Activity Report:
Fiscal Year 2022-2023
ALL JAPAN WOMEN’S SHELTER NETWORKApril, 2024

Activities of the All Japan Women's Shelter Network
Life support for DV victims

Support from donations, funds,
and donated goods

National Shelter Symposium

Support and information
sharing to supporters

Training of Supporters

empowerment school

Advocate for better legislation

Recommendations, interviewsby the media, flyers
Website, Events, Webinars

Social awareness and dissemination

Youtube and TikTok

Entrusted with DV counseling services by local and national governments,
and dispatch counselors

Life support for DV victims

PMJ Fund● Interest-free, small-scale loans. Supportfor starting a new life.
● FY2021: 1.45 million yen assistance to 7persons● FY2022: 3,070,000 yen assistance for 12persons● FY2022: 1.56 million yen to be repaid

All Japan Women’s
Shelter Network

Tuition AssistanceMemberOrganizations●FY2022: 1.5 million yen will beawarded to 11 students.
●For school supplies, university
entrance examination fees, etc.

Support of goods●Continuous support from various
companies.
● Cosmetic sets, pregnancy test drug,
bedding, etc.

Micron Empowerment Fund
● Established in 2022 with a grant from theMicron Foundation● 2.12 million yen assistance to 7 persons by2022● Mainly for housing and purchase offurniture, etc.

Disaster prevention helmets

Support fordisaster-stricken areas● Shelter repair in Hokuriku area

Purchase of furniture andappliancesTraining
Full-fledged courses to train workers for GBV victims● Opening in the summer of 2022.

● The first students will graduate at the end of2023.
● Learn many subjects through online videos.

● 46 basic subjects, 32 specialized subjects.
● Current enrollment: approx. 121 students.
● Partial study packages are also available foradministrators and counselors nationwide.

https://www.gbv-epschool.or.jp/
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Advocate for better legislation①
Revision of the Penal Code (Sexual Offenses):2023
To create a society in which perpetrators of sexualviolence are held accountable!
● Conducted social awareness-raising activities withother victims' groups and support groups to convey thereality of the damage and the demands of the victims.
● Stated that sexual intercourse without consent andalso sexual violence between husband and wife is acrime.

Revision of the Anti-Domestic
Violence Act: enacted: 2024
● We actively lobbied for the amendment.
● Restraining orders are also applicable tocoercive control.
● The penalty for violating the law has
been aggravated.
● Orders to prohibit phone calls and emails have been enhanced.

Act on Support for the Women (Women's Support Law) enacted: 2024

We achieved a break from the measures taken by the Anti-Prostitution Law,
and that was our long-cherished wish!

For the Law to have real effects● Public comments on the basic policy of the Act on Support for the Women .
● Making recommendations to the basic plans of prefectures.
● Actively cooperate with mass media for interviews and appearances,and contribute to books (NHK Radio, TBS Radio, NHK ETV "Heart Net TV")

Advocate for better legislation②
Opposition to family law reform(joint parental authority, child support, etc.)

Activities to discuss the situation of DV victims for law reformEx.）・April 2021, we attended and spoke on domestic violence as a witness at the Family Legislation
Subcommittee of the Legislative Council.
・May 2023, Joint press conference with the four organizations and the affected parties.

・November 2023, February 2024, "Statement Against the Introduction of Joint Parental Authority
After Divorce“・May 2024: we attended and reported as a witness in the House of Councillors Legal Affairs Committee.

● In FY2023, we held workshops for shelter staff on the Anti-DV Act, the Penal
Code(Sexual Offenses), the Women’s Support Act, and the Family Law Amendment. 217
people participated in total, at 4 locations across the country.

We will continue to work on various activities so that victims ofDV will not be troubled by the amendment of the Family Law!

Organize a National Shelter Symposium● Since its establishment in 1998, the National Shelter Symposium has been
held annually.
● In addition to DV victims and shelter staff, the symposium was attended by
front-line support workers from DV centers, police, government, medical, judicial,
gender research, and support companies. A wide range of issues regarding
measures to eradicate domestic violence against women were discussed anddebated.
● September 2023: Held in Kushiro City, Hokkaido under the theme of“Domestic Violence and Children “.
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自動的に生成された説 明

The report book is now on sale! https://nwsnet.or.jp/archives/1480● November 23,24, 2024: Scheduled to be held in Kobe City, Hyogo.
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Social awareness and communication activities①

Website： Renewal in October 2023
● Information on DV and sexual violence and the legal system.
● Donations can be made via credit card on the website.

https://nwsnet.or.jp/カーソル

Social awareness and communication activities②" G7 Gender Equality Ministers and Civil
Society Dialogue " ,2023●The event was held for the first time at Europa Housein Tokyo in conjunction with the G7 Hiroshima 2023.
●We also spoke about the realization of legal reform andfurther issues in Japan, and engaged in dialogue withministers and civil society organizations from each country.

全国 女 性 シェルターネット オンライン・ウェビナーを開催しました

Yu Murase / Women7"Considering the Response to DV Perpetrators:
Toward a Society Where Victims Don't Have to Run
Around" in March 2024.
● We hosted an online webinar, attended by over 150 people.
●Viewed more than 320 times in one week after its releaseon Youtube
https://youtu.be/zI93kiHS9dM?si=nK6Xp0wWN2evwfKG

Youtube and TikTokWebinar videos and more are available!
●"Ask Him Why" is a rap song by a Dutch group, and the Japanese subtitledversion has been viewed over 5,200 times!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNJgMdn2cFUBancroft photo medium●Children Exposed to Domestic Violence (2023) isan interview with Randy Bancroft.
Full-length video available online and have been viewed
over 700 times in six months.
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TikTok channel
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Youtube channel
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