Kobe University UNESCO Chair
Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster

Dates:
Venue: On-line

(Sat)

(Sun)

Greetings
Ronni Alexander
Director, Gender Equality Oﬃce, Kobe University ··························

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1. Conference Schedule······································································································· 3

2. Short Lecture······················································································································ 4
Ronni Alexander
Director, Gender Equality Oﬃce, Kobe University
3. Short Videos about COVID-19 ····················································································· 8
4. Student Presentations ···································································································

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5. Focus Group Presentations ··························································································· 28
6. Questionnaires····················································································································· 40
7. Overall Comment·············································································································· 58

Greetings
Ronni Alexander
Director, Gender Equality Oﬃce, Kobe University
I am very happy to share with you the report of our ﬁrst Kobe University UNESCO Chair Online
International COVID-19 Conference, held from 20-21 February 2021. The 45 participants included
faculty and a total of 33 students from Kobe University and our UNESCO Chair partner universities:
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia; National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan; Mae Fah Luang University and Thammasat University, Thailand; and Universiti Tunku
Abdal Rahman, Malaysia. The Kobe University UNESCO Chair is entitled “Gender and Vulnerability
in Disaster Risk Reduction Support,” and its purpose is to share experience gained since the 1995
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and to deepen connections with other countries andinstitutions to create a safer and more inclusive world. An important aspect of our UNESCO Chair is
education, and as the only UNESCO Chair devoted to gender and disaster, we felt it was especially
important to focus some attention on the current COVID-19 pandemic. Although the pandemic is
far from over, it is important to reﬂect on what has happened so far, share our experiences andknowledge, learn from each other and work together to get through this diﬃcult time and make abetter tomorrow. One step in this process of reﬂection and cooperation was the holding of thisInternational COVID-19 Conference.
The conference itself had two main parts: information sharing and knowledge production. The
information sharing part featured presentations from each university reﬂecting the situation in
their country from the perspective of gender and vulnerability. The knowledge production aspect
was based on discussions in focus groups composed of students and faculty members from eachof the participating institutions, group presentations and plenary discussions. The focus groups
were tasked with responding to the following questions: (1) What are important issues to address
in a pandemic with regard to gender and vulnerability? (2) What can individuals, groups,

governments, NGOs, international organizations, and international networks like ours do toimprove the situation? What can/will you do? (3) What would you want to share with future
generations about this experience? Their ﬁnal presentations were excellent and are included inthis report.
I would like to take this opportunity to again thank all involved in the preparation andimplementation of this conference. It is impossible to replicate on-line the actual experience ofvisiting a foreign country, but in addition to sharing knowledge, participants at this conference
were able to make friends and deepen connections across borders. I hope those friendships
remain and grow stronger, even after the memories of this on-line conference have faded and thecurrent crisis is long behind us.

1ごあいさつ神戸大学男女共同参画推進室長

アレキサンダー ロニー

２０２１年２月２０日〜２１日に開催された初めての神戸大学ユネスコチェア オンライン国際

COVID-19会議の報告書を共有できることはとてもうれしいです。神戸大学とユネスコチェアの4か国のパートナー大学（ガジャマダ大学｛インドネシア｝、高雄科技大学｛台湾｝、
メーファールアン大学とタマサー

ト大学｛タイ｝、
トゥンク・アブドゥル・ラーマン学｛マレーシア｝）から３３名の学生や先生が参加し、計45名の会議が開催されました。

神戸大学ユネスコチェアのテーマは「ジェンダーや脆弱性に配慮した減災対策」
であり、１９９５年の阪神淡路大震災の経験を共有し、ほかの国や大学などとのつながりを強化し、より安全でインクルーシブな世界をつくることを目的としています。 ユネスコチェアの重要な活動の一つは教育で、
ジェンダーと災害をテーマとする唯一のユネスコチェアとして、現在の新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に目を向ける必要があると考えました。 現在の流行は決して終わったわけではないですが、今までのことをふりかえり、経験や知識を共有し、お互いから学び、そして今の大変な時期を乗り越えてより良い明日をつくりだすために協力すること重要です。 よって、今回の国際COVID-19会議は、ふりかえりと協力のプロセスの一環として開催されました。

会議は、二つの部分から構成されています。 第一部の主な目的は情報の共有で、第二部は知識の創造を目的としています。 前半では、各大学の学生がジェンダーや脆弱性の視点からその国の現状を発表しました。 後半は、各大学の学生や教員から構成された分科会での議論、グループ発表と全体での議論を行いました。 分科会では、以下の問いかけに答えるような課題が与えられました。 （１）パンデミックが起きたら、
ジェンダーと脆弱性に関する最も重要な課題とはなにか。
（２）個人、集団、政府、NGO、国際機構や私たちのような国際的なネットワークは現状を改善するためになにかできるのか。あなた自身はなにができ、なにをするのか。
（３）
コロナの体験について、次世代になにを伝えたいか。
これらの問いかけについての最終発表は非常に優れており、本報告書に掲載されているので、ぜひご覧ください。

最後にもう一度準備から実施までかかわった皆様に感謝の意を表したいと思います。 オンライン会

議では、実際に外国を訪れることを再現することは不可能ですが、知識の共有以外に、本会議に参加された方々は国境を超えて友だちになり、つながりを強化することができました。現在の危機が過ぎ去り、本会のことが記憶から消えた後でも、この会議をきっかけに生まれた友情がずっと強くなり続けることを祈っています。

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Day 1
10:30-10:45

16:00-16:30

Opening remarks & shortlecture/introduc on (15 min)Short videos from eachgroup about COVID-19
Student presenta ons**
10 min./group
5 groups/15 min. = 90 min.
presenta on and 5
min. ques on/comment
Discussion
Ques ons/comments
Breakout rooms available ifnecessary for mee ng,
cha ng, etc.
Country group discussion:
Focus groups incon rm understanding of
breakout rooms.
presenta ons, etc.
Plenary
Presenta on theme
assignment explained
Mixed group discussion
Focus groups inabout presenta on,
breakout rooms.
situa ons in each country:
ques ons and comments
Sharing and closing

Day 2
10:30-10:45

Good morning

10:45-11:00
11:00-12:45

12:45-13:15
Lunch break
14:15-14:45
14:45-15:00
15:00-16:00

10:45-12:30

Focus groups: Prepare reportfor the plenary (5 min.)12:30-13:15

Focus group presenta ons,
discussion
Closing remarks

13:15-13:30

Review assignment
task for groups
Students in mixed
groups. White board,
etc. for brainstorming
6 groups/5 min. per
group
Photo

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Plenary

faculty/sta will join
as advisers for theirstudents
Focus group members
announced
faculty/sta will join
as advisers for eachgroup

faculty/sta will join
as advisers
Order: To beannounced
Show Cer cates,
ques onnaireShort Lecture“Why Kobe University UNESCO Chair is Having a
COVID-19 Conference”
Ronni Alexander
Director, Gender Equality Oﬃce, Kobe University

4Kobe University UNESCO Chair: Gender and Vulnerability inDisaster Risk Reduction Support• Who is here?
• Indonesia team (UGM)• Malaysia team (UTAR & Mercy
Malaysia)• Thailand team (MFU & NIDC)• Taiwan team (NKUST)• Japan team (KU)

COVID-19 International Conference 2021
2021.2.20-21
Ronni Alexander
Director, Kobe
Ko University Gender Equality Office

http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/opge-kyodosankaku/index.html
2021/2/20

2021/2/20• Short videos
1. MFU
2. UTAR
3. NKUST
4. UGM
5. KU

My talk• Introduce Kobe University UNESCO
Chair• Introduce our conference• Give some examples of why genderand vulnerability are important

R. Alexander

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Discussion Groups
Students

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Siwakorn
Chonnipa
Ploypim
Kunanon
KaewkaAmornwat
MamuenPanninWang, HsiangChun
Lin, JIA-HUI
Liu, Kai Cheng Su, Yu Chun
Heng Chun Keat
Pang Jin Min
Tô Thị Thu Hà (M)
PENG YICHING (M)INOOKA
Ohzeki Ayako Hirose Yuka
Miyoshi Norisa TOMOKA
Agstri Lestari
Putri

UGM

I Made Moh. Yuniasih
Endar Kurianto Yanuar Saifudin Purwanti
Marsha Yoke
Nancy

Teachers

Syahirul Alim

Uki Noviana

Hersinta Retno Martani

NKUST
UTAR
KU

2021/2/20

Lim Ming Han

Lee Yee Ling

Huang Yuk Feng

Lu, Jinlong

Sun, Jhih-Sian

Yu, Huilung

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Tan Kok Weng

Tseng, Kuo-Tsung

Tseng, Wen Jui

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4• Objective: creation of a university network for:• Teaching• Research• Cross-border sharing of knowledge• Approval

UNESCO Chairs as of2021.1.20
Worldwide: 831
Japan: 10• Needs approval by UNESCO headquarters• Four-year period• No accompanying funding• RoleAriani Arista Putri
PertiwiQuake Huay Tin• Presentations (Saturday)
1. NKUST
2. UGM
3. MFU
4. UTAR
5. KU

What is a UNESCO Chair?

Group 6Thanyachanok
Nhorwaen
Kornkanok senabud
Chen, HongWei
Lin, Hui wen
Choong Ping
Khang (M)Hsieh, Yi Hsuan
TANAKA
KOTOMI
Mizuta Masanosuke
FENG
JIEQIONG(Jean)
Babina Svetlana
Dwi Puji
Ni Luh Seri Astuti
Putranti

MFU

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Presentation schedule

What will we do?
Schedule• Today (morning): videos andpresentations from each team
• Today (afternoon): discussion insmall groups• Tomorrow morning: morediscussion• Tomorrow afternoon: presentation
about your group discussions• Closing ceremony

R. Alexander• Research, education, partnering, community outreach52021/2/20

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Kobe University UNESCO Chair

Partner Institutions* Green: Students and Faculty attending this meeting* Blue: Only faculty attending this meeting• Title: Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction Support• Purpose:• UGM: Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia• NKUST National Kaohsiung University of Scienceand Technology, Taiwan• UTAR: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia• School of Social Innovation, Mae Fah Luang
University, Thailand• NIDC: Network for International Development
Cooperation, Thammasat University, Thailand• Mercy Malaysia, Malaysia• Kobe University, Japan• NWEC: National Women’s Education Center, Japan• Share experience of disaster from Kobe University to the world• Deepen connections with other countries, institutions to create a safer andmore inclusive world• Duration: 4 years; 2018.4~2022.3• Only UNESCO Chair on gender & disaster• Under supervision of UNESCO Women’s Division• Part of a Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender (23 chairs)
2021/2/20

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2021/2/20

This conference

Joint research withpartners• Gender sensitiveand inclusive
guidelines fordisaster risk
reduction• Build
multidisciplinarymodel for DRR

EDUCATION/
AWARENESSGUIDELINES

2021/2/20

POLICYRECOMMENDATIONS

Awareness & strategy Establish guidelines
implementation• Circulate and• Training fordisseminate
students,
through seminars,
professional, policy
symposia, HP, etc.
makers• DRR awarenessactivities for local
community

MERCY
Malaysia

MFU

Kobe
University
NIDC

NKUST

NWEC

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Why Kobe University UNESCO Chair ishaving a COVID-19 Conference

Tasks of our UNESCO ChairRESEARCH

UGM

UTAR

Policyrecommendations• Should meet local
needs• Should aim tobuild more
resilient andinclusive society• The COVID-19 Pandemic is a global disaster

DDR NETWORKEXPANSION• Serious social, economic implications at all levels: individual to countries, regions andthe entire world• Global cooperation is necessary to overcome the pandemic

Expansion of DRR
network• Build international
DRR network
based on genderequality and social
inclusion• The current crisis is not the first health emergency, nor will it be the last
• Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDs, SARS, MERS, Ebola …
• With increasing natural and human disasters, awareness and preparedness are
essential• A gender perspective and focus on vulnerability can help to make a safer
world• If the world is safer for the most vulnerable in our communities, it will be safer for
everyoneR. Alexander

92021/2/20

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10What are some of the issues for women?

Who is made vulnerable by COVID-19?

• Issues especially affecting women and girls

We know that COVID-19 is worse for:• Older people• People with underlying medical conditions
Some factors helping you to recognize vulnerability• gender, age, income, employment status, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
language, disability, living alone or with others, living with schoolaged or younger children, lifestyle choices, living spaces (prisons, carehomes, small and crowded spaces)• Women, men, other genders/sexualities are affected differently.
Please think about those differences – What? How? Who? Why?

• Hardest hit jobs, healthcare and other frontline services• Jobs without social protection• Increased work as unpaid family, community caregivers• Take over when schools, childcare and other services are closed, reduced• Domestic violence• Increases in:• Poverty, unplanned pregnancies, school dropouts, child labor of adolescent girls, household
work, maternal deaths, food insecurity and malnutrition, trafficking, transactional sex, cyberharassment• Reduced or loss of:• Income, financial empowerment, access to healthcare and WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene),• Likely to be long-term negative implications - economic security & autonomy• Women with multiple vulnerabilities are more likely to be adversely affected2021/2/20

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Objectives of our conference

What I hope you will do here

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• Think about what you can do for your community!
• Think about how and why gender and vulnerability are important!
• Think about how to pass on this experience to future generations!
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Covid-19 Video Links
Mae Fah Luang University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3qcng-N6OE

Universi� Tunku Abdal Rahman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVe17zRJ59c

Na�onal Kaohsiung University of
Science and Technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aBtggHVAVg

Gadjah Mada University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2hMF3faC3E

Kobe University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkVoJw4XXuw

8Na�onal Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
Gadjah Mada University
Mae Fah Luang University
Universi� Tunku Abdal Rahman
Kobe University

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5[XZKGSWhat Have We Learned
from

Covid-19 in 2020
Presenters烉Kai and Nick
February 20, 2021

Nick

Kai

Shan

Jill

Tina

Shelly5[ZROTK

1 The invisible vulnerability under Covid-19
2 The voices of the front line in pandemic prevention
3 The economic impact
4 The influences for international students and the graduates
5 Conclusion

The invisible vulnerability under
Covid-19

Brides from China(XOJKYLXUS)NOTG
• Teasing

The voices of the front line in• Emotional bullying

pandemic prevention• Self-strengthening• Caring for the disadvantages• Friendly pluralistic society• Flight attendants• Medical staff• Pioneers of community pandemic prevention

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• Receiving mission under pandemic• Unbelievable work load

• Income decreasing due to global
lockdown• Guardian angel• Community support• Surprisingly family reunion• A lot of bitterness to do thejob well• Slashies

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• Quarantine checking

The economic impact• Shortage of epidemic supplies• Unconditional love forhometown• Lockdown• Business stagnant Unemployment• Subsidy from government Revitalization plan
• Handmade bun shop Travel agency

:NKXKYOROKTIKULYSGRRH[YOTKYYKY• Job opportunities for Middle-aged women

The impact for international students• No business registration no compensationand the graduates of 2020

• Employer and employee survive together• God helps those who help themselves• the graduates of 2020
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:NKMXGJ[GZKYUL/TZKXTGZOUTGRYZ[JKTZY• Decrease in job opportunity• Hard to get visa

• Internship brings job opportunity• Quarantine21 days

• The world changes constantly• Dull student life

• On-line interview / work remotely)UTIR[YOUT• Covid-19= public health + economy+ societyConclusion• We are united• Cooperation solves the pandemic
crises• We should increase our knowledge
and ability to adapt the ever change
society

Behind every cloudthere is a silver lining.
We hope all of us are well and safe.

Thank You !

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COVID-19 EXPERIENCES IN
INDONESIA(issues, adaptations, and innovations)DWI PUJI PUTRANTINI LUH SERI ASTUTIAGSTRI LESTARI PUTRIENDAR KURIANTO
I MADE MOH. YANUAR SAIFUDINMARSHA YOKE NANCY

Cultural side-performing art

Cultural side-religious gathering
Islam

Christian
BuddhaBali

Semarang

Hindu

Yogyakarta

Konghucu

Bandung

Educational side

Magelang

Educational SIDEDAILY ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOLDIGITAL LEARNING WITH ONLINE CLASSES

Closing schools or semi lockdown andsubstitutes to online classes (digitallearning)

Teaching-learning activities, student assignments, and examinations utilize online platforms, forinstance, Google Classroom, Zoom, Webex, etc. (due to large-scale social restriction regulation)

Advantages and disadvantages of digitallearning are always exist. Adapt to the
new learning approach is a must !

Learning process refers to learning in
the era of the industrial revolution 4.0
and community 5.0 (Merdeka Campus)

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HOW IS COVID-19 AFFECTING INDONESIA IN HEALTHEDUCATION INNOVATIONS INRESPONSE TO PANDEMIC

Barriers in health service

Limited covid-19 detection tools

Most people don't use masks

Panic

University initiated to develop practical-based activities in augmented(AR) and virtual reality (VR) for immersive distance learning

Many medical personnel died

Online Consultation

Medical personnel lack personal
protective equipment

Empowerment of Local’s MSME
by the government

Full covid-19 patient care center

Massive Recruitment Healthcare Workers to Care
Covid-19 Patients

Covid-19 Emergency Hospital andBuilding

THE INNOVATIONS IN INDONESIAPCR test for people with symptoms and close
contact of confirmed cases of Covid-19

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Presented By
Kornkanok Sanabud
2nd year student
School of Social Innovation

Kobe University UNESCO Chair

Chonnipa Amornwat
1st year of MA program
School of Social Innovation“Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster”
International COVID-19 Conference
Thailand Cases
Siwakorn Kaewka
4th year student
School of Social Innovation

Today’s outlines
01

02

The Experiences and Impacts Impacts of COVID-19 to Rural Womenof COVID-19 in Thailand
in Pineapple Micro-Enterprises ofNang Lae Sub District in Chiang Rai

03

04

Education “Door-to-Door”: The Teacher's
Creative Response and Strategy to the
Covid-19 Impact in Rural Schoolin Chiang Rai

Impacts of COVID-19 on Merchants
in Chiang Rai Night Bazaar andNight Market Walking Street

What has life during COVID-19
pandemic been like in Thailand?

Mae Fah Luang University during COVID-19 Pandemic

1.The Impact on Employment

According to the National Statistical Office and Social Security Office and Bank ofThailand’s article, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Thailand’s employment. The workers needto reduce the working hours and lay off if necessary, which influences their income.

Source: https://www.alamy.com/bangkok-thailand-26th-sep-2020-people-visit-the-job-expo-thailand-2020-in-bangkok-thailand-sept-262020-the-national-job-fair-runs-from-sept-26-to-sept-28-credit-rachen-sageamsakxinhuaalamy-live-news-image376804810.html

Source: Facebook MFU Photoclub

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3. The Impact on Export
2.The Impact on Tourism and Aviation

COVID-19 pandemic has hit the lowest number of Thai export, 22.5%, for the
first time in more than ten years. In the first five months of 2020, the Thai export has

COVID-19 has also impacted Thai tourism by decreasing the number of foreign tourists from a
total number 32,582,548 people in 2019 to 6,692,775 people in 2020 (-79.46%), even though
Thailand has begun to receive ‘special’ tourists to come to Thailand under conditions ofdetention in ASQ (Alternative State Quarantine), an alternative state-designated detention
facility.

shrunk to 3.7% due to lockdown measures of each country.

Source: https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/guide-thailands-import-export-procedures/

Source: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063092

4.The Impact on Education

5.The Impact on Health
The number of COVID-19 cases in Thailand today has reached 23,746, with 79 people died, and it
is continuously increasing day by day. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly
influenced the severe mental conditions among Thai people. For instance, stress levels among
medical personnel increased from 4.8% to 7.9%, while among the general public, they increased
from 2.7% to 4.2% due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Bangkok Post, 2021).

COVID-19 has forced the school closure to prevent the virus spread. However, other problems
arise, such as the gap in education accessibility and social and mental issues.

Source: https://www.unicef.org/thailand/stories/school-reopening-how-teachers-and-students-are-adjusting-new-normal-thailand

Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1885665/face-masks-compulsory-on-all-trains

Chiang Rai province

These are our mini projects
on COVID-19 Issue

Source:https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%8C:Thailand_C
hiang_Rai_locator_map.svg

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BackgroundInvisibility in the Border:
Impacts of COVID-19 to Rural Women in
Pineapple Micro-Enterprises of Nang Lae
Sub District in Chiang Rai

Since the big hit of Covid-19, economic activities
have struggled or shut down forever, especially for the
micro-enterprises, such as Nang Lae’ Pineapple in
Chiang Rai. This small business is the only primarysource of income for most rural women in this area. The
COVID-19 situation stops tourists from visiting Chiang
Rai, making the rural women’s lives more vulnerable
due to their lesser income.

By Chonnipa Amorwat

No.

Age

1
2

Social Status

IncomebeforeCOVID19

Incomeafter
COVID19

Government
Support?

70

Widow, lives alone 800 - 1,000
Baht

300 - 500
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months42

Single1,000 - 2,000
Baht

300 - 600
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months355

Married, no
children

2,000 - 3,000Baht

400 - 1,500
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months443

Married, withchildrenMore than
2,000 Baht

300 - 500
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months5

55

Widow, live withdaughterMore than
1,000 Baht

300 - 600
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months644

Married, withchildrenMore than
2,000 Baht

Less than
200 Baht

5,000 Baht forthree months

742

Married, withchildren

855

Married, withchildren

943

Married, withchildren

1022SingleFindings●●●

300 - 500
Baht
5,000 - 8,000
Baht

500 - 700
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months300 - 500
Baht
1,000 - 2,000
Baht

300 - 600
Baht

5,000 Baht for 3
months●

They get fewer benefits, which are unable to cover
the cost of living, especially for married women withchildren.
There is no specific policy related to women in
SMEs. The government compensation policy is 5,000
baht per three-month under the national policy only
for those who are registered. Meanwhile, most rural
women cant access this system.
All rural women were shocked and stressed to face
the situation of COVID-19. Before the COVID-19, thewomen pineapple seller was living in poverty. Now it
has become worse since COVID-19 because of theirlesser income. Therefore, there is no adequate income
to support their family.
They want the government to provide thecompensation policy to pineapple micro-enterprisesince they are not included in this policy. They want
the government to check up on them and survey how
their lives have been affected by COVID-19 and provide
help.

Education “Door-to-Door”: The Teacher's Creative Response
and Strategy to the Covid-19 Impact in Rural Schoolin Chiang Rai
By Kornkanok Sanabud

BackgroundFindings●"Door-to-door” education is an approach of getting
access to education by going to the student's home and

The COVID-19 force the school closed for 3 months. However, not all students haveproviding the assignment or homework and teach somethe fortune to easily access education, especially in the rural area, for instance, Maelessons at students' home. The teacher will go to one

Ta La Witthaya School, located on a hill of Doi Luang National Park, Chiang Rai.

student's home with at least four students at one
meeting time.

This middle school consists of students from Hmong ethnic group who have no●facilities at their home, such as electricity (they use only a solar panel) andFor teachers, this approach is the most effective way topreserve the quality of education.

electronic devices to access online study, like in urban school.
●
These challenges reinforce teachers of this school to create a solution for students

Because of the 'door-to-door' education, students andparents are delighted to meet their teachers at home.

in providing education. Therefore, the solution to this problem is “door-to-door”

Therefore, when the students are happy, the lesson will

education.

be also received very well.

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Background

The Impact of COVID-19 on Merchants
in Chiang Rai Night Bazaar and Night Market
Walking Street

As a consequence of the COVID-19, most shops
have been close since March 2020 and reopen around
August 2020. However, foreign tourists still cannot
enter Thailand, which makes shops, e.g., Night
Bazaar and Night Market Walking Street, experiencea declining income of around 90%.

By Siwakorn Kaewka

Moreover, the issue of crossing the borderillegally causes decreasing the number of domestic
tourists as they feel afraid of COVID-19 spread. Also,
the curve policy causes the closure for theseparticular shops, which is at night.

Findings
●

●

●

●

Merchants in both Night Bazaar and Night
Walking Street are suffering from heavily fallingincome for almost 90 percent compared to theirmax income before the COVID-19.
Due to that, some merchants cannot afford topay for the rental shop, which will cause them toshut down their business.
To survive their business, these merchants
reduce their products price to draw attention
from domestic tourists instead of foreign tourists
because they cannot enter Thailand.
The government provides “the Half-Half policy
and Left No One Behind” to stimulate people tobuy things and help merchants make sales.

THE END

Thank You For Kind Attention
ten nSchool of Social Innovation,
Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand

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Outline
Introduction

Changes in Daily Lifein Japan Due to Covid-19

1 Health Consciousness
2 Communication
3 Domestic Violence
4 Study/Work

Kobe University

Conclusion

FENG JIEQIONG(Jean)/Svetlana Babina/Yuka Hirose/Norisa Miyoshi/Yuni

References

1 Health Consciousness

Introduction

2 Communication-

Rapid advancing in school/work communication through the use of modern
technologies
Japan had been conservative in communication, while face-to-face interaction
was prevailing. With the spread of Covid-19, universities and companies
started having online meetings and increased the use of new technologies,
which might be considered as a positive outcome of the current situation ofpandemics.

-

At the same time, it creates the issue of unequal accessibility to technologies
among the population, as many people have to work/study at home, using
their own computers/wifi. It increases the burden of payment for electricity andother utilities. Moreover, existing inequalities might widen, as access totechnologies allow wider access to resources. e.g. students with good internet
might be able to join more online conferences/ workshops●

The update of tiered diagnosis and treatment●

The improvement of sanitary habits●

Search and judgement on health Information

The “Proposal for surgical-related procedure for novel coronavirus disease 2019 positive or
suspected patients” was issued in April 1st, 2020.
How to protect both infected patients and other patients during Covid-19?
However, the prevalence of avoiding touching the eyes, nose, and mouth, which had thelowest prevalence in the early phase, showed no significant improvement (around 60%).
Information from the Expert Meeting and central/local governments, including the Prime
Minister, are relatively trusted by survey participants.
Nevertheless, what about the channels for vulnerable groups?

2 Communication

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increasing mental health issues due to the impossibility to talk to friends andsocialize at school/work. It leads to depression and other psychologicalproblems. Online classes/remote work do not give a full feeling of connection
to others, lead to inability to fully express ideas and receive relevant
comment/argument-

new students/ new employees are unattached to the new group they belong
as they have never met them in person. It prevents them to meet and makenew friends and achieve the understanding and consciousness of being thepart of this group-for those who move to new city/country, it is difficult to adapt due to the lackof friends and acquaintances

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3 Domestic Violence-

In Japan, it is said that the number of domestic violence increased
during COVID-19.

-

That is because we have to stay home for a long time and it canbe stressful.

-

Japanese government said that he number of consultation of DV
became 1.6 times more than the previous year.

3 Domestic Violence-

Most of the victims of DV are women.

-

Age group of 30s and 60s tend to be victims.

-

That is because many people of these age groups may change
their lifestyle and it can be stressful and will be cause of DV.

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4 Study/Works

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4*For International Students/Workers
Entry Restrictions and Entry Bans
The entry of non-Japanese nationals who have stayed in 73 countries to contain thecoronavirus outbreak. Starting from 3 April 2020, foreign nationals who have stayed in thelisted countries or territories within 14 days before arrival in Japan became subjected to being
denied entry to Japan (Mofa, 2020).

1.Students need to join the class at their home
→ Advantage: can use their time more efficiently because they do not have time tocommute.
Disadvantage: cannot communicate with friends face to face. Especially, it wasdifficult to make new friends for freshman.

At the early pandemic, the announcement regarding the entry restriction and ban was notavailable in foreign languages, which made it difficult for some migrants worker/international
students to access this crucial information (Human Rights Working Group, 2020).

2.a lot of events were cancelled or postponed.

Inequality based on nationality and made the Japanese government’s treatment of residents
without Japanese nationality as “second class citizens”. Everyone is possible to bring the virus,
whatever their nationality. (Human Rights Working Group, 2020).

→Advantage: chance to use money decreased. Most students should have savemoney. It will be helpful for them in the future.
Disadvantage: cannot experience which has important role in their lives likeentrance ceremony, graduation, and coming of age ceremony.

The government and the public’s concerns over international travellers’ bringing the virus
into the country rather than increasing infections within the country Human Rights Working
Group, 2020).

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4*For International Students/Workers

Conclusion

Financial Assistance and Economic Stimulus Package

COVID 19 has brought plenty changes in daily life of students and workers in Japan,
which we have never expected

In early emergency state, international students and technical interntrainees, whose visas had expired but were not able to return to theirhome countries due to travel restrictions. These group of people were
excluded from financial assistance and economics stimulus package(Human Rights Working Group, 2020).

-

MEXT has set different criteria for international students to qualify for thehandout, which is to have attained a GPA of 2,30 or higher (top 30%) in theprevious school year to be able to get the funding (Japan Times, 2020).

-

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it became more difficult to cope with this changes so lots of people are facing
many challenges daily
However, there are some positive aspects, for example, advancing the usage ofcommunication in Japan to prevent the spread of the infection
While dealing with rising challenges, we should try to find positive outcomes or
instruments for change from the current situation
The lack of socializing is one of the main issues the people in Japan are facing, andthe main challenge for the society to cope with

References

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https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/38479
https://www.mofa.go.jp/p_pd/pds/page22e_000910.html (Accessed on 18 February 2021)

日本経済新聞. 2021. 緊急事態宣言、10都府県で延長 時短はステージ2まで. [online] Available at:<https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODE0144C0R00C21A2000000/> [Accessed 17 February 2021].

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/22/national/students-eligible-handouts/ (Accessed on 18 February 2021).

The Japan Times. 2021. COVID-19 surge disrupting care at 44% of Japan's major hospitals. [online] Available at:<https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/29/national/coronavirus-japan-hospitals-2/> [Accessed 17 February 2021].

Human Right Working Papers. 2020. Response Measures and Migrant Workers’ Rights in Major East and Southeast Asian
Destinations. Jakarta.

Jssoc.or.jp. 2021. 新型コロナウイルス陽性および疑い患者に対する外科手術に関する提言. [online] Available at:<http://www.jssoc.or.jp/aboutus/coronavirus/info20200402.html> [Accessed 17 February 2021].
Muto, K., Yamamoto, I., Nagasu, M., Tanaka, M., & Wada, K. (2020). Japanese citizens' behavioral changes and preparedness
against COVID-19: an online survey during the early phase of the pandemic. PLoS One, 15(6), e0234292.
Chang, S., McKay, D., Caidi, N., Mendoza, A., Gomes, C., & Dedeoglu, C. E. (2020). From way across the sea: Information overload
and international students during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science andTechnology, 57(1), e289.

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CONTENTS
LGBTQ+ IN JAPANUNDER COVID-19

oINTRODUCTION
oTHE VOICE OF LGBTQ+oSAME-SEX MARRIAGE
oCONCLUSION

Presenter:
Tomoka Inooka, 1950529H/ Kotomi Tanaka, 2003963M/ Masanosuke Mizuta, 1837146w / Lauren Peng, 207i018i/ Ayako Ohzeki, 163i008i

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2▷ LGBTQ+ = one of the groups which suffered heavily from COVID-19

INTRODUCTION

Gay

Lesbianwoman whose sexual
orientation is bound forother women

man whose sexual
orientation is bound forother men

Bisexual
whose sexual orientation
is bound for both sexes

Transgender

Questioning

whose “objective” sex andtheir gender identification
do not match

Those who are not sureor in doubt about theirsexuality＊SOGIE means sexual orientation, gender identification and sexual expression＊SOGIE has diversity and LGBTQ is only a small part of it (not standing for all definition of sexuality)▷Their challenge・Social restrictions …Insufficient support・Increased unemployment

・Wall at the time of infection...By becoming a close contact and not being recognized as a family

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Deprived of the safe place→ Mental illness

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What makes LGBTQ+ struggle with difficult situation“unnatural”“abnormal”“unusual”

Being a target of abuse“badly”lack ofinfluence

productivity

heterosexuals= “threat”

Having difficulty inreceiving support

・It is “just” to eliminate
・Children should not touch
the thoughts of homosexuality

THE VOICE OF LGBTQ+▷discrimination based on stigma
LGBTQ+ is “biologically wrong” andunsuitable for “gender norm” so they
can be “threat” for “normal” people⇒they tend to be discriminated andmade invisible in a society which canbring them mental illness▷mental illness

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Increased mental
illness indicatesincreased suicide rate

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I’m second grade of high school. Is it called x-gender? I felt something big strange, I
feel in love with both men and women. On the contrary, I can’t understand whether
I’m a women or men from day and day. It was hard when I was in love with same sex,
I had a problem with bullying in school. What matters most is no-mention of mysexuality in a lecture of LGBT. I’m weird.

Fortiesin Shizuoka-prefecture

Teens in Miyagi-prefecture

I’m a Male-to-Female (MtF) woman. In my work place, no one didn’t concern withmy past. When I started working in daytime after I turned 30, I had gotten badmouth soon. I thought it will be quiet if I remain ignored those, but it didn’t. I quit
my job and body condition getting worse. Sleeplessness etc. I don’t want to make mymother cry. So, I do myself as much as I can.
I considered taking a vacation, but I have works as a woman, thus I cannot take avacation. I lost the will to live.

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Homosexual activity

Japan

TaiwanLegal
Since 1881

Legal
Since 1947

UnrecognizedSince 1947

Legal
Since 2019

Right to change legal gender

Legal, but requires surgery
Since 2008

Legal, but requires surgery
Since 2013

Same-sex adoption

Ambiguous

Legal

LGBT discrimination

No protections
Since 1947

Illegal in some contexts
Since 2007

LGBT employment discrimination

No protections

Sexual orientation only
Since 2007

LGBT housing discrimination

No protections

No protections

Homosexuals serving openly in military

Ambiguous
Since 1947

Legal
Since 2002

Blood donations by MSMs

Banned (6-month deferral)
Since 2011

Banned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2001

Equal age of consent

Equal
Since 1947

Equal
Since 1947

Conversion therapy

Not banned
Since 2015

BannedSince 20187

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CONCLUSION

Same-sex marriage

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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Teens in Osaka

I’m a high school student, probably lesbian. Thankfully, I got a lecture of LGBTQ in
school. The lecture was wonderful and easy to understand. However, after that lecture,
my teacher said “You should have an interest in diversity by studying there is somepeople like that.” This comment is right, but I felt that she/he is not imagine there is asexual minority in front of him/her. I was disappointed in the situation of lack ofimagination such a sexual minority around them. Is there someone who can share thisstrange feeling?

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https://www.dentsu.co.jp/news/release/2019/0110009728.html?__hstc=103293855.cb259d9de1f629cb6047bb58371ff9a0.1613388425866.1613388425866.1613566946891.2&__hssc=103293855.1.1613566946891&__hsfp=3366602
925 (accessed by 17 February 2021).
◦ EQUALDEX. (2021). “LGBT Rights in Japan”. https://www.equaldex.com/region/japan (accessed 17 February 2021).
◦ Ishida, J. (2019). First learning of LGBT: From basic knowledge to current tendency (Translated from Hajimete manabu LGBT: kiso kara torenedo made)”. Natsumesha, Tokyo.
◦ Kamiya, Y. and Matsuoka, S. (2020). LGBT and harassment (Translated from LGBT to harasumento). Shueisha, Tokyo.
◦ Kato, S. (2020). “Mental illness which have appeared for the first time or relapsed under COVID-19: Aiming at preventing suicide (Translated from korona-kiki nioite hajimete
hassho aruiha saihatsu sita saishin shotoku: jisatsu yobo ni mukete”. Japan Medical Association. https://www.covid19-jma-medical-expert-meeting.jp/topic/3848 (accessed 15
February 2021).
◦ Shimizu, Y. (2020). “The trend of suicide under COVID-19 (Translated from Korona-ka ni okeru jisatsu no doko)”. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Available at:https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/12201000/000707293.pdf (accessed 15 February 2021).

1) Despite Japan's increasing acceptance of sexual minorities, there remains work to be done.

◦ Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. “About anti-suicide measures (Translated from jisatsu aisaku ni tsuite)”. https://www.mhlw.go.jp/kokoro/nation/4_07_03out.html(accessed 15 February 2021) .

2) COVID-19 has highlighted the disparities obstructing equality.

◦ Moriyama, N. (2017). Understanding LGBT: introductory book for queer studies (Translated from LGBT wo yomitoku; quia sutadhi-zu nyumon). Chikumashobo, Tokyo.
◦ NHK (2018) “Heart Net: Voices of LGBT” (Translated from Hatonetto: LGBT ni kansuru koe), https://www.nhk.or.jp/heart-net/new-voice/bbs/32/2.html (accessed 17
February 2021).

3) Hopefully, the dire conditions confronting politicians and voters will help to accelerate theacceptance of sexual minorities.

◦ Nippon.com. (2020).“Same-Sex Unions Increasingly Recognized at Local Government Level in Japan”. https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00860/ (accessed 17 February2021).
◦ OUT JAPAN. (2020). “Various difficulties have been revealed in the pandemic of COVID-19 by conducting an urgent survey for the youth of LGBTQ (Translated from LGBTQ

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2021/5/12heno kinkyu tyousa de koronaka ni okeru samazamana konnan ga ukibori-ni)”. https://www.outjapan.co.jp/lgbtcolumn_news/news/2020/6/24.html (accessed 15 February 2021). 12

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1 Poverty & Vulnerability

Poverty,
One of the Most Vulnerable
Elements During Covid-19
KU - Jean

MFU - Thanyachanok

UGM - Dwi Puji Putranti

KU - Tanaka Kotomi

NKUST - NickUTAR - Choong Ping Khang

2 Supports for the Poor from Health Care

3 Supports for the Poor from Economic Factors

KEY: HELPING EACH OTHER

Provide Job Security

1. Recruiting more volunteer of health care team from across the nation forgiving the health care for the poor (Willander, 2020)
2. Cooperate with NGOs, schools, universities, and the community to
managing health care system in the community settings (as appropriate)especially for lower income groups. (Community based health care) (WHO,2020)
3. Don’t focusing only on COVID-19 handling. Define the health problems withthe highest number (depend on each countries health status) to prioritizing
the healthcare needs for lower income groups (protecting the essential healthservices). (Blanchet et al., 2020)-

Securing the income, providing comfort physically and mentally
Lowering crime rate (Arumugam, T., 2020.)

Provide Low Cost Car/Motorcycle Rental Services-

Providing transportation and means to earn money through fooddelivery/ride-hailing (Uber, Grab, etc)

Low Cost Residential Area/ Emergency Rental Assistant Program(ERAP)-

To provide shelter for those who chased out by landlords during
financial crisis.

Government Money Subsidiary (Such as BSH Malaysia)

5 The Significance of Sharing Covid-19 to Future Generation

4 Supports for the Poor from Education

To not waste this experience,and to stop this negative spiralNine ideas for concrete actions from the International Commission on the
Futures of Education (UNESCO, 2019)

We tell future generation…

Ex) Poverty

1. Strengthen education as a common good.
2. Expand the definition of the right to education.
3. Value the teaching profession and teacher collaboration.
4. Promote student, youth and children’s participation and rights.
5. Protect the social spaces provided by schools as we transform education.
6. Make free and open source technologies available to teachers andstudents.
7. Ensure scientific literacy within the curriculum.
“We
cannotto thefinancing
world aswaseducation.
before”
8. Protect
domestic
andreturninternationalof itpublic9. Advance global solidarity to end current levels of inequality.

By the Internet

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6 Conclusion

References
Philip, D., & Rayhan, M. I. (2004). Vulnerability and Poverty: What are the causes and how are they related. ZEF Bonn, center for
Development Research, University of Bonn.

● The common difficulties

Arumugam, T., 2020. MCO-linked domestic violence rises | New Straits Times. NST Online. Available at:https://www.nst.com.my/news/exclusive/2020/04/581233/mco-linked-domestic-violence-rises● Problems become tricky by the pandemic

International Commission on the Futures of Education. 2020. Education in a post-COVID world: Nine ideas for public action. Paris,
UNESCO

Bsh.hasil.gov.my. 2020. BANTUAN SARA HIDUP.Available at: https://bsh.hasil.gov.my/

Miamidade.gov. 2020. Emergency Rental Assistance Program.Available at: https://www.miamidade.gov/global/housing/emergencyrental-assistance-program.page● Find the best solutions

Willander, Arimacs. (2020). Volunteers help communities to protect themselves against COVID-19 in Indonesia. UNICEF. Available
at: https://www.unicef.org/indonesia/coronavirus/stories/muhammidiyah-volunteers-help-communities-protect-themselves-againstcovid-19
Blanchet K, Alwan A, Antoine C, et alProtecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries andhumanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemicBMJ Global Health 2020;5:e003675.

● Share the experiences and methods

World Health Organization (WHO). 2020. Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context of the
COVID-19 pandemic: Interim Guidance, May 2020. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1277158/retrieve

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The Important Issues address in a pandemic
with regard gender and vulnerabilityGroup 2

Gender: women
vulnerable group : Children, elderly,
disability, and people with comorbidity

Thailand
Gender: women
Vulnerable: Children from ethnic
group

TaiwanGender: Woman
Vulnerable: Chinese bride and healthworkerJapan
Gender: All genders (women and man)
Vulnerable: Elderly, pregnant and company
workerIndonesia

Arien Lin（NKUST, TAIWAN）
Babina Svetlana（KU, JAPAN）
Kornkanok Senabud（MFU, Thailand）
Mizuta Masanosuke（KU, JAPAN）
Ni Luh Seri Astuti（UGM, INDONESIA）
Shan Hsieh（NKUST, TAIWAN）

Indonesia

What can we do to improve the situation?

Thailand

What can/will you do?
 follow the rules

 Protecting ourselves protect ourselves

 Protecting others with humanity

 be brave Using local wisdom help each other (cooperation) ＆ be part of volunteers during COVID-19

 Providing an inclusive communication platform stay productive in order to avoid mental illness Strengthening an efficient and frequent
communication for both government andcommunity

What would you want to share with future generations
about this experience- Discipline

Thank you very much.

- Acceptance for the situation- Changing habit or Adaptation- Resilience

Credit : https://www.esomarfoundation.org/tag/covid19/

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Group members
1. Huang Yuk Feng (UTAR, Malaysia)
2. Thanikun Chantra (MFU,Thailand)
3. Ayako Ohzeki (KU, Japan)

Group 3

4. Agstri Lestari Putri (UGM, Indonesia)
5. Uki Noviana (UGM, Indonesia)
6. Siwakorn Kaewka (MFU,Thailand)
7. Hsiang Chun Wang(NKUST,TAIWAN)
8. To Thi Thu Ha (NKUST, Taiwan)
9. YU, Huilung (NKUST, Taiwan)

Example for it...

What are important issues to address in a pandemic with regarding togender and vulnerability?

Wedding party delaying due to…
+ Social lockdown+ Serious Coronavirus spread out+ Limitation on the number of participants

1. Increasing pressure for housewives
2. Unemployment rate increasing, poverty
3. Lacking of health-care personnels: doctors, nurses, staffs
4. Wedding party delaying and cancelling
5. Pregnant woman
6. People with chronic diseases
7. Single mom especially with small Children

What should people do?
Get Marriage in paper first

Still celebrate but without friends and relatives
Livestream on wedding mariage

What can governments, NGOs, international organizations and international
networks like us do to improve the situation?

Another Example
Health services disturbed for people with chronic diseaseor pregnant women because● Afraid go to hospital● Anxiety with risk exposure● Social distancing● Coronavirus spread out● Health service restrictions

Financial support: Raising fund to support people and countries
Medical support: Doctors and nurses and even medical supplies
Social support: Accommodation, food distribution to the needed groups
Advertisement and instruction: To enhance public’s awareness
Multilingual support: To access health care service and public healthrecommendation● Health support: Promote the new adaptation in Pandemic like newnormal lifestyle● Mental support: To reduce stress and anxiety during the pandemic
●
●
●
●
●

What should people do?
➔ Stay at home
➔ Reschedule non-essential or nonurgent face-to-face appointments➔ Online consultation

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What can individuals do to deal with Coronavirus?

For a clear example

Step 1The One Foundation: Launch the projects which focus on determining needs
and distributing fund where necessary and also allocate the funds toward
containment strategies and counselling.

Keep calm andstay positive

Thailand government: Announced financial policy tosupport the people and stimulate domestic economic
such as Haft-Haft, No one left behind and We win
policyStep 2
Searching what isCorona virus and what
we should do toprotect ourselves?

WHO: The COVAX project to help low-middle income economies countries tobe able to get access to the vaccine and many more.

What will you share?

Causes, Impacts,
and Solutions

I willChanges in
Individuals life,
Family’s life,and social life

Step 4

Step 3
Concerned about
current affairs,
and update the news

Strictly follow thegovernment’s instructions
and policies

Step 5Give our hands topeople who need
help

What would you want to share with future generations about this experience?

Valuable lessons:Being patient,
Being positive,
Staying healthy
by washing hand,
wearing mask,
having abalanced diet

1.Be prepared for everything which is not in your plans.
2.Be ready for coming situation.
3.Be patient and positive

Always be wellprepared in terms ofmental thought, beready for any
situations and havea strong financial
abilityThanks for your listening!

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Report discussion
Diversity from Each Country

Similarities

Group 4
UNESCOCHAIR KOBE

1.

What are the important issues toaddressinregardtoapandemic

withgender

and

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

vulnerability?
2.

What can Individuals, groups,
governments,

Indonesia
ThailandJapan
Taiwan
MalaysiaNGOs,international organizations do toimprove the situation?
3.

What would you want to sharewith future generations about thisexperience?

2

1. What are the important issues to address in a pandemic with

2. What can Individuals, groups, governments, NGOs, international

regard to gender and vulnerability?

organizations do to improve the situation?
>>> Domestic violence.

Need good planning which can be shared among individual, private sector, and government.
It needs to be realized that every scale of actors are all important equally, in order to build
community resilience we need to support each other as well as respect the differences ofgenders, nature, and culture.

> Vulnerability group; women, elderly, foreign workers,>

refugees.

To raise the awareness of human rights expectations as a foundation to avoid the vulnerability or
gap in a society. If people respect each other regardless of genders, ethnic, culture the situationof pandemic could not affect their lives this worst.

> Business sector is getting bad, lost jobs.

>

There should be an increased number of women in the government sector. In order tounderstand and cover more issues on gender perspectives.

>

Design a better living space and environment for everyone, which has to respond to nature,environment to find a good balance.

>

3

Provide the education, as well as direction of Covid-19 to vulnerable groups.

4

3. What would you want to share with future generations about thisexperience?
>

We have to get ready, as this Covid will not be the end and the last since ourworld has already faced worse cases than this in the past.

>

Have a good heart, be empathy by respecting everyone including animals
and nature as well. Then, everyone can have theirs direction.

>

Diversity fromeach country

Live a healthy life and support each other whether in terms of medical
equipment, workers, or knowledge. And also share the experiences of resilienceplanning.

>

Learn from the past and be ready, resilience should be embedded into
each individual, community, and country in order to prepare for the next
unpredictable cases like Covid-19 to come in the future. We need to support

What can we learn from eachother?

each other as well, there is no way to live in this world with a pandemic like thiswithout connection and sharing of information, knowledge, and kindness.

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Thailand

What I learned from different countries
during the COVID 19 pandemic:❖ Education. In Thailand, school or
education is door to door.
❖ Gender and vulnerable people. In
Japan, LGBT are a vulnerable groupand require special notification❖ Regarding
housingwhich
ispandemic center in Malaysia which isused as a place that provides all thenecessities of life for the community,
including health.
❖ Handling of COVID 19 is good in
Taiwan, starting from tightening
flightattendants,
restrictedaccommodation and medical staff

get additional salary.
❖ In Indonesia, education is carriedout online. Elderly and women area vulnerable group while LGBT
has not become a concern.
Government owned buildingssuch as guest houses for handling
Covid 19, and Indonesia also
makes tools to detect Covid 19(GENOSE)By carrying out this activity, starting fromdiscussion and sharing, we can learn
together, exchange information about
difference and similarities between
countries during the COVID 19
pandemic, which results can be applied
7 in our respective countries. So, together
we can get through the covid 19

I’ve learned that, eventhough we are different
by various factors suchasbackground,locations, and, cultures
but we still can faced
and experienced thesame situation such astheimpactsfrompandemic which canalso lead to gendervulnerability
such as 8
domestic violence.

Japan

TaiwanThe common points ofthese 2 countries

・In Japan, it is said thatthe number of DV is
increasing and I learned
that the same thing ishappening in Indonesia.

The way we shared
about the solution as
well which some points
can broaden my ideas
and perspectives fromeach of my teammates
experiences.

After the discussion, I’ve
learned more what
foreign countries are
suffering and theirsituation. It is a special
experience to work
together,share our
opinions, and learn fromeach others. Listening toeach group members’
statement, I harvest a lot.

・Some women have torely on their husbands
financially.
・Gender role is clear in
the society
I think these can becauses of DV.
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When we talk about thesolutions to the issues in
the pandemic,
everyone’s thoughts arepracticable. There arestill a little weakness in
Taiwan policies, so I
think their thoughts canbe the best ways toimprove it.
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Malaysia
I see Japan and Taiwan
are controlling the cases
atastablelevel.
Although they havehigherintensityofpopulation compared tomalaysia.
And
theymanaged quite well,which without sacrificing
the economy.

Thanks!

I believed the cases canbe controlled throughthe cooperation of thecitizen.
I believe the success isbecause, the citizenis
following the SOP.

Any questions?
Group 4

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Credits
Special thanks to all the people in the team
who worked together to produce thispresentation for the UNESCO Chairs Kobe

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Important issues to be addressed

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issue

● Violence in family/domestic● Women with children who study
online● People who have a chronic
disease● Children (miss vaccine)● Non-citizens● Workplace● Mid-small business (employee)● Not wearing a mask

● Social capital(sharing each other)● Raise the community
awareness● Regulation

Notes to share with

01

future generations
Educate about disaster
preparedness

Educate the next

about digital
02 Educate
literacyto always behealthy
03 generation
04 Maintaingrateful and keep the
behaviors

Thank You
issue

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Vulnerability group●

UNESCO Chairs Kobe: COVID-19
International Student ConferenceGroup 6Migrants (Illegal migrant case study of Chiang Rai)→no home, cannot return to their home regions,pregnant cannot afford to give a birth in hospital.

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Children → study from home (may experience more
frequent and severe acts of violence and losing
access to many of the supports they rely on.

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International students → time lag, lack of connection
with other students, and online classes also have

1.
3.
5.

Kunanon Pannin (MFU)
Su, Yu Chun (NKUST)
Tomoka Inooka (KU)

2.
4.
6.

Marsha Yoke Nancy (UGM)
Pang Jin Min (UTAR)
Yuniasih Purwanti (KU)

some problems, not only positive sides●

What would you want to share with future
generations about this experience?

Discussion●

In Japan, financial support from government wasavailable for all indivisuals including foreignes or● Technology

international students in same ways (though, at
first, there were●

People with chronic disease → afraid to go hospital● Social Media

some issues; excluding sex

workers, provide it to the head of family)● Social Movement

Submit some documents for application → money● New Career opportunities

is paid to bank account automatically

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THANK YOU

Technology → as digital tools have been used
to help activists and citizens communicate,organize, and mobilize.
Social Media → a double-edged sword,
facilitating movement mobilization online but
also facilitating the spread of misinformation,and much more worryingly, disinformation.
Social Movement → opens up a newcommunity-led social movement to address
health and social needs
New Career opportunities → a development oftechnology during this period provide good
opportunity for people to have new Career

謝謝

ขอบคุ
ありがとうございましたณ
MATUR NUWUNTERIMA KASIH

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HAPPY AND FUN

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Ques�onnaireQues�onnaire
Kobe University
Gadjah Mada UniversityNa�onal Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
Mae Fah Luang University
Universi� Tunku Abdal Rahman

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Kobe University UNESCO Chair Online International COVID‐19 Conference Questionnaire
The Total number of returned questionnaire: 30
Gadjah Mada University, 9; National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology,7;
Mae Fah Luang University, 5; Kobe University, 9
Q1:Did the conference meet your expectations?
YES: 29

NO: 1

Comment:
Actually beyond my expectations. At first I think this conference is very scientific conference where
we must tell about our Covid‐19 research, how the research results, and then we discuss about it. But
it turns out to be more attractive, enjoyable, yet add insight of Covid‐19 impact in wider perspective.

Yes, the conference was held with a fruitful atmosphere. It was beyond my expectation.
The conference was so amazing, participants from various countries shares their views about COVID
19 handling strategies. I meet my expectations in this conference that I can also participate to think
about what should my country do next to prepare about the new life would goes after COVID 19
pandemic.
Yes, of course, this conference even exceeded my expectations
Yes. I feel so grateful to be part of this conference. This conference gave me such a great opportunity
to share about COVID in each countries. And this conference can answer my curiosity about how
different countries try to manage this situation.
Yes, of course. Actually, it’s more than my expectation.
Yes, The conference meet my expectations and I really love it.
Yes, the conference was extraordinary as I expected before.
Yes, the conference very well executed. It was beyond my expectation.
Yes, because I’m a second year student. This conference has given me a lot of experience. Especially,
communicating and exchanging knowledge with friends in different countries.
I can meet another friend from many countries as I expected!
This conference is a particularly good idea to gather many people from different countries.
Yes, I have learned the cases from other countries during the situation of Covid‐19
under those gender issues and non‐ gender issues.
Yes, this meeting met my exception, but if we can face to face to discussion it will be better.

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Yes, of course! I had a chance to listen to different points of view, discussed about related issues andmade a lot of new friends too.
This conference was too interesting. I have lots of fun during the discuss with my groupmates. This is
not only just finish the presentation and share, but also can communicate with different countries
people. This is the most valuable point.
It was better than expected. Although it was done by video, still learn a lot.
This conference was pretty good because it connected five countries‐Indonesia, Thailand, Japan,
Taiwan, and Malaysia and enabled these countries to share their experience, information, andknowledge about the COVID‐19. Every teachers and students loved to share their perspectives, which
was a precious opportunity to realize other countries’ suffering and situation by listening to foreign
students’ true experiences in their countries.
I have never participated in online conferences before, so it was hard to imagine how we can discuss
topics freely and with the people we had never met before, but it turned out to be not so difficultand easy to follow everyone’s points.
Everyone is so nice and cooperated! It is really happy to participate this conference!!!
I took part in this conference because I am interested in gender studies and have a plan to go abroad
to study it. In the group presentation and discussion, I was able to think deeply about the relation
between gender and vulnerability particularly under this pandemic, and acquired wider viewpoints
from other participants from many countries, so this conference was more valuable than I haveexpected.
From the beginning, I had a desire to learn each country’s situation. Needless to say, I was able tolearn about the Taiwan government’s wonderful response, and on the other hand, gender issues
common to countries (most of them affecting women). Beyond that, the experience as anopportunity to speak English was extremely good, and I also felt a lot of challenges in that I have lots
to learn.
I was able to participate in a meaningful discussion about vulnerability in the coronavirus pandemic. I
was able to learn each country’s situation from a citizen’s perspective instead of that of theadministration, which was of great help in understanding the whole picture of the pandemic.
It was interesting to understand the global situation that I did not know about, and that values areslightly different from country to country.
It was very difficult to work with fellow students because it was online, and the mental burden waslarge. I felt the organizer’s side could have given us directions in that respect.

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Q2. What did you learn from the conference?
I have three point about it. First is almost all parts of the world affected by the Covid‐19 pandemic
such as economic downturn, an increase in cases and death rate, lack of personal protective
equipment and medical personnel, medical staff workload overload and not ready yet to face thisbiologic disaster, although several countries were ready to face this pandemic because of previous
pandemic experiences. Second is major shift in the education sector. Nowadays in every country
education become online at all levels of education. It has its advantages and disadvantages.
Last but not least is about violence and women empowerment. Women empowerment turned out tobe a big issue during the pandemic in several countries, such as domestic violence to women is higher
because husband got fired and family economic down, jobs pile up of women role in the house as amother, as a teacher during online school, as a chef, sometime be the breadwinner too. And thedomestic violence because people stress out with current condition then increasing their emotions.
This condition can be caused due to government activity restriction regulations, restrictions on entry
and exit of a country, many workers were laid off from companies to limit company costs during
Covid‐19, and economic downturn.
I obtained many insights and perspectives from other countries on how life changing amidst COVID‐
19 pandemic. We know that all country fight against similar virus, however, the challenge of eachcountry is different. It may appear as result of the different health system, social and cultural
background, geographical landscape, etc.
What I learned the most was, every study subject can also participate to innovating their knowledge
for helping each other. Although the COVID 19 pandemic is a biological disaster, but non biologicalstudy program can participate to help reducing the detriments due to COVID 19 as well.
I learned that by sharing information we can help each other between countries, especially inovercoming problems caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic such as gender and vulnerability issues.

I learned that we’re in this together, I mean really...together. Even there were some different
situation in each countries, but there were so many similarities. And from those similarities we canlearned how other countries try to handle that. That gave me new perspective.
I learn that is so much good person and trying so hard to make a better world.
I have learn many things. I have learns about the vulnerability in each country, how they can manage
the problems, and new insight about the pandemic, because I just learn about the migrant problemsin Thailand that affected with pandemic, because in Indonesia there are not many migrant problems,
we struggle with the eruption and flood in this pandemic situation.
I learned a lot about the problems that exist in each country and how they deal with them. There aresome similarities about the problems in my country and maybe it is possible to use a solution fromanother country adapted in my country. sometimes there are also unexpected problems that do nothappen in my country, especially regarding gender.

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We can share and learn from many countries, many perspectives related to the situation during
pandemics as well as the actions to deal with the problems under gender and vulnerability
perspective.
This conference gives me perspective and how to each countries handle with the COVID‐19
pandemic.
I can learn good teamwork and managing time. It's a very new experience to work with people
outside my country, So it challenges me to be able to share the idea and brainstorm.
The conference is help us to understand what other countries have to cope with during the pandemic
and how them react to it. After that, compare to others about the effectiveness of the response
policy.
Even we do face the same situation, we face different experiences. Connection and collaboration are
really important during this period.
I’ve learned that the pandemic can caused the negative effect to each country evenunder the gender issues such as domestic violence, the government feedback tocompensate people also different and interesting to learn.
In this conference I learned it is similar to every countries about pandemic and government policy,
also l found we are lucky enough to go to school or go outside in Taiwan. Through this meeting, I felt
worthy to know the pandemic situations in other countries. In this time, we are not single from ourcountry, we are in a big family to comfort and courage from each other.
By taking part in the conference, I’ve learnt a lot from professors and friends. Not just only Covid 19
topic, and connecting and team work skill as well. Thanks to you guys, I had a fantastic experience of
two‐day online studying. It was informative and really exciting, to be honest. Besides, I also got the
chance presenting my ideas and thought in terms of the Covid 19 effects and issues, then enhanced
discussing and public speaking skills afterward. I’m really appreciated about those things!
Through this conference, I learn that depends on different countries, they have different solutions todeal with problems. Also, I understand many countries thought and method about COVID‐19. To
Taiwan, listening and sharing opinions are also important.
Learning the various ways of coping with COVID‐19 in different countries, and when we encounter itin the future we may be able to improve technology, social media, etc., so that our live won’t bestagnated.
I’ve learned the abilities to conclude the information I found and figure out how to present it clearly.
Learning for cooperate with people from many country.

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I have learned more what foreign countries are suffering and their situation in the COVID‐19. It is a
special experience to work together, share our opinions, and learn from each other. Listening to eachgroup member’s statement, I harvest a lot. When we talk about the solutions to the issues in the
pandemic, everyone’s thoughts are practicable and pretty well. There is still a little weakness in
Taiwan policies, so I think their thoughts can be the best way to improve it.
Because of different accents, sometimes I can’t catch what they want to express. But, my teammatesare very nice and patient, they always try to help me understand in a
simple way. I appreciate them very much. This online conference is connection from country tocountry and let us learn more precious information, knowledge, and kindness. Thanks for this
UNESCO project, this special and unforgettable experience I will keep in mind forever.

It was interesting to learn about the current situation regarding Health and Covid 19 in various
countries, how the societies deal with it and what successes they have in fighting the health crisis.
Also, as the backgrounds of participants were very different, it was interesting to listen to theiropinions through the lens of their experience and knowledge. I learnt many things I would never think
about the issue by myself.
The biggest one is leadership because everyone need to be encouraged and guided. And another one
is that I learn different aspects about Covid‐19 happened in other countries, which help me regard
problems more objectively.
We have learned from each school’s students, and it’s a vast way to rethought COVID‐19 from them.
In this meeting, I pick up to be practical and empathetic toward obstacles—for example, safe areas ofbuilding for domestic violence women or knowing how other cases we never considered before.
I learned disasters including this pandemic can reveal the “hidden” or “ignored” vulnerability since
they force vulnerable group into so difficult situation comparing other groups. The presentations
from each university told me a lot about that, and all examples or cases were interesting for me and I
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First, the current situation of and measures taken by countries, plus each individual’s view. For
example, coronavirus can be easily spread in Indonesia because many people live in a house. In
Thailand, there is no environment in which children of ethnic groups in the mountains can receive
online education at the same level as urban children. On the other hand, with respect to measurestaken, the government in Taiwan was controlling the supply of masks so people can buy ten every
other week. I found it interesting that there are policies that should be emulated, although there areissues which are unlikely in Japan. With respect to what we can do, opinions settled on one point andnobody disagreed. It was to start with steps to protect ourselves and then protect others. I felt happy
and also surprised that where the talk ended was the same because of the universal awareness.
Next, my challenge. While the video was connected, I honestly had lots of trouble listening to theEnglish of a student in Indonesia and a teacher in Thailand. I also couldn’t keep up with everyone’s
typing speed in the chat function through which we talked all night, and I couldn’t say what I thoughton the spot easily. Fortunately, some people asked me how things were in Japan through the private
chat, so I could say what I thought to some extent. In either case, the fact that I normally don’t use
English backfired, and I faced the challenge of my English ability, and learned what my own challenge
is.

I learned the importance of cooperating and helping each other, while each of us does what we can in
the areas which cannot be covered by the government during the pandemic in any country.
I was able to learn about perceptions of and challenges to do with global social issues during the
pandemic and realized sharply that if I could only master English, communication would be possible
no matter how diverse the mother tongues are.
Even when we refer to the same term, coronavirus, I was able to realize firsthand that the situation
varies from country to country.

Q3. What questions were you left with after the conference?
I think Indonesia need carried out more research about domestic violence and role of women during
this Pandemic of Covid‐19.
When will the pandemic end?
“Is COVID‐19 still stated as the pandemic even after the global mortality rate has been decreased sohigh until now ?”What other actions can we take to overcome the problems that we are currently facing, especiallygender issues and vulnerabilities during the Covid‐19 pandemic?
Mmm.. actually I want to know deeper about how Taiwan and Thailand handle this situation in the
middle of political things.
What more we can do?

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I have question to another country like:‐ How the disability group adapt with the pandemic?
‐ Is there any helps for the illegal migrants in Thailand that affected with the pandemic?
‐ When the Malaysia present about the mosque new design to become a shelter, how about anotherholy place for another religion ?
Are we ready to implement solutions to the problems that existed during the pandemic?
Are we already learned from pandemics to pass it to the future generation?
All the questions are already answered in the discussion group. So, that there is no question left.
The question is how we can make people awareness rise up higher, and also make them takeresponsibility among themselves.
I was curious about the presentation from Japan, about the problem of lack ofsocialization in Japan as a respond to the gender vulnerability. How to define thesocialization there? Please give the example, thank you.
I just have a wonder about how NGOs, governments can give supports to those vulnerable people
that we already discussed about. From my perspective, vendors at the street markets and local
markets are the ones that supporting is needed first. We should take an action for them first, theirfinance status are not really good, their lives depend on what they can sell at the market, but during
the pandemic they couldn’t sell anything, so how can they raise their children and their family? How
can they afford for basic human needs when they couldn’t earn money?
Actually, there was no any special question left with after the conference. Those relative questions
have already got the answers and been solved.
I understood very clearly in the meeting.
I think my main question was to understand how do we look and solve the certain issue when there
are so many viewpoints and lenses to look at it?
No! We have exchange our contact information so we can maintain connection even this conference
closed.
Would this pandemic end sooner if everyone concerns and be careful about this like we all?
Actually not, but I came to think I would like to research more about the relation between gender andvulnerability, especially about sexual minorities, since it was difficult to find data about them.
I learned what I should do and what I can do through the conference. There was also asystem which I felt it would be good for Japan to have. How we will introduce andshould disseminate that in the future is a question.
Even though enthusiasm to help each other is so alive around the world, the big question is whyinternational cooperation does not progress smoothly for the benefit of each country.

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Since this conference had a focus on Asian countries, I wondered what the situations and views in the
U.S. and Europe are like.

Q4. What action will you take to help make your community safer?
I will :Encourage people to strictly follow the government’s instruction and policies with exemplify the rightthing: Counseling about covid‐19 continuously so that they are more aware: Helping each others: Do
research about Covid‐19 in community.
Obeying the health protocols whenever and wherever. Helping the community in needs.
Doing research to figuring out how to helping people who are being impacted by COVID 19.
first we can start from ourselves to follow health protocols and lead a healthy life, then we encourage
our families and communities to adhere health protocols such as washing hands, wearing masks,
maintaining physical distancing, living a healthy life and helping each otherI will :a. Try to educate my community about how to apply health protocol in daily lifeb. Try to make safety net for woman or maybe people who vulnerable in domestic violence, maybe
with a women forum?
Start from myself to do a healthy life, and then encourage my friend and relative to do same thing.
Become more discipline and more aware with my community condition, because in my community
there are a group that like to share opinion/news/update about the pandemic or about the newest
news.
Protecting ourselves before protecting others is like preparing our mental and physical health besides
that we have to build a sense of help to others and not let other people with difficult situation. We
have to decreased their burden.
Helping each other and do the healthy life and the last encourage people to always BE HAPPY!
Start with ourselves and follow the rules, and then educate other people in community to protect
themselves and social responsibility.
Educate them and help them as much as I can.
The social responsibility is the most important in term of prevent the spread of virus. So that takecare of yourself is one of the ways to help the community then help other to understand about thevirus and how to prevent the infection.
It’s better start from me, then spread the awareness though people nearby and encourage them tothink about others too along with encourage them to try spreading knowledge to others and so on.

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Be a good responder by the government protocol on health protection as well as help
raise the awareness about gender equality and human rights protection.
Go out less, wash your hand and wear masks frequently.
For me, strictly following the SOP of the government, having good habits of washing hands andkeeping distance are those should be put in priority. Besides, raising public awareness about theCovid 19 pandemic, causes and how to protect ourselves from this fatal disease, and the mostimportant point is staying healthy and stay positive messages are also what I’m doing on my
Facebook account.
Before protecting others, we should protect ourselves first. This is also what we had discussed in theconference. Doing our best, wearing the mask, keep distance, and value the pandemic. Following thegovernment’s policies to prevent trouble before it happens.
Do a good job in self‐protection, cooperate with government policies, and care for each other andhelp others.
Keep telling people that it’s dangerous without wearing a mask. Also, it’s still important for us to havea strong crisis awareness.
Keep wearing mask and the habits to washing my hands.
I will comply with the government’s policies. For example, I will wear a mask when I go to public
places. Wearing a mask not only is to comply with the government’s policies, but also is a protect forourselves and others. Now, Taiwan is trying to reduce the domestic cases as much as possible. To
reach this goal, Taiwanese citizens should be compassionate and cooperate with each other. Actively
wearing a mask and trying our best to prevent from virus spreading continuously in our community.

I realized I want to start trying to understand people’s opinions and thoughts, trying to look outsideof my usual viewpoint and make decisions/conclusions, putting myself on the place of others first.
For me, international students will be my community. I think it is very important for me to pay
attention to the mood or situation of other international students/my friends in Japan. During Covid‐
19, I loss lots of opportunity to meet with them. Someone might be forgotten. Therefore, I need tokeep noticing their situation by seeing their movements shared on the social media and sometimes
even chat/call/video with them.
I want to pass down the information I have to them. What we got may not be 100 percent correct,
but that’s why we need to talk about them and try to discuss it not only with ourselves.
I am still not sure what I can do for my community, but I’d like to tell what I have experienced to the
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I have no intention of making specific considerable efforts. I think we should make many people sharean awareness of protecting oneself first. Say there were a person who cannot think of others; that
person should protect him or herself even if that person doesn’t care about others, so I would like torecommend this first.
I want to help each other to meet the needs of community members, and to raise my voice to realize
a society in which anyone can live in comfort and with a sense of security.
First, not take actions that will cause expansion of the pandemic.
And, among such actions, I will not take any action which puts those who are vulnerable more at risk.
If a similar situation or another disaster happens in the future, I will take action which makes gooduse of this reflection.

I will try not to be infected by coronavirus.

Q5. How did you feel during the conference?
At first I was nervous and not confident because of the topic and my prior knowledge. Many question
on my head before the conference like could I following the current discussion about the topic? Howabout my team? Is my opinion go wrong? etc. But nothing happened, I am very happy during thesession, no wrong opinion, my team works very compactly and well and we got a lot of praises fromthe lecturers, so proud.
It was fun, however, frequent silence sometimes make it awkward.
I was so nervous because I thought that I wasn’t capable to participate.. but, all of the participants
encourage me to working together with them.
It is very fun.
I feel so happy because people really enjoy this conference so much.
Happy.
At the first I feel nervous and excited at the same time, because I can meet and get to learn manythings from another countries. And during the mix group discussion I got many insight and of course
new friends (LoL).
Great and so interesting!
Fun!
I’m feeling impressed and excited to communicate with other friends in othercountries. However, everything worked out as well as we intended.
Excited to share the idea and it’s because of the online conference the working in a team is not
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At first, I though that this conference would be very formal but it quite very comfort to join in.
Fun. Members of my group are really nice.
I felt good and impressed but I expected more discussion from my group since they
were not talking and discuss much on the first day.
I felt very grateful, exciting and some nervous.
It was great, useful, and informative.
I think it is great. During this conference, we can share the information with other countries, it is avery valuable thing. We finished whole things by ourselves under professors’ leading, sense ofachievement is full. Hope I can attend the similar international conference next time.
That was really great, it was an unforgettable experience to share experiences with friends fromother countries
For me, it’s glad to see all the students and teachers that participated in the conference could sharewhat they know or learn to others selflessly.
Its hard to talk to each other in video conference.
In the beginning, when I discussed issues about COVID‐19 with foreign students, I had difficulty inunderstanding, which made me feel very nervous. However, their kindness and patience made me
feel more relax to talk with them.
It was easy and fun, especially when we are in a room altogether. It was a bit awkward to start
conversation at the beginning in a new discussion group, but after some time it went well.
I felt warm, interesting and grateful. Like the comments at the beginning, most of the students wereexcellent, nice and cooperated. We even discussed our university, our countries and culture. It
seemed like that I really met with them
I felt the bond between all the people while unique because it is something that you cannot always
have with others. Only when we all care and respect for it then would we feel it out loud.
I found that we all facing the same difficulty now, and what we must do is also shared by all of us.
Actually, this is no wonder since COVID‐19 is a global issue, but this conference made me realize
afresh about it.
I sometimes understood the situations and measures taken by other countries by seeing and hearing
about them, but sometimes I felt frustrated because I couldn’t keep up with the pace.
I found it very interesting to listen to the actual voice of each country that I could not capture
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To be frank, I was overwhelmed by the English fluency. Although English is not their mother tongue,
they speak English at a speed and with such a substantial vocabulary that beginners barely
understand. I really respect them, feeling that this is an international standard. I honestly thought I
would not need to study English in the future, but I want to work on improving my English to the levelthat I can catch up with them. It was a really good stimulus. I also thought that the attitudes of those
actively asking questions and speaking during the conference were something that would be difficult
to learn in Japan.
It lacked excitement due to it being online.

Q6. What did you like about the conference?
I like the learning ambience during conference. A learning ambience that can broaden our knowledge
with heavy topic without the pressure and fear of being wrong but in enjoyable, active, lots of
exchanging opinions, and easy to catch way. Very fascinating conference !
Video sharing during the opening ceremony, group presentation, talking with colleagues from othercountries, and absolutely ice‐breaking!
I like how the conference was going… the technical
Event lists were so arranged so the conference was on time as scheduled.
I like the atmosphere where we can share and tell stories about the conditions and problems in eachof our countries and the solutions that have been implemented to overcome them.
I like the way people can speak up their thought without worrying to be judged.
The atmosphere and the people.
What I like the most about the conference is there is a mix group discussion so we can take theopportunities to share our opinion, listen and learn from the other.
All the participant, topics, groups, teachers and everything.
I like when we are in the break out room to share Covid‐19 experience in ourcountry and help each other to find the question. It’s very fun for me!
I like when other countries present their perspective, I can know the current situation in othercountries. Also we can meet new friends there.
The shared experience of others and how they react to it.
I like meeting friends who come from different places and we can exchange our experiences toothers.
The differences experience that we’ve shared during the conference.
I very like the game we played on second morning, It's really helpful to bring up energy.

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On time, professional and well‐prepared.
In the conference, I like the discussion the most. Listening opinions from different countries’
students, and make a presentation together. I can’t believe that we did it. I also want to appreciate
my teammates, because of everyone’s efforts, we hade awonderful memory.
Being able to learn how to deal with the epidemic from different countries allows me to think about
whether there is a better way to make my country better.
From scale 1 to 10, I will give it 11.
Atmosphere
There were more fun activities in the conference, such as Video, Kahoot, and so on. Every Video
made by different countries was very interesting and included many elements and characteristics
which belonged to each country. In addition, the questions in Kahoot were interesting, too. I choose
the answer that I thought the right one, but the outcomes were usually out of my expectation. How
fun it is! I liked the arrangements of this conference. It is very fantastic!
I think the part, that participants were from different countries and it was interesting to see how eachgroup dealt with the same tasks completely differently and in their own unique way.
Mixed group discussion and presentation with other countries’ students. I think it was a reallyvaluable experience for us to improve our teamwork ability and exchange our different culture during
this process.
Freely share your thought on specific issues while also learn more about them through discussion.
I really liked the way of crating discussion groups because students from each university were well‐distributed (I mean well‐balanced), so I could have a chance to think about an issue from multiple
perspectives.
More than anything, I could learn the situations of other countries. With respect to the content of theconference, I was able to not only have a conversation in the lecture but also continue the talkthrough SNS, and meet people with different backgrounds. In addition, a professor joined the groupand summarized the talk point by point.
I found the country‐by‐country presentations interesting, and the experience of discussing andsharing each other’s situations and views, and deepening mutual understanding by spending a lot oftime on group discussions and presentations to be very valuable for me.
It was good that since there was no country which has more representatives, people from eachcountry proactively and responsibly conveyed their information, so I could understand extensively
and could get a chance to talk.
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Q7. What did you dislike about the conference?
Maybe the one who didn’t on the camera during the conference. It’s kind of limiting interactions eachothers.
The silence
Doing a Q n A in chat room was so ineffective because all of the conference members were focusedon live conference camera.
The time limit for innovation project was too short.
I didn’t really like about people being not active in the discussion.
I like all about the conference, but I really hope the conference will be held directly so we got more
opportunities to talk and learn.
When we go to the outbreak room, many staff in many universities are there. So, we can not sharemany ideas. From my perspective I feel uncomfortable. If it decreases the staff just 1/room might bebetter!
Not many people brave to talk but not that serious.
I just don’t like doing the conference though online platform.
I would like to discuss more to other people beside my group in order to exchange
the experiences and knowledges.
There is a little bit pity is that because of the COVID‐19, we can’t meet face to face, only can use
online facetime. Maybe this way would caused misunderstanding, delay, and decrease people’s
empathy. For this, I hope the pandemic can pass soon, and meet guys in physically.
I thought the only regret was the video communication, but it also a great experience.
Its hard to talk to each other in video conference.
There was not enough time for discussion to share our feelings in COVID‐19. Unfortunately, we can't
really interact with foreign friends… There were still a screen blocking between us. I hope that the
COVID‐19 will end soon, and, in the future, I will have an opportunity to meet foreign friends inperson and have good conversations with them.
I felt I needed couple of short lectures at the beginning. It started with one by Alexander sensei and it
was great, but I felt I would be more prepared to discuss if the topic was covered a bit more by
professors/invited practitioners at the beginning.
Maybe time control? But even myself didn’t want to leave hahaha.

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It’s a bit too short to get in touch with all the participates. I thought about what way could be betterfor an online course like it.
Nothing in special but I just felt the schedule was too tight.
It may be interesting to discuss more among students after the group presentations. This means, forexample, after discussing within the group, Groups 1 and 2 will further share their opinions.
There is nothing in particular, but conducting group work late in the evening was somewhat toughbecause of the time difference. Internet connectivity seemed to be an issue in some countries.
For preparing a presentation with members whom I’d just met for the first time, the meeting on thefirst day was not enough, so we gathered personally that night to further discuss, and each member
created slides after breaking up. Since it took time to prepare the presentation, I was slightly lacking
sleep. While I participated on the second day, I had a lot of time left until the final finishing time thatday. I was personally not satisfied with how to use the time. I am very satisfied with the content of
the conference.
It was hard to be actively involved in the conference because of the lack of excitement and difficulty
to hear sound.

Q8. If we do it again, what should we change? What should we keep the same?
Since this is an international scientific forum it is better to use zoom background template fromcommittee to make the conference look presentable.
I think we could do the ice breaking more often (maybe 2 ice breaking each day).
Maybe, the time for innovation project needs more time.
More participants from many countries in Asia.
Maybe we can have some rules being agreed like we need to open up the camera, people have to
speak their thought up. And maybe we need some games to breaking the ice
Before the conference may be we could be gather or communicate through facebook or else, sowhen we have to discuss with the small group we can search the name and we can upload the file ora picture or presentation in that group.
Time effectiveness
More games for participants.
I think if we can meet in physically is better.
SURE! but it must be great if we can do it in a real workshop! ^^The time is quite early in the morning in Thailand so that if the time change to noon, it would bebetter.

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If we could make it in person, it might be better. But in this period, I understood.
I think the time for common meetings can be less, and spare time to group discussions, so that we
can have more time to communicate with people from other countries.
Generally, the time schedule was reasonable, everything happened as planned. But, the discussing
and presentation time should be longer, so we can raise our questions and discuss more with thepresenters.
I think whole process has gone well. But there was a little delay in second day, it wasn’t affected too
much, because we can hear more opinions and sharing.
By the way, the KAHOOT game in second day was so interesting, you can keep it, that’s a great
warming game.
I thought discussing with each other was a great idea which could continue.
In the group time, I suggest that maybe we can design an icebreaker to reduce thesense of embarrassment when we meet new teammates at the first time.
And the activities like opening videos and Kahoot can keep the same.
May be adding couple of lectures regarding the topic, because I felt that the topic was too wide andsince we started discussion very quickly, I didn’t know from what side should I start. It went
surprisingly great at the end when everyone covered such an interesting and unique issues incompletely different ways.
I also want to listen some professors or experts to share their field related to the topic. If the time isenough for adding this, that will be great!
The group discussion is always the best part for me, for we could have more chance to hear
individual’ opinion directly. But it’s a bit of pity that we couldn’t hear more voices from the professor’s side this time.
I enjoyed the video from each country, so it should be kept the same, I think.
I am fully satisfied with the pre‐learning about the current situation, and with the structure of theconference. If there is any area for improvement, the time for individual research in the pre‐learning
should be increased.
Next time I would really like to participate face‐to‐face, but depending on the pandemic situation, I
believe that partially adopting online participation such as through Zoom is conceivable as analternative.
It was all I could do to listen to the presentation of each group and country, largely because of theissue of my English ability. I could not take many notes, so I thought it would have made it easier tounderstand if those presentations and their transcripts had been distributed later. It was interesting
to see a video of each country, as I could see quite well the color (characteristics) of each country.

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I got the impression that the running of the conference overall was left to the student participants, so
I felt their burden would have been reduced if the organizer had given a little firmer direction.

Q9. If you have other comments, please feel free to write them here.
I am very grateful to you for organizing this international conference. As this is my first international
conference experience, there is lot of things to be had. I am very proud to be part of this conference.

I can’t wait to join another agenda with Kobe UNESCO Chair
Thankyou team for making this enjoyable yet thoughtful conference. So lucky to be here!
Thank You Ronni Sensei and the team. I am really happy and grateful I can join the conference andget to know many new things.
I can't wait for the next conference. Thank you.
I very enjoy this conference and Thank you for this conference! I hope the cooperation with KU‐MFU
will be a good friendship! ^^I think everywhere is so good, but I suggest that we can switch back to the small room in the last end
5‐10 minutes to let us say goodbye and appreciate to each other.
This was a great learning experience and environment. I hope this activity will continue and I am very
happy to participate in it.
Too good to say anything else.
And finally, thanks for all of teachers and students who participate in this UNESCO project. It is anunforgettable experience, and I will keep in mind forever. I hope that I can meet your guys again
soon. Keep safe and well~
Everything was great, thank you!
I had an excellent time. Thank you.
I was able to have a fulfilling time and deepen my learning by participating in the program. I am very
grateful to be able to exchange opinions with many university students in real time in an era when
you cannot meet face‐to‐face, and to be given such a valuable and meaningful opportunity.
I really felt how fulfilling these two days and their preparation period were. I am regretting that mylanguage skill dragged me down. I am full of gratitude for the help of seniors and professors in Kobe
University, overseas students and professors who mainly interacted in the same group. I truly feltthat kindness crosses borders. I would like to actively participate in this kind of program after
improving my English ability if there is any in the future. Thank you very much for offering me an
opportunity for a really wonderful experience.

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Overall Comment

Kobe University UNESCO Chair Online International COVID-19 Conference

Ronni Alexander
Director, Gender Equality Oﬃce, Kobe University
From 20-21 February, we held the Kobe University UNESCO Chair Online International
COVID-19 Conference. The 45 participants included faculty and a total of 33 students from
Kobe University and the UNESCO Chair partner universities in four countries (Gadjah Mada
University, Indonesia; National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan;
Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand; and Universiti Tunku Abdal Rahman, Malaysia). The ten
Kobe University students came from three diﬀerent faculties and graduate schools. They
enthusiastically made presentations in English and actively participated in discussion
groups.
The two-day conference began with Alexanderʼs greetings and short presentation. We
then watched short videos chosen by the students from each university about how toprevent COVID-19. The basic elements of preventing infection are the same in every
country, but the diﬀerences in the cultures and approaches of the diﬀerent countries visible
in the videos were very interesting. The videos were followed by 10-minute presentations
from each university focusing on COVID-19 and the theme of the Kobe University UNESCO
Chair ‒ gender and vulnerability in disaster risk reduction support. Ten minutes is a shorttime, but the presentations touched on a wide range of topics, including such things as
diﬀerences between rural and urban areas, religious support, and the situation of LGBTQ+
people.
Most of our time and energy was spent in small group discussions and presentations. The
groups of students from diﬀerent countries, cultures and ﬁelds of study discussed genderand vulnerability focusing on (1) the most important issues; (2) what each person will do;(3) what to share with future generations. At the end, each group presented on their work. It
was impressive that although each group discussed the same topics, their presentations
focused on such diﬀerent aspects as poverty or refugees/indigenous people, and others.
Our understanding was further deepened by excellent comments from faculty members
from all of the participating universities. According to the follow-up questionnaire and areport meeting with Executive Vice-President Sugimura, although the conference was held
on-line, the students were not only able to gain new information and insights, but they
were able to make new friends, too, making it a very worthwhile experience. Regardless ofwhether next time is on-line or in person, I hope we will be able to continue to share
information and search together for solutions.

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神戸大学男女共同参画推進室長

アレキサンダー ロニー

2月20日~21日に神戸大学ユネスコチェア「International COVID-19 Conference」（オンライン）を開催しました。 神戸大学とユネスコチェアの4か国のパートナー大学（ガジャマダ大学｛インドネシア｝、高雄科技大学｛台湾｝、
メーファールアン大学｛タイ｝、
トゥンク・アブドゥル・ラーマン学｛マレーシア｝）から３３名の学生や先生が参加し、計45名の会議となりました。 神戸大学からは3部局・10名の学生が精力的に英語で発表し、グループ討論に参加しました。

二日間にわたる会議は、
アレキサンダーの挨拶と報告から始まりました。次に、各国の学生が選んだ短い

COVID-19対策動画をみんなで鑑賞しました。 感染防止対策はどの国も同じでしたが、それぞれのビデオに文化や国の違いを読み取ることができて、好評でした。 その後、神戸大学ユネスコチェアのテーマである

ジェンダーと脆弱性を中心に各国の学生がプレゼンテーションを行いました。 10分間という短い時間でしたが、都市部と農村部の違いや宗教による支援、LGBTQ+の人々の状況など、さまざまな視点からの報告を聞くことができました。

最も時間をかけたのは小グループによるディスカッションと発表です。 国、文化、専門が異なる学生が、

ジェンダー・脆弱性を中心に①コロナの課題や対策、②自らの関わり方、③次世代に残していくものについて議論し、最終日にその成果を発表しました。 同じテーマであったのに、それぞれの焦点がジェンダー、貧困、
移民・少数民族などと異なっていたことが印象的でした。 また、大学の教員の適切なコメントによって理解がさらに深まったと思います。 学びふりかえりアンケートや3月2日に開催された杉村理事への報告会での感想によると、オンラインだったのに、新しい情報や視点を得ることができ、しかも友だちもできたことで、とても有意義だと思う人が多かったです。 次回もオンラインでしょうか、それとも対面でできるでしょうか。今後も、情報を共有しながら、一緒に対策を探っていきたいと思います。

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