Asian University for Women (AUW) is dedicated to the education, empowerment, and leadership development of highly talented women from across Asia and the Middle East. Preferential selection is given to underserved populations; our students include garment factory workers, daughters of microfinance borrowers, young women from the tea plantations, Rohingya refugees, women from Madrasa schools, among others. AUW is delighted to announce that 1,600 students are enrolled for the 2024-25 academic year, almost 500 of whom are from Afghanistan.
To support this mission, AUW invites recent liberal arts graduates to join as Teaching Fellows. These fellows play a crucial role across various academic programs and take on diverse teaching responsibilities throughout the university. The year-long fellowship, which starts in mid-July, is essential for advancing AUW’s goal of cultivating future leaders. AUW seeks recent graduates of liberal arts institutions with strong academic and extracurricular records who share an unmitigated passion for women’s education to apply.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Teach one year, beginning in mid-July 2025
- Teach roughly 9-15 contact hours per week as assigned by the Program Directors
- Oversee one extracurricular activity each term
- Other duties as assigned by the Program Directors
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
- Stipend of $1,000, paid monthly
- Round trip airfare to and from Chittagong
- Visa fees reimbursed upon arrival
- Health insurance/services
- A shared furnished faculty apartment
- Free access to dining halls
- Orientation prior to the start of classes
- In addition, AUW is exploring the option for 3-week Internship between fall and spring terms with a governmental or prominent nonprofit organization.
AUW has an illustrious team of Patrons and Board members, including
- Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
- Patron Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Prime Minister of Denmark
- Chancellor of AUW, Cherie Blair, human rights lawyer, UK
