Women Today“Violence against women will only ceasewhen men speak out and challenge theviolence of men.”

Executive Director
White Ribbon Campaign UK

Chris GREEN

In the UK, there are 3.29 million assaults each year
against women. An alternative way of phrasing this is“Every six seconds a woman cries - Every three days awoman dies.”

relationships to their sons.
The new Council of Europe Convention on Preventing
and Combating Violence against Women is a very
powerful agreement which will provide greater
protection and services, has now been signed by 20
European states. Prevention is also a priority for thisdocument. In Article 12 of the Convention, for example,
it specifically calls for “the encouragement of all membersof society especially men and boys to contribute actively
to preventing all forms of violence.”
Men will get involved as it is in our interests to live
in a more safe, equal, and respectful world. No man
wants his son to grow up to be a perpetrator, or his
daughter a victim, of violence.

What prevents us living in a world without violenceagainst women?
A culture which permits violence against women,
tradition, history, men’s behavior and men’s beliefs.
What do we need to do to create a world where there
is no violence against women?
Educate young men; develop a culture of respectful,healthy relationships between men and women; andchange men’s attitudes. This is why there is a need for a
campaign to involve men in speaking out about violence
and challenging negative gender stereotypes which
reinforce abuse.
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) started in 1991
in Canada and spread all over the world. The White
Ribbon Campaign operates in over 50 countries. It exists
to mobilize men to prevent violence against women—to
make those men who do not listen to women change,
unblock their ears, and open their eyes.
There is growing support for this global movement at
the moment. And it is worth remembering that “There isnothing more powerful than an idea whose time hascome.”

The White Ribbon promise is a pledge never tocommit, excuse or remain silent about violenceagainst women.
In the UK, the White Ribbon Campaign involves
municipalities and schools which apply for white ribbon
awards. This ensures that activities to engage men to
take more responsibility in challenging violence are runin large cities as well as small towns across the UK. In
education, it involves students, staff and the wider schoolcommunity working to involve boys and men.
The White Ribbon Campaign collaborates withsports personalities and musicians to spread messages
to encourage men to become active in challenging
violence across the world.
As one of our 10,000 supporters wrote when making
his pledge—“Silence is not an option. Silence colludes
with all the violence against women. Because you careabout a woman in your life, join the White Ribbon
Campaign and speak out to prevent violence against
women.”

Why should men be involved in ending violenceagainst women?
First, men need to organize themselves as part oftheir responsibility to reduce violence against women—
men commit the vast majority of domestic abuse. Ninety
percent of the recidivism rate for domestic violence inthe UK is committed by men against women.
Second, women want men to also challenge violenceagainst women. Around the world, women’s organizations
welcome the involvement of men in preventing violence.
Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the Director of UN Women, wrote
in Asian Breeze No. 64, “Men of all ages and walks oflife—from political and economic leaders to fathers,
teachers, policemen, judges, doctors, friends, artists andcelebrities—are part of the solution.”
Third, men can act as role models for other men in
mobilizing against the violence. The military, business,faith groups, sports, the arts and politics have men in
the most senior positions. These men can act as rolemodels to encourage other men to take the issues
seriously and join the campaign. Men as fathers also
play a key role in showing a positive example of respectful

No.67 March 2013

Profile of Chris GREEN
Chris Green has worked as the Director of White Ribbon
Campaign UK since 2006. He has conducted trainings for
Oxfam, the British Council, and the European Union. For
four years, he was a member of the Council of Europe
Task Force to End Violence against Women. He was the
Chair of the Coalition of Men and Boys, and sits on the
National Institute for Clinical Excellence ProgrammeGroup on Domestic Abuse, as well as End Violenceagainst Women Coalition. In 2007, he was awarded
Ultimate Man of the Year by Cosmopolitan, and in 2012,
ran with the Olympic Torch in London. He also took part in
The 23rd Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women in
November 2012 as a keynote speaker.
In November 2012, he was appointed as a member of the
UN Network of Men Leaders to combat violence against
women by Ban Ki-moon.

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Current Issues Series
Women’s Human Rights inMedia Coverage

Associate Professor, Miyazaki Municipal University

Yumi SHIKATA

Shikata, who specializes in research on “Genderand Media,” is a member of the Gender andCommunication Network (GCN). In 2009, she joined
the IWMF (International Women’s Media Foundation)
Global Report on the Status of Women in the NewsMedia. In FY2010, she served as a KFAW visiting
researcher.

Part 3
Crime Reporting and Women’s Human Rights– Trends and New Problems in Recent Years –As previously covered in this Current Issues Series,
gender bias can be observed in media coverage. This is not
an exception even with crime reporting. “Women and crime,”
which is perhaps a topic that can attract a lot of attention
from readers and viewers, tends to be reported in a much
more sensational way than other stories. The media coverageof women victims and women suspects sometimes leads tothe violation of human rights.
However, in recent years, more consideration is beginningto be given to the human rights of victims and suspects. In
principle, the media keeps the identity of sexual crimes
secret and does not reveal the victim’s personal information.
Additionally, media coverage of female suspects increasingly
place blame not only on the suspects but regard suchcriminal cases as a larger problem relating to communities
and social systems, such as poverty and lack of social
support. It seems that behind this trend is progress insupport for victims, which has been spurred by theestablishment of the National Association of Crime Victims
and Surviving Families (2000), as well as by the enactment(2004) and enforcement (2006) of the Basic Act on Crime
Victims. Moreover, some people are beginning to discuss thenecessity of providing support even for suspects (orperpetrators) and their families.
Although it can be said that this change is favorablefrom the aspect of women’s human rights, it also causes new
problems. For example, information which may bedisadvantageous to the victim can end up being disseminatedto readers and viewers. Moreover, if a report on a child abuse
incident puts too much emphasis on society and community
rather than the abusive parent, it can lead readers andviewers to pay excessive attention to family problems in a
local community. This can foster a tendency in which
mothers are placed under control and surveillance to ensurethat they will not abuse their children. In addition, there are
increasing cases where a counseling organization is blamedfor not having solved a child abuse problem, or where therelevant suspect (or perpetrator) is blamed for her failure toaccess a counseling organization.
On the other hand, the overflow of information throughthe Internet makes the violation of human rights from crime
reporting even more serious. There is no end to the numberof the cases where information that is closed to the public by
newspapers or TV programs is leaked out on the Internet.
Particularly, there is a trend in which the privacy of victims
and perpetrators of criminal cases and their families isleaked out and spread at an accelerated pace. Their names
and addresses are often revealed and go viral. On a social
media site where users can post messages anonymously,some people slander such victims and suspects without
hesitation. Recently, a popular female TV personality
reported to the police after some of her site readers posted
messages implying that they were going to kill her. Even
though she was a victim, some people bashed her, sayingthat it did not make sense for her to go to the police or that
she was the very cause of the trouble. On the Internet, there
are still many cases where victims are blamed. The spreadof the Internet has enabled literally anyone to disseminate
information. At the same time, however, this has generated
situations where people exchange unreliable information
irresponsibly. The establishment of ethics among Internet
users is required.
There are also cases where information placed on theInternet by victims of criminal cases is covered by the media.
In August this year, a Japanese woman was killed near an
airport after she arrived at Bucharest, the capital of
Romania. There was much media coverage on what she had
written in her Facebook and Twitter before her death,leading some TV news programs to focus on the victim’s
faults (such as her defenselessness and her outfits). As isindicated by this, in recent years, there are increasing
numbers of cases where the media reports what a victim
wrote on his/her blog and other social media sites, on the
grounds that such information was released by the victim
herself. However, quoting without the victim’s explicit
permission is problematic because the victim did not writeon the premise that her words would be covered by the
media. It is necessary for the media as an information
disseminator to establish and follow appropriate rules
regarding how to deal with such information.
Since media coverage has a large impact on society,today’s situation where the violation of women’s humanrights is observed on a daily basis is an issue. To improve
this situation, it is important for each of us, as information
receivers, to acquire media literacy, express what we value
in media coverage, and challenge what is covered by media,
if necessary. Enhancing society’s awareness of human rights
and eradicating gender discrimination will lead to thecessation of violations of women’s human rights in media
coverage.

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No.67 March 2013

The 23rd Kitakyushu Conference

on Asian Women

On November 10 (Sat.), 2012, the 23rd Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women was held at the Kitakyushu
Municipal Gender Equality Center, MOVE, with the title “Get United - To Eliminate Violence against Women andGirls.”The keynote speech was delivered by the Executive Director of White Ribbon Campaign U.K., an organization that
calls on men around the world to eliminate violence against women. This was followed by a panel discussion whichfeatured experts from Korea and Japan. Participants discussed international trends, efforts being promoted in Europe,
Korea and Japan regarding violence against women, what is behind violence, and many other topics, thereby identifying
problems to be solved and what should be done to achieve a society free from violence.
wellbeing. Moreover, he presented the campaign’s specific,
effective strategies to get men engaged: while establishingclose cooperation with local governments, companies, andschools, the White Ribbon Campaign has received
endorsement from prominent male sports players andmusicians.

Keynote Speech“Violence against women will only ceasewhen men speak out and challenge theviolence of men.”
Mr. Chris GREEN(Executive Director, White Ribbon Campaign U.K.)

Panel Discussion

Mr. Chris GREEN spoke about the Council of Europe
Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against
Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention), aninternational organization in Europe with a focus on humanrights and democracy, as well as about the White Ribbon
Campaign, a movement currently gaining international
momentum.
He first explained that the Istanbul Convention of theCouncil of Europe covers all forms of violence, such as
domestic violence (DV), sexual violence, psychologicalviolence, and stalking, and that the convention provides
legally binding standards which are comprehensive in theircoverage of violence against women. The convention’s parties
will be obliged to take necessary measures in order to protect
all victims from any further acts of violence.

Panelists
Mr. Chris GREEN(Executive Director, White Ribbon Campaign U.K.)

Ms. PARK, Inn hea(Director, Incheon Women’s Hot Line, Korea)

Ms. Muneko ISHIMOTO(Counseling Coordinator / Social Welfare Worker, Kurume
Municipal Gender Equality Promotion Center, Japan)

Panelist and coordinator
Ms. Yukiko TSUNODA (Lawyer)
At the panel discussion following the keynote speech,
Ms. TSUNODA, the coordinator of the discussion, first spoke
about efforts made by the U.N. and Japan to combat violenceagainst women and girls. She explained the U.N.’s view that
it is necessary to recognize that violence against women is aproblem related to a social mechanism by which women areplaced under the control of men and forced into a subordinate
position, and that in order to improve the status of women, it
is also necessary to eliminate violence against women andachieve gender equality. In addition, she emphasized that ina bid to eradicate violence against women, legislation isessential and that Japan lags far behind the international

Keynote speech

Next, he gave an outline of the White Ribbon Campaign,in which men call on other men to prevent violence against
women. This campaign is currently underway in the U.K. as
well as more than 50 other countries around the world. Hethen explored why it is necessary to organize men in order toeliminate violence against women and said that whenmotivating men to engage in the campaign, it is important
to emphasize to men that such engagement would be in theirinterest. He also explained that it is effective to approachmen by identifying their relational interests and personal
Panelists

Mr. Chris Green’s essay is available in Women Today (p.1).
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standard in terms of such legislation. Moreover, Japan lacks
awareness that violence against women is a form of
discrimination based on gender bias, even though it isalready well understood in international society.
Next, Ms. PARK, a Korean authority in the field of theprevention of sexual violence and the protection of humanrights, spoke about the actual situation in Korea on violenceagainst women and children and activities promoted in the
country to eliminate such violence. She said that in Korea
there are more than 20 one-stop centers where victims ofsexual violence receive comprehensive support. She also
explained that such organizations receive full financial
support from the government. Her statements made theJapanese audience realize that Korea has a much more
improved support system than Japan does.
Ms. PARK’s presentation was followed by Ms. ISHIMOTO,
who reported on the current situation of violence against
women and girls from the viewpoint of a counselor. She
explained that Kurume City, one of Japan’s most advanced
cities in terms of the provision of systematic support for
victims of domestic violence, has a well-organizedadministrative support system for victims of violenceseeking counseling. Many victims blame themselves, which
can result in a feeling of isolation. As a result, the violence
becomes insidious, repeating and worsening over a long
period of time. Moreover, with regard to the negative
influence that children experience when growing up in anenvironment where they observe DV all around them, she
spoke about the cycle of violence in which these children
learn to solve problems by using violence.
These presentations were followed by exchanges of
opinion among all the speakers. A particularly impressive
discussion was on the fact that when DV occurs in Japan, it
is not the perpetrators who leave home, but the victims. Thismeans that the main trend of countermeasures against DV
in Japan shows that in order to ensure safety, DV victims
are forced to abandon all they have built up and run away.
This point was regarded as problematic by everyone in theaudience.
Finally, Ms. TSUNODA indicated that there was a
possibility to find some clues for solving Japan’s problems
not only by focusing on the country’s efforts, but also byattending the 23rd Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Womenand learning about measures being taken in other parts of
the world.
The program concluded with her suggesting that theaudience take the opportunity presented by the conference
to unite in eliminating violence against women and girls.
After the end of the program, with the cooperation of theCouncil of Women’s Groups of Kitakyushu, an event withthe panelists and seminar participants was held on the 1st
floor of MOVE to deepen interaction and further discussion.

Interaction event

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23rd Seminar on KFAW Research Activities“Research Analysis and Network Development to Support

Date: December 8 (Sat.), 2012, 13:30 – 16:00
Venue: Kitakyushu Municipal Gender
Equality Center, MOVE

Businesses of Rural Female Entrepreneurs”
FY2011⁄12 KFAW Visiting Researcher and Co-researcher

Kayo OKABE, Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University
Mayumi DAN, Adjunct Lecturer, Keisen University

The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW)
conducts surveys and research on a wide variety ofissues related to gender and women around the world,
especially in the Asia-Paciﬁc region. At the 23rd Seminar
on KFAW Research, KFAW researchers and visiting
researchers presented the results of their researchcarried out in ﬁscal 2011 and ﬁscal 2012, and exchanged
various opinions with the seminar participants.

“A Study on Women Marriage Migration from Transition
Countries in Asian Region to Japan: Case Studies from Indo—
Chinese Refugee Families and Chinese Families in Japan”
FY2011⁄12 KFAW Visiting Researcher

Mika HASEBE, Lecturer at the Center for Multilingual Multicultural
Education and Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies“Comparative Research on Effective Child-Raising Support
Measures to Deal with Declining Birthrates in Japan and Korea”
Masami SHINOZAKI, Chief Researcher, KFAW
BAE Hae-Sun, Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences,
Faculty of Literature / Faculty of Human Sciences,
Chikushi Jogakuen University“Examining Education Trajectories and Views on Employment
and Marriage: A Case of Female Students in Higher Educationin Trivandrum, India and Kitakyushu, Japan”
Masako OTA, Senior Researcher, KFAW

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No.67 March 2013

International Understanding Seminar

KFAW Consulate SeriesFirst Lecture:

Second Lecture

Young Chinese Today

American Work Styles

Date: August 18 (Sat.), 2012
Lecturer: LI Tian Ran, Consul General, Consulate-General of
the People’s Republic of China in Fukuoka

Date: November 30 (Fri.), 2012
Lecturer: Michael CHADWICK, Consul for Public Affairs,
Consulate of the United States in Fukuoka

Mr. LI gave an easy-tounderstand explanation on
employment, marriage andfamilies in China. Against
the backdrop of the one-childpolicy, achievement of rapid
economic development, andthe transition from a planned
economy to a market economy, the way young people in
China think has changed considerably.
At the end of the seminar, Mr. LI delivered a sincere
message : “Although there are still many problems between
Japan and China, I believe that if we can consider various
things from a broader perspective, the relationshipbetween the countries will become much brighter. I lookforward to watching the young people of both Japan and
China, who will lead the next generation, engage infriendly cooperation and demonstrate their capabilities tointernational society.”

Presenting some comparisons between the U.S. andJapan, Mr. CHADWICK spoke about the working style ofpeople in the U.S. and work-life balance. He referred to
the growing rate of women in the workforce in the U.S.
and the increase in the time spent by men on housework.
He said that as a multi-ethnic country, the U.S. has many
problems but that there are many opportunities to create
new ideas when people with different backgrounds interms of race, ethnicity, religion, culture, and otheraspects work together in one place. He continued bysaying that this holds true for Japan, and that the creationof a diverse workplace where the young and old, men andwomen work together
will lead to thegeneration of profits
for the whole ofsociety.

Gender Mainstreaming in the Balkans
The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW) has organised the Training
Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers since 1991
under contract with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A visit tothree Balkan countries was made by a KFAW researcher and the JICA Kyushu
International Center as a part of the follow-up survey on this training seminar
between November 5th and 17th in 2012 to find how the training seminar has
contributed to gender mainstreaming in these countries.
We met seven government officers who had participated in the training seminar(two in Albania, three in Bosnia andHerzegovina and two in Kosovo), as well as
Seminar held in Albania
their colleagues. We also held seminars whichfeatured presentations on the initiatives taken by the Japanese government, JICA andKFAW and in the respective countries we visited, followed by discussions on effective
approaches to mainstreaming gender. Although political, economic and social contexts
were different, we found common challenges, such as violence against women, economic
empowerment of women, women’s participation in decision-making, and institutionalarrangements for advancement of women.
Meeting at a restaurant in Bosnia andHerzegovina
The country visits confirm not only that that the participants of the JICA training
seminar have utilized the knowledge andskills obtained in Japan in their work, but also that they have widely shared theirexperiences in Japan with people inside and outside the government bodies to which
they belong. Furthermore, the participants have collaborated with each other tomainstream gender in their respective countries. We were pleased to know that thetraining seminar was highly regarded in these Balkan counties. On the basis of theresults of this follow-up survey, we will further improve the training seminar, which
we hope will contribute to gender mainstreaming in various countries.
Meeting at a government ofﬁce in Kosovo
Masako OTA, Senior Researcher, Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women
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Foreign Correspondents’ Report
Profi leBreaking the Shacklesof Child Labor

Ms. MAJUMDAR is a Delhi-based independent journalist,
focusing on research-based articles on development issues
and the role of women as agents of social change. In her
writings, she has focused on India's development policy andits impact on people, and women in particular.
She has received several awards and fellowships for her
writings on health care, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, livelihoods,
sanitation, education, environment and gender.

Swapna MAJUMDAR (India)
Gandla Malleshwari often saw other girls her age
walking to school while she grazed cattle. Her parents had
never sent her to school, and after her mother’s death in
1999, when her father abandoned them, Malleshwari andher five siblings were taken to live with their mother’s
brother in a small village in the Ranga Reddy district in thesouthern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Here, too, her uncle did not consider education importantand did not bother sending her to school. In fact, her uncle
made her responsible for looking after his cows. It was
herding the cattle that she would watch schoolgirls going tostudy. But the 11-year-old could only yearn to be like them.
Little did she know that her life was about to change.
Around this time in 1999, volunteers of MV Foundation,a non-governmental organization based in Hyderabad, thecapital of the city of Andhra Pradesh, that works to bringchildren back to school, were mapping out-of-school children
in Ranga Reddy district. During this exercise they heard
about Malleshwari.
When they went to meet her and found that Malleshwari
was interested in studying, they persuaded her uncle toallow her to join their residential bridge course camp (RBC)
so that she could be mainstreamed into an age-appropriateclass in a government school. After a year of studying in the
RBC, Malleshwari was mainstreamed into Class 7 in a
nearby government school.
Since then, there has been no looking back. Hard work,
determination and talent made 2010 a watershed year for
Malleshwari. Not only did she complete her college
graduation, she was also hired as a camerawoman by HMTV,
a Hyderabad-based vernacular TV news channel. She was
the first woman to be chosen as a camerawoman in the entire
state.
For a poor girl rescued from child labor, this was a big
moment in her life. “I used to herd goats and cows. I neverthought I would be able to study. But once I was given theopportunity, I was determined to make the best of it. I
wanted to show that I was no less than others,” she pointed
out.
Having become economically independent, Malleshwari
was able to support the education of her younger siblings.

But she wanted to help other children like herself who wereforced to work because of poverty and lack of opportunities
to study. She facilitated a program on child labor whileworking in HMTV. This program prompted the MV
Foundation to start a helpline for children in difficult
circumstances. After its launch, the helpline led to therescue of a number of children forced into child labor.
Malleshwari has helped their cause by highlighting theircases in her coverage of the news and ensured that the
rescued children were admitted to RBCs.
Malleshwari has become an icon for many children
rescued from child labor. Her own story has also been
published in regional newspapers published from Andhra
Pradesh. However, 23-year-old Malleshwari, who earns amonthly salary of Rs 16,000, (USD 320), is not resting on
her laurels.
She is focusing more on social issues in her work with
Telangana News Network, a local TV channel based in
Hyderabad. She is also raising awareness on child laborthrough songs. A good singer, Malleshwari has recorded 11
albums on child-related issues as well as devotional songs.
She also speaks at public platforms about how her lifechanged because of education. “I know what life is like
without education,” she says. “I want to help as many
children as possible who are deprived of education, and forthat, I am ready to use whichever medium I can to achieve
this goal.”

Ms. Gandla Malleshwari

Information
KFAW to Attend CSW57!
As an organization with NGO Special Consultative Status to the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), KFAW
attends the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held every year at the UN Headquarters in New York. At this year’s
CSW57 (March 4-15, 2013), KFAW will disseminate information to international society on its activities in training and developing
facilitators to prevent dating domestic violence and the outcomes of KFAW’s classes on preventing such domestic violence.

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No.67 March 2013 st Seminar: “New Developments for Aung San
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Suu Kyi and the Myanmar Government”
Date & Time▼▼FY 2012 KFAW Asian Researchers Network Seminar
August 31 (Fri.), 2012, 18:30 - 20:30

 nd Seminar: “Rio+20: Gender and Kitakyushu’s
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Involvement”
Date & Time

Lecturer	Kenji INO, Dean, School of Regional Development,

ISSN 0918-8266

October 4 (Thu.), 2012, 18:30 - 20:00

Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in 1992, Rio+20 (United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development) was heldin the same city, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 13 to 22,
2012. The event drew approximately 45,000 participants,
including 105 high-level government officials from 191
countries and regions. Of the nine people from civic groupsin Kitakyushu who participated in Rio+20, three gave
presentations about the conference.

the University of Kitakyushu

In Myanmar, the National League for Democracy(NLD), led by Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, swept the country’s
parliamentary by-elections, and she also won a seat,
attracting attention from around the globe. Now that
Myanmar has taken a large step forward towards
democracy, it is expected that the country will also
move forward with economic development. Dean Kenji
Ino of the School of Regional Development at the
University of Kitakyushu was invited to this seminar.
Having worked as an expert researcher at the Myanmar
Embassy of Japan in the latter half of the 1980s, he isrenowned in the research community as an authority on
Myanmar. He showed an invaluable film to explain the actual
situation he himself
had witnessed in
the country, andalso talked about
Ms. Aung San Suu
Kyi.

(1) “Rio+20: Gender and Kitakyushu’s Involvement”
Yoshiko MISUMI, President, Kitakyushu Institute on
Sustainability, and Vice-Representative, Kitakyushu
ESD Council(2) “Rio+20 Seen from Photographs” and “Outline, Outcome
Documents and Major Group, Women of Rio+20”
Yukiko ODA, Chief Researcher, Kitakyushu Institute on
Sustainability, and Vice-Representative, Japan Women’s
Watch(3) “Rio+20: From the Perspectives of Development Goals
and Citizens’ Participation”
Masako OTA, D irector, Kitakyushu Institute on
Sustainability

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Report on the Visit to Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea (August 29-30, 2012)
We visited the Incheon Development Institute (IDI) in Incheon Metropolitan
City, Korea, a survey and research organization that works on formulating local
policies for Incheon Metropolitan City and solving the city's various problems.
Korea is now experiencing a decline in the country's birth rate, the speed ofwhich is faster than that in Japan. A childcare policy to overcome this decline isthe largest political problem that the country is now facing.
【Visit to the One-Stop Support Center】
One-Stop Support Center was founded under a three-way agreement
between the Incheon medical institute, Incheon Metropolitan City, and Incheon
Care room-sand box
local police, in order to promptly respond to domestic violence, sexual violence,and school violence. A doctor, a female police officer, and a counselor are stationed at the center to provide
victims with necessary services including medical, counseling, investigation, legal, and other services on a roundthe-clock basis. This year marks the sixth anniversary of the establishment of the center, which now has 12 fulltime staff members.
【Visit to the Sunflower Child Center】
Sunflower Child Center provides medical and legal services for young victims of sexual abuse and theirfamilies. The center offers a wide variety of legal support services, including those related to reporting to thepolice, promoting trials, and testifying on behalf of victims, as well as financial support for trials. This year, thecenter has launched a legal support system in which lawyers serve as a proxy for victims' parents.
Since the center is a facility for children, it employs therapies using sand boxes, dolls, musical instruments,and other items.

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