation has pledged to match Andy’s is Vice Chairman at Goldman Sachs Japan now donates millions to The Matsui gift with an additional $5 million to have imagined before.” and AUW Co-Founder. In January 2016, Foundation so children of immigrants establish the Matsui Family Endowment. Andy announced a $1 million gift to AUW may earn a university education. Andy’s gift has already stimulated HRH THE GRAND-DUCHESS MARIA in honor of Kathy, so that more deserving accordant financial support from TERESA OF LUXEMBOURG Students who held internships in Hong Kong met with AUW Patron and Former Chief Bloomberg L.P., Mr. Eiichiro Kuwana and Secretary of Hong Kong, Anson Chan, in August 2016. Mrs. Yumi Kuwana. This endowment will From left, Mrs. Yasuko Matsui and Mr. Andy Matsui with daughters Kathy Matsui, AUW serve as an enduring testament to Andy’s Co-Founder, and Teresa Matsui in California. courage, empathy, and commitment to justice, which are the exact qualities that AUW AWARD TO UNIQLO FOUNDER MR. TADASHI YANAI define AUW students and alumnae. Like for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Women’s Education Andy, these brave women represent & Empowerment what Kathy has called “the pebbles Artist, Entrepreneur, Builder, Business Leader. In just three decades you have taken your father’s shop in Ube thrown into the pond, eventually having to a global brand that is everywhere in Japan and, increasingly, around the world in London, New York, Paris, positive ripple effects on the rest of Moscow and Shanghai. At the heart of your success has been not only an uncanny and unique understanding of business management, but also a sense of art and light as both the spaces that house Uniqlo stores and their communities for generations to the products themselves so clearly convey. When most retailers in the world were languishing in the face of come.” By ensuring enduring support for general economic malaise, you led Uniqlo to accelerate all the charts in an unprecedented way to bring Uniqlo ever closer to your goal of making it the largest retailer in the world by 2050. future AUW students, Andy has shown

Philosopher. You have highlighted a path to change that happens naturally as a function of business logic through his powerful example that and success and thereby have avoided the hard resistance that change often suffers. You have stated that just one courageous and hardworking “the more globalized we become, it is inevitable that more top managers will be women. Next year or the year after that about half of the people will be non-Japanese, and three years down the road, two-thirds of individual can take charge of his or her our employees will be non-Japanese…” You have coined the motto Global is Local, Local is Global within fate and ultimately transform the lives of Uniqlo as a way of emphasizing how we must indeed connect our local advantages to parlay those into the thousands of people, their families, and larger world. their communities for years to come. You have also powerfully advocated for economic empowerment and success as a basic step in creating a just future for poor people. You have stated, “Unless each one of those labourers and all the people in Bangladesh can stand on their own feet, they will have no future.”

Philanthropist. Your economic philosophy has not precluded you from sharing your wealth and generosity with people in need. The Tohoku earthquake prompted you to give ¥1 billion to aid the victims of that terrible natural disaster; you have created a $10 million fund for children. The Asian University for Women is grateful for your support to help educate women from around Asia who would not have otherwise had such an opportunity.

In acknowledgement of your vision of a more global and just world, your impressive efforts to achieve your goals through business and philanthropy, and your contribution to the Asian University for Women, we do hereby confer upon you the 2015 AUW Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Women’s Education & Empowerment. 8 9 LONDON, ENGLAND OUR EVENTS AUW friend and supporter Lord Raj Loomba hosted a special event at the House of Lords in London, entitled “Inspire, Empower, Educate: Lessons from the Asian AUW supporters live all around the world, University for Women.” The event brought together some of AUW’s most eminent joining each other in cities such as Tokyo, supporters and other prominent individuals. The event featured speeches by AUW New York, Hong Kong, and London to hold Chancellor Cherie Blair; long-time AUW supporter Lord Mark Malloch Brown; Dr. events related to the causes of women’s Meredith Woo, Director of the International Higher Education Support Program education and international development. at Open Society Foundations; and three AUW graduates, Mowmita Basak from Below is a collection of highlights from Bangladesh (Class of 2013), Priyanka Shrestha from Nepal (Class of 2015), and Savitri various AUW events in 2016. Kumari from Jharkhand State in India (Class of 2015). Savitri shared, “I cannot imagine pursuing higher education if I had not received a scholarship to AUW. I owe so much to all the unknown faces who have supported me throughout my education. Now I feel obligated to pay this generosity back to other children like me, who March Tokyo: 7th Annual Japan From left: Ahmad Y. A. Alnafisi, former member of might not have the necessary resources to pursue an education.” Savitri is now the Kuwait Parliament and current member of the Katherine Pickus, Divisional Vice President of Global Citizenship & Policy at Support Group Event pursuing an M.Sc. in Environmental Change and Management at Oxford University. Kuwaiti Democratic Forum; AUW Chancellor Cherie Abbott, with AUW alumnae (from left) Saren Keang from Cambodia (Class of 2014), May Seoul: 7th Asian Leadership Priyanka is earning her graduate degree in Infectious Disease Control at the London Blair; Mrs. Lulwa Al-Mulla, Leader of AUW Support Anowara Begum from Bangladesh (Class of 2014), and Bich Tran from Vietnam Conference School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. After serving as the inaugural Coordinator Group in Kuwait; and Rebecca Ip, AUWSF (HK) Ltd. (Class of 2016) at a round table event with First Lady of Japan Akie Abe in New for Pathways for Promise, Mowmita is now pursuing an M.A. in Public Policy at Oxford Board Member. York City in September 2016. The event was hosted by Abbott. Hong Kong: Asia Society Panel University. with Professor Sheena Iyengar of Columbia Business School and AUWSF Board Members Chittagong: Fourth Commencement “AUW students are recruited for their courage, empathy, intelligence, and perseverance. They are stimulated to think out of the box, to use their June Hong Kong: HK Support Group Boomba 51 Event creativity, and to have trust in themselves. They are also taught to deal with September New York: Lunch Event with diversity. Anybody who wants to make a difference in our world today has to First Lady of Japan have these skills and the ability to see diversity as a strength. It is this vision Akie Abe that makes me proud and honored to be part of AUW.” October London: House of Lords dinner hosted by Lord Raj Loomba KATHLEEN FERRIER independent Expert Review Group (iERG) on Information and Accountability on Women’s, We are grateful to First Lady of Japan Akie Abe Boston: Special event to Children’s and Adolescent’s Health; former member of the Dutch House of Representatives (right) and Chair of AUW Board of Trustees Dr. confer a Doctorate of Humane Dipu Moni (left) for sharing their time and insight Letters, honoris causa, upon at the discussion event, “A Seat at the Table: How Professor Henry Rosovsky Women’s Education and Leadership Shapes Strong Communities,” sponsored by Abbott. Mrs. Abe In May 2016, AUWSF (HK) Ltd. held a dialogue about choice at the Asia Society in spoke about her passion for women’s education Hong Kong. Professor Sheena Iyengar, AUWSF Board Member and inaugural S.T. and how important education has been in her Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, gave the keynote address. own life. Mrs. Abe championed the need for more From left, Craig Dana, Abbi DeLessio, Katharina Reimer, Professor Sheena Iyengar, women leaders to better our world and society. Lȃle Kesebi, Lynne Anne Davis, Alice Lin, and Rebecca Ip.

In October 2016, Marriott International continued its commitment to empowering women and celebrating their success by hosting its 3rd annual Asia Pacific Women in Leadership Conference in Hong Kong. This year, Marriott lauded 150 high- achieving women and their supporters, including from right, AUW Founder Kamal Ahmad, Mursal Hamraz from Afghanistan (Class of 2014), AUWSF (HK) Ltd. Board Co-Chair Lynne Anne Davis, and Rimu Byadya from Bangladesh From left, Joel Lin; Alice Lin, founding board member of AUWSF (HK) Ltd. and (Class of 2014). AUW Support Group in Singapore; and Lord Raj Loomba.

10 11 HENRY ROSOVSKY Saren Keang from Cambodia, Class of 2014, (right) and Jampa In October 2016, AUW conferred upon Latso from Tibet, Class of 2015, (left) shared their experiences Professor Henry Rosovsky a Doctorate and how their lives have changed as a result of Professor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, for Rosovsky’s work. Together with Jack Meyer, Kamal Ahmad, his unfaltering and earnest support Kathleen Pike and Catherine Watters-Sasanuma, they presented of the University. AUW Co-Founders a Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa, to Professor Kamal Ahmad and Jack Meyer led a Rosovsky (center). heartwarming ceremony at the Harvard Faculty Club, which included Professor Rosovsky’s colleagues, friends, and family. They convened to celebrate Professor Rosovsky’s many contributions to AUW, Harvard University, and the lives of thousands of students and academics around the world. Professor Derek C. Bok, who served as President of Harvard University from 1971 to 1991 spoke on the occasion, as did Jack Meyer, Co-Founder of AUW and former President of Harvard Management Company. Jack Meyer shared, “It can be difficult to predict or measure how our work touches the lives of others. In the case of AUW, Professor Rosovsky should harbor no doubt that President Derek C. Bok a thousand women, their families, and their communities are reaching to the future on a different trajectory thanks to his efforts to establish a world-class women’s university for AUW Co-Founders from left, Kamal Ahmad, Professor Henry Rosovsky, and Jack Meyer. AUW Trustees Dr. Dipu Moni (center left) and Young Joon Kim (center right) cut cake at AUW’s 2016 Commencement ceremony. the most talented students of Asia and the Middle East.” President Bok noted Professor Rosovsky’s uncanny ability to galvanize faculty, students, and AUW IN THE NEWS colleagues, and how, unlike many leaders who are fueled by ambition, Professor Huq, Rubana. “My Heroes.” Bhalla, Nita. “Fashion’s deadliest Rosovsky is fueled by the power of The Daily Star 27 Jan. 2016. disaster prompts Bangladeshi “What are the benefits of a women-only optimism and a belief that there is always workers to opt for university.” “AUW offers free education institution? It supports women’s leadership. Thomson Reuters Foundation a way to foster a more just world. to female RMG workers.” 25 April 2016. It is a refuge, a thinktank, allowing students The Daily Star 25 Jan. 2016. “AUW alumna helps change the to hone their inherent leadership skills that are “Dipu Moni elected AUW game for women in Computer chairman.” Prothom Alo still not widely recognized in our many male- Science.” Dhaka Tribune 1 Mar. 2016. 28 April 2016. dominated societies. Students can freely discuss Lazarus, Sarah. “Dresses to “MetLife Foundation to Support the obstacles and challenges facing women across degrees: university opens its doors Access Academy Program at Asian the world and share ideas on how to redirect to Bangladesh garment workers.” University for Women.” The Guardian 28 Mar. 2016. the course for women…. An all-women’s Business Wire 10 May 2016. “AUW shows true leadership with university also gives parents of girls who would “Investing in Bangladesh Girls’ scholarships for garment workers.” Education.” Nikkei Asian Review like to attend university the comfort and ease Dhaka Tribune 4 April 2016. 30 August 2016. of knowing she will be at an institution with Burrows, Lauren. “Beyond the “The Worker’s Revolution.” factory floor.” Atlas of the Future only women. These are genuine issues for many The Daily Star 4 Nov. 2016. 16 April 2016. communities in South and Southeast Asia.” Professor Rosovsky’s wife, Nitza, gave Elmes, John. “Interview with a heartwarming recount of her first Nirmala Rao.” Times Higher PROFESSOR NIRMALA RAO date with Professor Rosovsky. Not yet Education 10 Nov. 2016. a professor, “Henry” encouraged Nitza Times Higher Education interview, 10 Nov. 2016 to skip class and watch the play Diary of Anne Frank with him.

12 13 INTERVIEW WITH JACK MEYER LIFETIME GIVING SOCIETIES The individuals and organizations listed below AUW Co-Founder Jack Meyer is one of AUW’s earliest and most committed supporters. He serves as Board have contributed to AUW with commitment Chairman Emeritus of AUW Support Foundation, and he and his family have personally given over $12 million and generosity over the years. We would like to recognize their impact by acknowledging to the University. Recently, Jack sat down with AUWSF Director of Program Development Miranda Morrison to our gratitude for their level of cumulative share his insights on AUW’s journey. giving, as of 30 June 2016, shown in the societies below. How did you and Co-Founder Kamal to convince your parents to let you go to When I read the newspaper, there are all Ahmad come to the idea for Asian Chittagong, Bangladesh to study. If you these problems on the front page. I say, VISION SOCIETY University for Women? can do that, you’ve got a lot of gumption. “AUW, AUW, AUW” — they’re all spot-on Cumulative Support of $10 million or more Kamal and I met at the Rockefeller the kind of problems that AUW can solve. Jack and Beth Meyer Foundation in the 1980s. Rockefeller was AUW is in its eighth year of operations Yes, people think about terrorism a lot, Stichting IKEA Foundation doing a lot of great work in developing and has graduated over 440 alumnae. and about climate change more than they How do AUW graduates stand out? used to. But there’s no doubt in my mind countries, but what we came to realize WISDOM SOCIETY that if you spend four to five years living was that when you try to treat just one One, it’s very clear that they’re passionate Cumulative Support of $8 million to $9,999,999 issue — such as providing clean drinking and studying with people from fifteen about change. Number two, they are The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation water for a single community — it extremely articulate. Number three, you countries with different belief systems AUW Trustees and AUW Support Foundation Board Members convened in Dhaka, can get overwhelmed by all the other get the sense that nothing is going to and values, you understand tolerance. Bangladesh in February 2016 to plan for the upcoming year. Top from left, Kapil Jain, problems on the list: poverty, disease, stand in their way. You don’t typically You understand how to frame issues RESILIENCE SOCIETY for a rational debate rather than just Catherine Watters-Sasanuma, Meenakshi Gopinath, Humayun Kabir, Osman Farruk, Cumulative Support of $4 million to $7,999,999 violence, sanitation and climate change. get that from people who have just Salahuddin Kasem Khan, Young Joon Kim; bottom from left, Marina Mahathir, We needed something to treat these graduated from college — it usually takes relying on beliefs. If anything, AUW is Dipu Moni, Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad, Rubana Huq, and Kamal Ahmad. Anonymous problems across the board — a silver twenty years before people gain that even more relevant. Open Society Foundations/Open Society Institute bullet. For me, Kamal, and lots of people self-confidence. AUW graduates have the United States Department of State and other Government Agencies at Rockefeller, that silver bullet was direction and the determination to carry You are AUW’s largest individual donor. Why do you find AUW to be a powerful women’s education. Years later, Kamal it out. SERVICE SOCIETY investment? OUR SUPPORTERS called me and said, “I’m going to do it.” Cumulative Support of $1 million to $3,999,999 We were very concerned about ensuring He didn’t have to tell me what it was, AUW continues to be the best Asian University for Women receives support from a range of individuals that students would work in their home Anonymous because I knew. And I said, “Sign me up.” philanthropic idea that I’ve come across. and organizations. Foundations and corporations — such as Abbott, IKEA countries after graduating. Another worry Abbott/Abbott Fund The University is thriving because it’s Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and UNIQLO was that students would marry and drop Victor and William Fung Foundation You met AUW’s inaugural class when they such a good idea. What’s appealing is — provide scholarships and host internships. Other organizations, such as Goldman Sachs Foundation out of school, which has not happened. arrived on campus in 2008. What were the power of the model and the leverage Grameen Bank and BRAC Afghanistan, help identify promising students The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Our retention is over 90%, and the your first impressions? effect. AUW is not only about giving a from underserved areas. Individuals support AUW by providing their time, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation majority of graduates are back working great education to this single person; skills, insights, and resources. Andy Matsui The first thing I noticed was these were in their home countries. We don’t have we expect this person to go back to Kathy Matsui and Jesper Koll exactly the sort of young women we anyone who’s Prime Minister yet, but it’s UNIQLO Co., Ltd. her village, town, or country and make had hoped to find: assertive, smart, just a matter of time. not standing back, eager to change a big difference. Right now we’re at 605 students — 1500 would be better on COURAGE SOCIETY the world. It was impressive, and it was Right now, transnational issues such many counts, along with our own campus. Cumulative Support of $500,000 - $999,999 goosebump thrilling. They swamped me as climate change and security are It would probably be exponential in terms Roy Y. Chen and Yuk Lynn C. MetLife Foundation with questions — about the curriculum, increasingly threatening the livelihoods of how the networks work. You see the Woo The David and Lucile Packard living conditions, programs — I had and quality of life of billions of people. expression that women’s education in Chevron Corporation Foundation assumed they would be pretty reserved How does women’s higher education fit in, JPMorgan Chase Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation the developing world is the best use of around me, but I was dead wrong. both in terms of our collective priorities as The Maybank Foundation Vitol Foundation a philanthropic dollar. That’s how I feel well as the potential for impact? These women had figured out how about it. valuable education is. When we opened JUSTICE SOCIETY admissions, in three weeks we received Cumulative Support of $250,000 to $499,999 over 1,400 applications. We whittled Jack and Beth Meyer ride a rickshaw pulled by their Mary D. Byron The Margot and Thomas this down based on the English essay, son, Justus, during AUW’s inauguration event in Citigroup Foundation Pritzker Family Foundation placement tests, and the interviews. We Chittagong, Bangladesh in October 2008. Negara Brunei Darussalam Pablo J. Salame wanted to have a class of about 100, Robert and Yoko Feldman Catherine and Taisuke Sasanuma so we decided, “We can send out 140 Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation Sir Mark and Lady Moody- acceptances and we can always send MSST Foundation Stuart more if we need to.” Out of those, 132 Kathleen Pike and Louis J. Fumiko Ozawa wrote they would be coming. Of that Forster Unique Zan Foundation group, 128 arrived on campus — making Tsumie Yamaguchi our yield higher than Harvard’s. There’s a selection bias inherent in AUW IN-KIND that works to our advantage. If you’re a The Government of Bangladesh Mayer Brown young woman in, say, Nepal, and you’ve Dorsey & Whitney Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP never been outside your village, you have FleishmanHillard Sotheby’s Google.org

14 15 Statement of Activities 2015 2016 ANNUAL GIVING SOCIETIES 2015 — 2016 FINANCIAL REPORT and Change in Net Assets We gratefully acknowledge support from the following individuals, corporations, foundations, and governments REVENUES from the past year. The following Giving Societies are based on contributions in the 2016 fiscal year and exclude Over the past year, the Asian University for Women spent $5.3 million on programs pledges. For cumulative giving, please see the Lifetime Giving Societies. Contributions and Grants $1,644,779 $1,195,767 and administration, providing a higher education to over 600 women from Asia Donated services $153,738 $395,046 IN-KIND SUPPORTERS SOCIETY and the Middle East. This shows a rising Interest and dividend income $43 $956 Dorsey & Whitney Mayer, Brown Annual Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999 commitment to women’s education around FleishmanHillard Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Betty and Bruce Stephanie Howe Lam Kin-chung The Running Goddess Suehiro Sake Co., Ltd the world. Without scholarships, many Miscellaneous income $7,188 $4,981 Google.org LLP Alberts Incepta Morning Sun Charity LLC Miki Tsusaka AUW students would not be able to pursue Net assets released from restrictions $4,013,881 $3,735,240 Betty Y. Chen Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Fund Sheehan Family Aditi Velakacharla their undergraduate degrees. Below is a Abby Cohen Amy Katoh Min Jin Lee Foundation Seiji Yasubuchi breakdown of revenues and expenses for INNOVATION SOCIETY TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT $5,819,629 $5,331,990 Judith Doyno Ladies of the Kathy Matsui Mark and Joan Siegel Annual Gifts of $1,000,000 and up Fiscal Year 2016. Vito Giucidi Bangladesh Ivano Poma Jill Solomon and EXPENSES Andy Matsui Christina Holt Embassy in Japan Lucy Reynolds Robert Blank Stiching IKEA Foundation Program Services EFFICIENT AND ACCOUNTABLE University $3,784,270 $3,266,683 IMAGINATION SOCIETY FRIENDS SOCIETY In Fiscal Year 2016, 79% of funds went to Annual Gifts of $100,000 - $999,999 Annual Gifts of up to $999 education-related activities, and 21% to Access Academy $865,515 $959,995 Abbott Jack and Beth Meyer Anonymous Emily Eckardt Akira Kanno Rika Nakajima Aki Sudo fundraising and administration, excluding Campus Planning and Operations $1,318 $0 Chevron Corporation Open Society Foundations Christina Ahmadjian EduLink Co. Yusuke Kato Yusa Nakamine Midori Sumiyoshi donated legal services. Your gift has a TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES Victor and William Fung Pettit Foundation Mukhtar Ahmed Lori France Tadahiro Kawada Hook Khai Ng Kazuhiko Takada direct impact on educating AUW students. $4,651,103 $4,226,678 Foundation UNIQLO Co., Ltd Fusae Akamatsu Vicky Fujii Tadanori Kawada Yuki Niinami Tsukasa Takagi Supporting Services MetLife Foundation United States Department Haruno Akiyama Tomoe Fujimoto Makiko Kawamura Tina Nishida Diana and Takumi Using your gifts wisely: Tanaka of State Tiziana Agnese Ryousuke Fukase Mitsu Kimata Minako Ogita Management and general $405,566 $514,092 Alamprese Kimiyo Fukuzawa Hajime Kito Mizuki Oku Taro Tanaka JOY SOCIETY Dalal Al-Nafeesi Liu Gao Junko Kodama Jim Olson Wakana Tanaka 79% PROGRAM Fundraising $718,033 $880,619 Annual Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 Luisa Alves Bill Gerlitz Ayako Koyama Nobuyuki Ota Yumiko Tashiro TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES Masaya Amau Martha Gomez Mark Kra Shaoming Ou Anna Tehan 21% $1,123,599 $1,394,711 AbbVie Foundation Hidehiro Imatsu AmazonSmile Suzanne Griffith David Kunin Junko Owada Junko Thomas Fundraising & Admin TOTAL EXPENSES Bloomberg, L.P. Kapil K. Jain and Sunita Jain Foundation Lisa Gruenberg and Tomoko Kusaki Nargis Pasricha Stephanie and John $5,774,702 $5,621,389 Vincent Duhamel and Takashi Murata Miho Aoki Martin Carmichael Diaz Kwok Matthew J. Path Paul Toppino NET ASSETS Anne Charron Claudine Ries Asako Aoyama Jeni Ellis Halliday Wai Yee Lam Thierry Porte Laura Tyson OUR SUPPORTERS Asuka Arai Rie Hayashi David Lambert Raiz Tihoco Mari Ueda Net assets, beginning of year $14,476,973 $11,187,166 Mazlina Arif Boris Vogt Supporter Type Breakdown FY 2016 TRUTH SOCIETY Susan Heisler Leonard Lane Concepcion Emi Ashihara Naoko Hida Rajesh Ranavat Christa Wallington Increase (decrease) in net assets ($3,289,807) $326,963 Annual Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999 Michael Dean Bank of America Aya and Ernest Higa Lauterman Sharon Randall Natsuko Watanabe NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $11,187,166 $11,514,129 Shafeeqa Ali Abdul Wahab Alice Lin Margaret Baxter Ernest Higa Macquaire Group Debbie Reilly Yumiko Watanabe INDIVIDUAL Al-Mutawa Jeffery I. Beg Yoshie Hori Foundation Monika Relman Chrisophe Weber L’Oreal Corporation ASSETS All Stars Foundation The Maybank Foundation Nicholas Benes Herman Howard Noriko Maeda Christine Rosseau Karen Wei 23% Mia Bourgeois McKinsey & Company Clio Bersani Freida Hui Yoko Makiguchi Laurence Rudge Deborah Weinswig Cash and cash equivalents $609,601 $1,365,662 CORPORATION Lynne Anne Davis Ritu Bhatt Gary Hyman and Efrot Yoko Makino Kamal Sahakurishuna Charlie Wellins Anthony Miller and FOUNDATION Abigail DeLessio Cecilia Melin Alison Birch Weiss Miyuki Matsuda- Noriko Saito Virginia Wilmerding 20% Unconditional promises to give $6,267,551 $5,755,281 Richard Lee Folsom Yumiko Murakami Jerry Black Ralph Iannazzone Macri Sayuri Saito Kouta Yamaguchi Other Assets $4,559,071 $4,597,853 Hitachi, Ltd. Dinusha Panditaratne and Robert Burton Yoko Ikeda Izumi D. Matsumoto Hiroyuki Sanbe Jane Yamano 42% Naomi Matsuoka HSBC Holdings plc Dumith Fernando Lindsay Byrne Ritsuko Ishii Setsuko Sasa Tsunenari Yamasaki TOTAL ASSETS Mako Matsuzaki 12% GOVERNMENT $11,436,223 $11,718,796 Rebecca Ip Jay Pritzker Academy Hsiu-Mei Chan Yosuke Ishii Catherine and Taisuka Karen Yan 3% IN-KIND Lale Kesebi Denise and Noritaka Tange Yoko Chang Yoko Ishikura-Kurita Makoto Matsuzaki Sasanuma Lanis Yarzab AUWSF makes its past audited financial statements publically available here: Young Joon Kim and Keun Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Mitsuru Chino Helena Iveson P. Reed Maurer Karen Seymour Masafumi Yasukouchi http://asian-university.org/whoweare/ Reports are under the “Finances” tab. Joo Lee Toshiba Corporation Leonard Simon Clow Jo K. Jagoda Jennifer McMahon Akiko Shimada Hitomi Yokote Chisato Mino Shigeki Kiritani Kenro Tsutsumi Kimberley Cole Japan Technical Yuka Shimada Koji Yoshida Supporter Country Breakdown FY 2016 Ladd Family Foundation White & Case, LLP Anne Copeland Analysists Mayo Mita-Nakatsuka Hirochika Shimizu Makoto Yoshida Yan Yan Li Tsumie Yamaguchi Liane Cresswell Association Satoko Mitsui Latifa and Abbas Stan Yukevich Jun Daikuhara Karin D. Johnson Taizo Miyagami Sitabkhan Brian Jahun Yun “Asian University for Women’s financial data reflects the growing confidence Mayumi Jones Kay Deguchi Kaori Miyake Randy Sloan LTRs of donors and partners in our approach to educating women who will have a ADVOCATES SOCIETY Lisa Dickson MaryAnne Jorgensen Masud Momen Lin Smyth Shiseido Co., Ltd. UNITED STATES Annual Gifts of $5,000 to $14,999 Dow Chemical Jill Joroff Lauren K. Moriarty Georgie Stevens meaningful impact in their communities. During Fiscal Year 2016, our strategy Japan Ltd. Yoko Kaizuka Yuko Nagahama Eugenia and Gerald 39% Anonymous John McGuire, Jr Sally Dwyer Emi Kajita Stevenson of investing in programs and critical support services while ensuring financial Marc Desmidt Mitsui & Co., Ltd. NETHERLANDS William Fung NPO Empowering Women stability resulted in AUW expanding its programs and furthering its commitment JAPAN Harvard University Asia Empowering Society 41% to educating women leaders. Whether you are a new donor or a long-term Center (JKSK) 13% Yumi and Eiich Kuwana Takahashi Foundation 4% HONG KONG, UK supporter, we at AUW deeply appreciate your confidence and support.” The Lefroy Family Deidra Wager 2% SINGAPORE, KUWAIT, GERMANY 1% BANGLADESH, KAPIL JAIN AUSTRALIA, Partner, Ernst & Young, India; Chairman, AUW and AUW Support Foundation Audit Committees MALAYSIA, FRANCE, AND OTHER

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Dipu Moni, Former Foreign Kapil Jain, Partner, Ernst & Meenakshi Gopinath, Former Marina Mahathir, Former *Sohorab Hossain, Education Minister, Bangladesh; Chair, Young; Treasurer, AUW Board Principal, Lady Shri Ram President, Malaysian AIDS Secretary, Bangladesh AUW Board of Trustees of Trustees & AUWSF Board College; Founder, WISCOMP Council; Board Member, Sisters Nirmala Rao, Pro-Director of Directors; Chair, AUW & in Islam Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad, Kamal Ahmad, President & (Learning and Teaching), AUWSF Audit Committees Former President, Qatar CEO, AUWSF *Shahidul Haque, Foreign SOAS-University of London; University; Vice Chair, AUW , Managing Affairs Secretary, Bangladesh incoming AUW Vice Chancellor Rubana Huq Humayun Kabir, Former Board of Trustees Director, Mohammadi Group Ambassador of Bangladesh Lynne Anne Davis, Young Joon Kim, Partner, Lâle Kesebi, Chief to the U.S. President & Senior Partner, *ex officio Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Communications Officer & FleishmanHillard Asia Pacific; Salahuddin Kasem Khan, McCloy LLP; Secretary, AUW Head of Strategic Engagement, Managing Director, A.K. Khan Co-Chair, AUWSF (HK) Ltd. Board of Trustees; Chairman, Li & Fung; Co-Chair, AUWSF & Co. Ltd. Board of Directors AUWSF Board of Directors (HK) Ltd. Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AUW SUPPORT FOUNDATION Jack R. Meyer, Chairman Young Joon Kim, Chairman Betty Y. Chen, Principal, Kathy M. Matsui, Vice Chairman, Catherine Watters-Sasanuma, Emeritus; Senior Managing BYC Projects LLC Goldman Sachs Japan Co. Ltd. Formerly of Washington State Kapil Jain Partner & CEO, Convexity , S.T. , Entrepreneur Health Department Kamal Ahmad Sheena S. Iyengar Miwa Seki Capital Management; Lee Professor of Business, Former President, Harvard Columbia Business School Management Co.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AUW SUPPORT FOUNDATION (HONG KONG) LTD.

Lynne Anne Davis Mia Bourgeois, Co-Founder, Anne Charron, Lawyer and Abbi DeLessio, Former Chair, Rebecca Ip, Founder, Director Altitude22 Ltd. Counsellor Hong Kong International of Luxury Partners Ltd. Caroline Chiu, Partner, Ernst & School Board of Managers Young; Treasurer, AUWSF (HK) Jennifer Carver, Chief Craig Dana, SVP Supply Chain Yan-Yan Li, Managing Director Ltd. Board of Directors Investment Officer, NEST Asia, Tory Burch Hong Kong Ltd. Richard Lee Folsom, & COO, SAIL Advisors Ltd. Investments Representative Partner, Advantage Partners

AUWSF (HK) LTD. COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Internship Committee: Partnership Committee: Communications Committee: Audit and Finance Craig Dana, Yan-Yan Li, Karen Abbi DeLessio, Kathleen Liane Cresswell, Lynne Anne Committee: Caroline Chiu, Seymour, MaryAnn Voli Ferrier, Harold Kim Davis, Jennifer Kok, Laura Lynne Anne Davis, Lâle Kesebi Tyson, Disha Widge on the cover: Mentorship Committee: Events Committee: Pakistani student, Mia Bourgeois, Anne Edith Chen, Rebecca Ip, Wai Nominations Committee: Charron, Kathleen Ferrier, Viji Yee Lam, Katharina Reimer Lynne Anne Davis, Rebecca Ip Usra Shaukat (Class Underwood, Gulnar Vaswani, of 2019), harvests MaryAnn Voli vegetables on the site of AUW’s permanent JAPAN SUPPORT GROUP campus. As we raise funds to build the Kathy Matsui Lauren Bliss-Kawasaki Chizuru Hoshi Yi Mei Angela Slape permanent campus, Catherine Watters- Annie Chang Ritsuko Kitahara Cecilia Melin Jill Solomon Sasanuma our land is utilized Hiroko Nishikawa Fu Kathy Krauth Robyn Nadler Karen Thomas to grow produce for Miwa Seki Martha Gomez Michaela Kuster Nuzhat Nazmul Nishi Nobuko Tsutsui AUW’s dining hall and Ashir Ahmed Sandra Guldemann Kanako Miyakoshi Vlerie Rubsamen Maggie Yamasaki to provide students Anaroid Arrick respite from the bustle of Chittagong city.