Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality

January 23, 2023
Japanese

“Challenging the Root Causes of Gender Gaps”

Organizer:
Bower Group Asia Japan
Location:
Iwaki Business Innovation Center
Date:
28th January 2023, 10:00-11:30
Overview:
A lively and fruitful panel discussion on awareness of the gender gaps formed during childhood, the different efforts and approaches for gender equality in Japan and the US, and how to continue addressing women's empowerment.

Saturday Morning Feminist ReadingOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Alliance YouToo
Location:
Online（Zoom)
Date:
October 8th, 2022～February 18th, 2023
Overview:
Book Reading program "Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics" by Bell Fucks

Towards a Gender-Sensitive Parliament - the UK’s Reforms and Implications

Organizer:
The British Embassy Tokyo
Location:
British Ambassador’s Residence (1 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Date:
Wednesday 18 January 2023
Overview:
An invitation only seminar by leading British academic Professor Sarah Childs. Prof Childs is a renowned expert on gender and politics and the author of the highly impactful "The Good Parliament" report, which offered practical recommendations for the UK Parliament to become more inclusive. She will present insights from her research regarding how to establish a gender-sensitive parliament, followed by a panel discussion that aims to draw out implications for Japan's Diet.

Career seminar for female science students: "Lightweight Business Entrepreneurship".Open a New Window

Organizer:
Tohoku University Center for Gender Equality Promotion
Location:
Online
Date:
25 January, 2023
Overview:
This seminar aims to present the possibility of "entrepreneurship" as a career choice for young science women by inviting Keiko Nakamura, an engineering graduate who has launched a company in the new field of science communicator.

Young Entrepreneurship ForumOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Keio Women in Business, Keio Business Community and Keio Innovation Initiative
Location:
CIC Tokyo, Venture Café
Date:
05 February, 2023 (Sunday) 14:00-17:00
Overview:
"Young Entrepreneurs Conference" will be co-hosted with Keio Women In Business (KWIB) and Keio Business Community (KBC). We aim to bring together eminent leaders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of universities, corporate, government, and venture capital firms to inspire rising generations of entrepreneurs. We would especially like to focus on discussing the significance of empowering women in the industry of entrepreneurship. Mr. SUZUKI Keisuke, former State Ministers for Foreign Affairs, and Ms. MORI Masako, Special Advisors to the Prime Minister on Women’s Empowerment, will attend the event.

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights seminarOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Miyazaki Prefecture Gender Equality Center
Location:
online
Date:
Saturday, January 28th 2023 / Youtube Recorded Live Saturday,February 11th 2023 ～ Sunday, February 19th 2023
Overview:
An on-line seminar on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights by Shiori Onuki, mid-wife and YouTuber on sex education, for anyone interested to hear about “MY body” and “sex,” and to think and learn about your own “life for YOU to choose”.

Promoting the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda: Challenges and promising practices from Japan and the EU addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in conflict and other fragile settings

Organizer:
Joint Event by Delegation of the European Union to Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Location:
online
Date:
15 December 2022 (16:30～19:00 JST) (08:30～11:00 CET)
Overview:
As a part of the initiative by Japan and EU toward Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in this seminar, both parties will share the experience and lessons learnt especially on the Women, Pease and Security (WPS) and Eliminating Gender-based Violence.

The 1st KOSEN GIRLS SDGs×Technology ContestOpen a New Window

Organizer:
National Institute of Technology
Location:
Nikkei Hall
Date:
January 15, 2023 (Sunday)
Overview:
It is a contest in which KOSEN girls propose technology development to solve social problems based on the results of daily research and exercises from the perspective of SDGs.
We will contribute to expanding the recognition and activities of KOSEN girl's social values and increasing the number of women engineers and researchers in Japan.

Tokushima DX forum

Organizer:
Tokushima Prefecture
Location:
1-1,Higashihamabouji,Yamashiro-cho,Tokushima City,Tokushima Prefecture AstyTokushima Bridalcore Tokiwa hall
Date:
January 30, 2023 (Monday)
Overview:
We hold the event, in which provides the latest DX information by the lectures of experts and holds award ceremonies for the digital technology contest for men and women of all ages, to aim to establish diverse self-actualizations and workstyles for all genders.

New form of capitalism in Japan and Nordic vision. Part 1: Labor participation, gender equality, and work-life balance.

Organizer:
Embassies of Nordic countries in Tokyo(Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden), Sasaka Peace Foundation
Location:
Sasakawa Peace Foundation, International conference room
Date:
Dec 5th, 2022 17:00~19:00PM (2h)
Overview:
"The Nordic countries embassies in Tokyo with support from the Nordic Council of Ministers will organize a series of seminar focusing on the “New Form of Capitalism and the Nordic vision”. The topic for the first seminar will be labor participation, gender equality, and work-life balance

Waffle FestivalOpen a New Window

Organizer:
特定非営利活動法人Waffle
Location：
Online
Date：
December 16th and 17th, 2022
Overview：
To enable the next generation of female students and gender minorities to pursue careers in the IT field through the presentation by female IT engineers and other professionals.

The Women's Empowerment Promotion SeminarOpen a New Window

Organizer:
National Women's Education Center
Location:
Online
Date:
December 6th, 15th - 22nd, 2022
Overview:
NWEC will hold an online seminar to encourage thought-provoking discussion on empowering women and diverse talent as well as organizational development. This seminar will be hold over the specially launched website of "Forum on the Promotion of Gender Equality".

Seminar to support startups in the cosmetics industry (free)Open a New Window

Organizer:
HOHO CO.,LTD
Location:
Camllia Tower, 4-5-26 Honmachi, Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture(2nd floor meeting room)
Date:
November 12, 2022 (Saturday)
Overview:
We teach basic knowledge, know-how, and practices for operating in the cosmetics industry.

Amelias national female entrepreneurs’ Co-Working Day x Amelias Startup AcademyOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Women's Startup Lab Impact Foundation Japan
Location:
GOLDEN EGG（Shibuya, Tokyo）、ANCHOR KOBE （Kobe City）、Incubation Hub DRIVE（Sapporo City）、YOXO BOX (Yokohama City）、Online（ZOOM）
Date:
Octber 21, November 18, December 16 2022
Overview:
In a movement to support women's entrepreneurship, through The Amelias national female entrepreneus's co-working Day, co-working offices across Japan will establish regular anniversaries for women entrepreneurs and challenge the community to create an environment where they can learn and support each other. From Silicon Valley, the special entrepreneurship programs "Amelias Academy" will be also offered by Ari Horie, world-renowned for her support of women entrepreneurs.

Forum on the Promotion of Gender EqualityOpen a New Window

Organizer:
National Women's Education Center
Location:
Online
Date:
December 1 - 22, 2022
Overview:
With many advocates for gender equality coming together from all over the country, regardless of discipline and organization, this forum is the largest project by NWEC, which has continued to promote interactive learning for solving problems. NWEC will provide a wide range of programs as well as workshop-style lectures and panel exhibitions by inviting entries from the public. Owing to the continued impact of Covid-19, this forum will be held over the specially launched website.

Gender Equality Training for Teachers and StaffOpen a New Window

Organizer:
National Women's Education Center
Location：
Online
Date：
November 14, 2022 - January 20, 2023
Overview：
Commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, NWEC will hold an online training course and an online forum for managers of boards of education as well as teachers and staff of elementary and secondary education. The purpose of this training course is to make teachers and school staff aware of their own unconscious biases and fixed notions of gender roles, and to help them identify existing problems at school and seek solutions to achieve gender equality.

JWEF Incentive Award to young women engineers - AnnualOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Japan Wemen Engineers Forum
Location:
Online
Date:
November 17, 2022
Overview:
The "JWEF Incentive Award for young women engineers" (JWEF Encouragement Award) is intended to recognize young female engineers who, through their work, have achieved results that have revolutionized existing social and workplace attitudes and customs, and to present them as role models.

Non Profit Organization GEWELOpen a New Window

Organizer:
GEWEL Open Forum 2022 Movie Festival "Reliving Diversity"
Location:
Tokyo Women's Plaza and Online
Date:
Saturday, 29th October at 3 p.m.
Overview:
The theme of the program is "Reliving Diversity" and we will watch a movie and have a dialogue. We will deepen our understanding of diversity through social care, gidnity of life, reproductive health, gender issues, family forms, invisible diffrences, coming out, etc.

Training on Gender Responsive Approach to Disaster ManagementOpen a New Window

Organizer:
National Women's Education Center of Japan
Location:
National Women's Education Center, Online
Date:
Wednesday 21st September to Monday 14th November 2022
Overview:
NWEC will co-host with the Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office an online training program on learning the importance of promoting gender equality in normal times and disaster response measures that consider gender equality.

NWEC Global SeminarOpen a New Window

Organizer:
National Women's Education Center of Japan
Location:
National Women's Education Center, Online
Date:
From Friday 14th October to Monday 31st October 2022
Overview:
Towards gender equal society in the future, the Keynote speaker highlights the digital divide and gender issues in digital technology development. Then, the selected cases from India, Syria and Japan showcase the application of digital technologies for addressing gender issues. Following the on-demand presentations, Japanese panelists, including youth discuss our engagement towards technology use for gender equality in the online webinar session in Japanese.

CSI (Crowd Social Investment) Challenge 4Open a New Window

Organizer:
ARUN Seed
Location:
social hive HONGO, 40-10, Hongo 3 chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan + Online
Date:
October 3, 2022 to January 31, 2023
Overview:
CSI Challenge4 is the fourth in a series of initiatives implemented since 2016 to promote social impact investments, which combines Social Enterprise Competition and Crowdfunding. This year we are focusing on gender inequality, which we found still deeply rooted in our society and became a greater challenge than ever in the wake of the new coronavirus.

Kagayaki School, Women's Healthcare Educational ProgramOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.
Location:
Multiple high schools across the country
Date:
Aplil 2022 to March 2023
Overview:
Kagayaki School sends a gynecologist to high schools to offer a visiting class to support education on women's health, including menstruation, contraception, reproductive health, female-specific diseases and life and family planning. The program aims to enhance adolescents' literacy on women's health and empower them to maintain work-life-health balance and achieve their career and social aspirations.

‘For Every Age of Her Life’ travelling photo exhibitionOpen a New Window

(photo) For Every Age of Her Life
Organizer:
UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office
Location:
Tokyo International Forum/ Komaba Campus University of Tokyo, JICA
Date:
1-2 October 2022 (Tokyo International Forum), Oct – Dec 2022 (University of Tokyo), 26 Dec – 28 Jan 2023 (JICA)
Overview:
Today, Asia-Pacific is the fastest ageing region in the world. ‘For Every Age of Her Life’ travelling photo exhibition will propose a importance of life-cycle approach for ageing society; an approach which aims at healthy and active ageing through investment in each stage of a woman’s life.

Women20: Rural Women and EmpowermentOpen a New Window

Organizer:
Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University
Location:
Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University
Date:
12, November, 2022, 14:00-15:40
Overview:
Women20(W20) Japan, in corporation with World Assembly for Women, contributes to the promotion of gender equality and empowerment together with the younger generation and citizens who are interested in women's economic and social activities and solidarity.

A Conversation with the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton With Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General 27 Years After Beijing: A Watershed Moment for Gender Equality

Organizer:
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Location:
1-15-16 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8524, Japan
Date:
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Overview:
We are thrilled to welcome the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, world leader, and steadfast advocate for women’s rights, for a conversation with Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs over gender equality.
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