CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH – Media OutReach Newswire – February 6, 2024 – The Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh, has offered 250 scholarships to highly qualified female students from war-torn Gaza to join its undergraduate programs. undergraduate or graduate level. AUW scholarships will cover all costs of international travel, accommodation, board, tuition, healthcare and a monthly stipend. It should unfortunately be noted that at least one AUW graduate who returned home to Gaza remains unaccounted for to this day.
His Excellency Ambassador Riad Mansour of Palestine hands over a valuable book on Palestine to AUW founder Mr. Kamal Ahmad.
The 250 students have already been chosen based on their previous academic results and other achievements. The Founder and CEO of AUW, Mr. Kamal Ahmad, conveyed this commitment when he visited His Excellency Dr. Riad Mansour, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, at the latter’s offices in New York on February 1.st. Ambassador Mansour, who himself was an educator earlier in his career, deeply appreciated the AUW’s gesture and assured the AUW of his support in enabling the rapid transfer of students from Gaza to the AUW campus. ‘AUW in Chittagong.
It is worth noting that the AUW was established by the Parliament of Bangladesh in 2008 to specifically support the education of women from conflict zones, among others. Nearly 550 Afghan students currently attend AUW; AUW has at least 300 other students from other conflict zones, including Myanmar, Syria and Yemen. In a recent graduation speech, Professor Richard Saller, president of Stanford University, spoke of his personal experience teaching a group of AUW students at Stanford one summer “like the experience most rewarding teaching experience of my career” and added: “These students came from modest families from various countries in South Asia. One of the main goals of the AUW was to instill confidence and a powerful sense of agency in these students, who came from societies that limited opportunities for women – sometimes severely.”
Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the Patron-in-Chief of AUW while Honorable Minister of Social Welfare Dr. Dipu Moni is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Prominent educationist and entrepreneur Dr. Rubana Huq is Vice-Chancellor.
A one million square foot custom-designed campus is being developed on a 140-acre plot of land in Chittagong, under the leadership of renowned architects Moshe Safdie and Renzo Piano. Once fully constructed, AUW will be able to serve 11,000 talented students from across the region, regardless of their economic, social, religious, national or ethnic background. Additionally, an AUW Lab School led by founding principal Dr Dale Taylor will launch in August this year and will target younger students with the greatest potential for academic and leadership success.
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