2023 Q4 Japan Summary
In Japan, various events take place across the country from October to December
BPW Japan organised study groups, seminars and workshops on several themes (GGGI women's politicalparticipation, tourism from a gender perspective) to promote gender equality and women's empowerment. Here isan overview of these.
Three members also participated in the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Bahrain in November.
In December, a party was held to celebrate the ECOSOC qualification and a meeting was held in memory of BPW
Japan Past President Masako Hiramatsu.
GGGI Seminar 2023 (in Wakayama Prefecture)‒October 21th

In 2023, Japan's GGGI（The Global Gender Gap Index） ranking was 125th out of 146 countries,
the lowest ever recorded. And this year it is also the lowest among the G7 countries. We
attempted to deepen our understanding of 'what we can do to improve our ranking and situation
and what actions we can take. After learning from the lecture on the GGGI, the participantspresented their 'Personal Declaration of Action to Close the Gender Gap'.
<Theme>「GGGI125位(過去最低)から抜け出すために何ができるか?」
What can be done to get out of GGGI 125th (lowest ever) ?

Lecturer
Haniwa Natori, President of BPW Japan

Declaration ofaction using
jam boards

Western Japan Block Study Group (in Kagawa Prefecture) (Hybrid)‒November 11th

NWEC Forum (Online)‒December 7thAdvancing women's political participation. What we can and should donow.
In Japan, women's participation in the political field has not progressedwell. In this workshop, based on a lecture clarifying the current situationof women's participation in politics and reports by five female local
councillors, group work was conducted to examine concrete measures
to promote women's participation.

A workshop was held at the National Women's Education Centre's forum as oneof the events that the interns sent to CSW engage in after their return. Through apanel talk by BPW members who work in the tourism industry and a panel
discussion facilitated by youth members, recommendations were made for therealisation of gender equality and the empowerment of women in the tourism
industry.
<Theme>「「おもてなし」の裏にあるジェンダー課題―ジェンダーの視点から⾒た観光業」<Theme>「⼥性の政治参画を進めよう 今私たちができること、すべきこと」
Advancing women's political participation.
do ?

What we can and should

Gender issues behind 'hospitalityʼ -Tourism from a gender perspectiveECOSOC qualification celebrations‒December 17th
In July 25, 2023, BPW Japan's special
consultative status with the UN Economic andSocial Council was accredited. A meeting washeld to celebrate the long-sought qualification of
the Past President, Masako Hiramatsu, and tolink it to future activities.

Tmotohide Yoshikawa、Former Ambassador Extraordinary
Keiko Okada, Director General of Genderand Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Mission of Japan toEquality Bureau (Cabinet Office)the United Nations
Tatsuhiro Furumoto, Foreign Policy Bureau Gender
Mainstreaming Division Office)Gathering in memory of Masako Hiramatsu ーDecember 16th
Gathering in memory of Past President Masako Hiramatsu, who passed away on 30
November 2021, was held at a restaurant near the flat where she lived. She always
encouraged us to 'step forward'. I believe that we must carry on the will of Ms
Hiramatsu, who has acted to eliminate gender inequalities and achieve genderequality.

Creating postcards
We have created original postcards to promote theactivities of BPW Japan for gender equality. We hope todeliver our message to many people.