The late Lone Dybkjaer served as Danish Environment Minister as well as a member of the European Parliament was a co-founder of the Asian University for Women. Her husband, Poul Nyrrup Rasmussen, established the Lone Dybkjaer Foundation to support scholarships for outstanding women attending AUW in Chittagong. A classroom at AUW has been named after Lone Dybkjaer.
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Former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrrup Rasmussen with Lone Dybkjaer Scholars at the Asian University for Women.