The Asia Foundation

Expertise: Access to justice including legal rights awareness and women's rights within Islam; education; institutional capacity-building within governmental ministries; and the advancement of women.

Meloney Lindberg is the deputy country representative in Sri Lanka. Ms. Lindberg was The Asia Foundation's Deputy Country Representative in Afghanistan since 2004, where she managed diverse programs related to the advancement of women and girls through education initiatives, including development of a college preparatory course to increase enrollment in higher education. She has also worked with local Afghan organizations to pilot an awareness-raising program for community leaders on women's rights within an Islamic perspective. Ms. Lindberg also facilitated the distribution of new texts and educational resources in English to schools, universities, public libraries, non-governmental organizations, and other institutions through the Foundation's Books for Asia program. Based in Kabul, Ms. Lindberg's portfolio included managing a ten member team on a five-year project with the Ministry of Women's Affairs, providing support to put in place a temporary Afghan Government Media Center where journalists will have access to a fully-equipped center for press conferences and information on government priorities and policies, and oversaw a program to improve and streamline information and communications technology infrastructure in five key government ministries through the implementation of secure systems. She joined The Asia Foundation in 2002 as assistant country representative in the Philippines. In this position she helped to manage programs in countering corruption, economic reform, rule of law, and women's empowerment.

Prior to joining The Asia Foundation, Ms. Lindberg worked for the consulting firm Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) as a program and grants management specialist in Washington, D.C. She managed a multi-country study of women's organizations in post-conflict settings for USAID's Center for Development Information and Evaluation and was the project director for a global small grants initiative focused on property and inheritance rights, women's working conditions, and conservation-based income generating opportunities for women. From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Lindberg worked in The Asia Foundation's Nepal office as a program officer for Women's Legal Rights, Responsibilities, and Advocacy. She also previously served as coordinator of International Relations, International Exchange Department, Kagoshima City Hall, Kagoshima, Japan.

Education: B.A. in international studies from Miami University; M.A. in international and intercultural management from the School for International Training, World Learning; Brattleboro, Vermont.