Her Royal Highness Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg Joins the Asian University for Women Council of Patrons
LUXEMBOURG - Asian
University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh, announced today the commitment of
Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg to serve as a Patron of the
University. The University serves extraordinarily talented women from 15
countries across Asia and the Middle East, most of whom are first in their
family to enter university. The University's Council of Patrons is chaired by
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and includes former Italian Foreign
Minister Emma Bonino, former Danish Environment Minister Lone Dybkjaer, former
Chief Secretary of Hong Kong Anson Chan, and the UNESCO Director General Irina
Bokova. The Patrons advocate for women's
education and empowerment in general, and the Asian University for Women in
particular.
The Havana-born, U.S. - and Swiss-educated Grand Duchess is
renowned for her unwavering commitment to issues of human concern around the
world. She serves as the President of Luxembourg Red Cross, and has been a
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children. A champion
of microfinance, the Grand Duchess has collaborated with Bangladesh's Nobel
Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus in advancing microfinance
throughout the world. She has advocated
for issues affecting the disadvantaged in many countries including Bangladesh,
Laos, Nepal, Mali and Burundi. Her Royal Highness was awarded a Path to Peace
Award by the Holy See Foundation for her "relentless contribution to
humanitarian causes."
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About Asian
University for Women (AUW)
Founded in 2008 and located in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Asian
University for Women is the first of its kind:
a regional institution dedicated to women's education and leadership
development -- international in outlook, but rooted in the contexts and
aspirations of the people of Asia.
Students from 15 countries attend AUW.
This University exists solely to support a rising network of women
leaders, entrepreneurs and change makers from across the region. It seeks out
women who have significant academic potential and demonstrate courage and a
sense of outrage at injustice and are empathic to the woes of other
people. A majority of AUW's students are
first in their family to enter university; 98% of AUW's students are on full or
near-full scholarship funded by private donors from around the world. A majority of AUW graduates find employment
in the private sector in their home countries while about 25% go on to pursue
graduate studies. AUW graduates or former students have been admitted to
Stanford, Oxford, Columbia, Brandeis, Surrey and a host of other leading
universities in the world.
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