May 25_2022, Ambassador Haas announced the resumption of the U.S. Fulbright Program in Bangladesh after a six-year suspension and launched ECA-funded Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in collaboration with BRAC University The U.S. Fulbright scholar Dr. Sharon Jaynes Hart and AWE will promote young women entrepreneurs and gender equality and equity. Both these projects demonstrate the U.S.’s continued efforts to improve opportunities for young change makers in Bangladesh, especially women, and foster people-to-people ties.