Elaben Bhatt, 89, noted Gandhian, leading women’s empowerment activist, and renowned founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) passed away on Wednesday in a hospital in Ahmedabad after a ...

An Indian non-profit organisation, Educate Girls, has become the first Indian NGO to receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025, often hailed as the Asian Nobel Prize. The honour recognised ...

MANILA, Philippines – Amid the chimes of gongs, Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa teaches a group of women and children the mystical moves of a centuries-old dance form she has struggled to save from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2018 Ramon Magsaysay awardees pose with Philippine Vice-president Leni Robredo, fourth from left, and Senen Bacani, Chair of ...

MANILA — The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s premier prize and highest honor, recognizing transformative leadership and ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Amid the chimes of gongs, Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa teaches a group of women and children the mystical moves of a centuries-old dance form she has struggled to save from ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s ...

Christians in India have expressed happiness over an Indian Christian winning the Ramon Magsaysay award for his work to eliminate manual scavenging. Bezwada Wilson, a Dalit Christian from the southern ...

A communist party leader, Shailaja, was made to turn down the Magsaysay award on the ground that her success was the outcome of collective effort. But communists do sometimes promote individuals over ...

In celebration of International Women’s Month, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation honored 10 of its awardees who have championed women's empowerment across Asia. Over the years, these honorees have ...