On 4 October in Central Asia, at the first annual International Conference on Digital Transformation (DTCA) jointly organised by the University of Central Asia with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said the communication ethics in Internet environment, providing cyber security, digital culture should became the obligatory rules in life. He emphasised that the digitalisation of society was an important process that would determine the country's place in the world.

Pakistan has a long way to go to improve the levels of education for girls. There is, however, good news in universities which creates a positive trickle-down effect. The Aga Khan University (AKU) has a campus in Karachi offering degrees in education and health; it has achieved a gender balance of 50% for both its student and staff intake. However, Firoz Rasul, President of AKU, sees a noticeable difference between graduates who return from overseas, identifying more confidence and resilience in taking up leadership positions. It is this exposure that has led to AKU developing a leadership programme working with overseas institutions to prepare more women to build capacity for leadership positions, particularly in the medical field.