Mission and Activities
The mission of the Japan Association for Women sJapan

AssociationforWomen’s
Education

Education (JAWE) is to contribute towards the promotionof lifelong learning and next generation development
aimed at establishing a gender-equal society.
The following actvities are conducted in order to achievethese goals.

JAWE

Research andInvestigation
Projects

Human Capital
Development
Programs

Activities of the promotionof lifelong learningand next-generation
development which
Liaison withInformation all contribute towards
Relatedthe creation ofResources
Organizations
a gender-equal society

Leasing serviceof the Nihon Joshi
Kaikan building

We support
lifelong learning
andcareer development
for women!

HistoryMarch 1941

The Nihon Joshi Kaikan, an incorporatedfoundation, was establishedFebruary 1945 Merged with the Association for SocialEducation, an incorporated foundation, andbecame the Dai-Nihon Womenʼs Association forSocial Education
March 1972

Renamed as the Japan Womenʼs Association forSocial Education, an incorporated foundation

April 2002

Renamed as the Japan Association for WomenʼsEducation, an Incorporated Foundation

April 2011

The association was changed into a public
interest incorporated foundation.

March 2021

Cerebrated the 80th anniversary of theestablishment.

Learning and Fostering
Training and educating of “JAWE
Career Development Designers”
for the sake of empowering womento support their lifelong career
design activities froma gender-equal perspective.

Networking
Expanding interaction and activity
opportunities for “JAWE Career
Development Designers”.

Presenting of the “Japan
Association for Womenʼs
Education Future Award” for themost outstanding reports with the theme of new and fresh starts.

Networking within and out ofJapan with the “career humanresources platform” at its core toprovide a place connecting people
and society to promote womenʼslifelong career development.

Holding of seminars on foresting the next generation andpromoting gender equality.

The association aims to serve as a platform
for encouraging women s lifelong learning andcareer development towards realizing a society based on gender equality.
Informing and Spreading

Administration of “Oﬃce Welearn,” a sharing oﬃce for women.

Issuing of the monthly professional
journal “We learn” for thepromotion of gender equal society.

Administration of the active library“Space We learn”.

Spreading of information throughICT technology.
Provision of academic resources
for womenʼs learning andnext-generation development suchas the “Discovering GenderPanel”.

Administration of the Nihon Joshi Kaikan

Renting of conference rooms.

“Discovering Gender Panel”“Oﬃce We learn”

The Nihon Joshi Kaikan which is supervised and administeredby our association had been built in Shiba-Koen in 1937 as theﬁrst camp-in training facility for womenʼs social education in
Japan, attracting the hopes and expectations of women

nationwide. Later, through the changes in time, the building

was renovated in 1947, and now oﬀers services contributing
towards the development of a gender-equal society as well as
providing oﬃce space for the public organization.

Nihon Joshi Kaikan is located in the Shiba-Koen district

centering around the Zojoji temple, facing the park, so it isfurnished with a peaceful environment rich in green foliage.

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Monthly publication
A professional magazine for genderequality, highly recommended for
those involved with the promotionof diversity, the promotion of active
participation of women in society,and career development support .

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Shiba Park Building

Published monthly on the ﬁrst of each month(Combined issue for November and December)

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We deeply request for your kind support andassistance for further improvements of ourfoundation activities towards our mission ofrealizing a truly gender-equal society .
＊Supporting membership fees receive preferential treatment

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Mita Line

Ooedo Line

Wide-ranging contents such as study reports
concerning career support and so on, activity
reports from within and out of Japan,
information on ﬁlms and new publications, andso on are actively adopted in business planningand enforcement for universities, NPOs, andwomen-related facilities nationwide.

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Transportation
Information

under our taxation policies, being treated as donations towards a
speciﬁc public interest foundation.

＊Supporting membership fees are received at all times.

By JR (Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku Lines):
8 minutes from Hamamatsucho Station, North exit

Supporting Membership Fee

By Subway (Tokyo Municipal Asakusa Line):
5 minutes from Daimon Station, A6 exit

（April 〜 March of the following year）

・Individual members: 10,000 yen per share
・Corporate members: 30,000 yen per share＊Names of supporting members shall be listed on our website.
(Anonymity is possible upon request)

For inquiries and registration, please contact ─Supporting Membership Oﬃce
Japan Association for Womenʼs Education
5th Floor, Nihon Joshi Kaikan
2-6-8, Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku,Tokyo 105-0011
Tel. no.: 03-3434-7575
E-mail: jawe@nifty.com

By Subway (Tokyo Municipal Ooedo Line):
5 minutes from Daimon Station, A6 exit
By Subway (Tokyo Municipal Mita Line):
2 minutes from Shiba-Koen Station, A3 exit

Japan Associationfor Womenʼs Education
Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
2-6-8 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011 Japan
Tel.81-3-3434-7575 / Fax.81-3-3434-8082
E-mail : jawe@nifty.com

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