AUW offers 250 scholarships to women from Gaza

CHATTOGRAM, Feb 07: Asian University for Women (AUW) in the port city has offered 250 scholarships to the highly-qualified female students from war-torn Gaza to join its undergraduate or graduate programmes.

The AUW scholarships will cover all costs of international travel, room, board, tuition, health care and a monthly stipend, said AUW officials.

Some 250 students have already been selected based on their past academic performance and other records of accomplishments.

AUW CEO Kamal Ahmad conveyed this commitment when he called on Dr Riad Mansour, ambassador of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, at the latter's office in New York on February 01.