For our second Gen A roundtable in 2024, we are sitting down with Farwa Aamer, Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) in New York.

Join us for this exclusive conversation and bring your own questions to the table!

Farwa Aamer holds a Bachelor's in Economics from University College London and a Master's in Management with Finance from BPP University, United Kingdom. From 2017 to 2021, she was with the EastWest Institute (EWI) and served as the Director of the South Asia program. At EWI, Farwa worked on promoting non-traditional channels of diplomacy and establishing multi-stakeholder platforms for shared economic, financial, and geopolitical interests by bringing together policy shapers, media influencers, thought leaders, and business experts from within South Asia and across the globe.

She then joined The Stimson Center in 2021 and worked on the security, political, and socio-economic dimensions of transboundary river governance in the Himalayan region. Through her work, Farwa has organized and convened high-level Track II dialogues and discussions designed to facilitate greater inter-and intra-regional cooperation on issues and opportunities concerning water, energy, climate change, and sustainable development in South Asia, MENA, and Central Asia. She also worked on highlighting the disproportionate impacts of climate change and water insecurity on women.

In 2023, Farwa became Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York, overseeing the institute’s policy work and projects in South Asia. She speaks, reads, and writes English, Spanish, Hindi and Urdu and has notions of Arabic and French. Her subjects of interest are diplomacy, South Asia, water crisis, climate action and gender equality.

Resources and Preparation Material

• The Ballot and Beyond: South Asia in 2024. Asia Society Policy Institute. December 7, 2023. (Video)
• Deciphering Pakistan’s Future: A Post-Election Analysis. Asia Society Policy Institute. February 12, 2024. (Video)
• Addressing South Asia’s Climate-Water Security Nexus. Farwa Aamer. Asia Society Policy Institute. October 2, 2023. (Article)
• South Asia at the crossroads: responding to global flashpoints. Farwa Aamer. The Express Tribune. November 3, 2023. (Article)
• South Asia’s Climate Crisis Beckons A Gender-Balanced Policy Approach. Farwa Aamer. Stimson Center. October 13, 2021. (Article)