Women Today
The Third Basic Plan for Gender Equality:International Perspective

Professor, Jissen Women’s University
Member of the Council for Gender Equality

Mr. Takashi KASHIMA“What items should be contained in the third Basic
Plan for Gender Equality to be compiled by the Japanese
Government?” After holding heated discussions
regarding this matter, the Council for Gender Equality
members finalized a report on the issue and furnished it
to the Japanese government in July 2010. After studying
the report thoroughly, the government compiled thethird Basic Plan for Gender Equality, which wasapproved at a cabinet meeting at the end of December
2010.
The Japanese government compiles a Basic Plan for
Gender Equality every five years. Designed to realize
the vision stipulated in the Basic Act for a Gender-Equal
Society, these plans work as the action programs ofnational policies. The third Basic Plan differs from its
predecessors in that it was prepared by the coalition
government headed by the Democratic Party of Japan,
whereas the first two Plans were formulated under thecoalition government led by the Liberal Democratic
Party. Moreover, in compiling the third Plan, theJapanese government was obliged to take into
consideration the final comments provided in 2009 fromthe UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women. These comments concerned Japan’s
progress in the area of gender equality.
Our discussions at meetings of the Council for
Gender Equality also incorporated perspectives of theinternational community concerning Japan’s progressin achieving gender equality. For example, we included
the following sentence in the beginning of the third
Basic Plan: (To build) a society that will be valued by theinternational community in terms of gender equality.
While chairing the drafting committee for the third
Basic Plan for Gender Equality, I noted the presence ofindividuals who persistently hold extremely conservative
attitudes toward gender-based roles. These individuals
believe that for both men and women, ways of living aredetermined by their sex. Moreover, they emphasize thatrigorous pursuit of gender equality can undermine
traditional, gender-based morals and customs,
eventually leading to the collapse of a time-honoredfamily system and local communities. By developing
their argument in such a way, I believe that these
conservative individuals divert the focus of discussions
away from essential matters.
Although many politicians are aware of the vital
importance of building a gender-equal society, in actual
face-to-face communication with their conservative, orbiased, electorate, they tactfully avoid the subject. Thisoccurs even though the realization of a gender-equal

No.63 October 2011society is “a top-priority task in determining theframework of 21st-century Japan.” (From the Preamble
to the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society).
When we compiled our report about the third Basic
Plan for Gender Equality, we sought to eradicate
stereotypical views regarding gender-based roles, and tosuggest effective and workable measures to advancegender equality. Fortunately, at the February 2010
meeting of the Council for Gender Equality, I found thatcabinet members were eager to promote genderequality.
Given such encouragement from cabinet members,
the Council’s report advocates various positive actions
including the introduction of a quota system for female
candidates in the election of National Diet members.
Other proposals prescribed in the report include: shifting
the unit of social systems and practices from households
to individuals; building a society that ensures that both
men and women share family responsibilities; andproactively observing international norms and criteria
relating to gender equality. We were pleased that theJapanese government adopted most of the proposals set
forth in the report, and incorporated them in the third
Basic Plan.
At meetings of the Council, I repeatedly stated thatpolitical will is key to building a gender-equal society.
To ensure that politicians actually carry out their words,
it is essential that we watch them from a global standpoint.
In this regard, I believe that the comments from the
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women significantly encourage the Japanese
government to carry out its plans. Although Japan is anadvanced country in terms of economy, it must also be
advanced in terms of gender equality. I truly believethat now is the time for us to transform our country byabolishing obsolete ideas and gender-based stereotypes.

Profile of Takashi KASHIMA
After serving as an editor for the Nikkei Shimbun, Mr.
Takashi Kashima became a professor of the Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Jissen Women’s
University. He is now a member of the Council for Gender
Equality at the Cabinet Office; a Chair of the Working
Women’s Empowerment Forum; and the Commissionerof the Japan Association for the Advancement of Working
Women. His extensive publications include To Eriko –Requiem for My Dearest Daughter Who Died in an
Explosion in Bolivia Ten Days after Her Engagement(Nikkei Inc.) and The Epoch of Gender Equality (Iwanami
Shinsho).

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RwandaReportSpecial Contribution from Rwanda

Village of Hope:

A Rwandan Couple Assists Female Genocide Victims

Naho AIZUWith my husband, who started to work in JICA Rwanda
office, and then three month old baby, I have lived in Kigali
for one and half year. Rwanda is known to many Japaneseby the word ‘genocide’ described in the movies such as Hotel
Rwanda. It has been 17 years since the genocide. Rwanda
is on the other hand famous for its socio-economic
development under the strong leadership of the current
president Paul Kagame. It aims to become the Singapore of
Africa. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is a beautiful townwith thousands of hills with a moderate climate at a highaltitude.
I met Nicholas and Elsie soon after I came to Rwanda.
It was Nicholas and Elsie who started their activities of“Link Ministries” after returning to Rwanda from UK in
2001. They write on their website ‘Link Ministries wasstarted by a Rwandan couple who had experienced a true
healing and reconciliation from their very traumatic
experience of the 1994 genocide. During their time in UK,
God started a work of deep healing in their lives as a family(they are from different ethnic backgrounds). And they felt
called to go back to Rwanda to be part of the healing
process and the rebuilding of their nation.’

properties. The Village of Hope, one of the activities of Link
Ministries, provides home and comfort to those women andorphans. Each family of a widow or orphans (child headedhousehold) is given a house that has 3 bedrooms, a livingroom with a dining table,
a kitchen and bathroom.
Many women gather infront of the house when
they have time. They
workon
traditional
basket weaving called
Agaseke and beads work
while talking to eachother. Elsie visits theVillage of Hope every
Thursday morning. She
then reads the Bible andprays together with them. She sometimes has individual
counseling. She also provides materials and trainings forhandcrafts. There were about fifteen women gathering when
I visited the Village of Hope with Elsie. They happily laughedwhile watching my son crawling around. They were surprised
to see me breastfeeding as many Rwandan think that‘foreigners’, somewhat includes myself, never breastfeed.
‘They receive a good amount of money by working on
the Ikirezi farm. However, that does not guarantee them astable life and peace of mind’, Elsie says. They need a place
to live, work to do, friends to talk and someone to rely on.
She also opened a sewing workshop in Kigali where thewomen who suffered from domestic violence and sexual
abuses are trained and produce handcrafts.
Nicholas and Elsie are very good friends of my family
now. They love to see my son, invite us to eat together andshare their vegetables and fruits. Sometimes they evenshare tips on how husband and wife could be nice to eachother.
As I came to know them, I learned about actual efforts
by Rwandans to get over their difficult history. I hope I canrevisit their farm and the Village of Hope with my grownup son one day and enjoy many more talks with Nicholas
and Elsie.

With Nicholas and Elsie’s family (Naho AIZU, back row right)

Nicholas is the Managing Director of Ikirezi Natural
Products, a social enterprise that produces organic
essential oils at four different sites in Rwanda. Eighty
percent of those who work at the farms are widows andorphans. The profit, mainly gained by exporting products
to South Africa and Britain, is directly delivered to theworkers and the communities. My first meeting with
Nicholas was when I visited his office while carrying myson on my back to buy essential oil for mosquito repellant.
Later on, he invited me to visit the farm located four hours
from Kigali. He then introduced me to Elsie, his wife, after
we talked a lot on the way to and from the farm.
Elsie is a mother of four children and the founding
member of the Link Ministry together with Nicholas. Manyof the women who work at the farm have lost their husbands,
kids, family members, house, farm land and other□Village of Hope
( ht t p: // w w w.ho p er wanda.org / ho p e / pages / d efault.
asp?pid=17)

ProfileNaho AIZU

Aizu, who graduated from International Christian
University, currently works at the Japan International
Cooperation Agency. After her experiences in the Rural
Development Department, the Secretariat of Japan
Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and the Office of the
President, presently she is on childcare leave. She has
an interest in rural and community development in andout of Japan.

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Current Issues Series
Reflections on
Dating DV
Part 2

Noriko YAMAGUCHI

A representative of Aware,
Domestic Violence Batterers’ Intervention
Program & Dating DV Prevention Program,
Director, Facilitator, Trainer

What Brings
about Dating DV?
Why is domestic violence (DV) found even among young
couples? Just as among adults, this is due to such young
people having learned and acquired wrong and dangerous
values that have led them to DV. Values serving as DV
factors include 1) power and control, 2) acceptance ofviolence, and 3) gender bias (gender prejudice anddiscrimination established socially and culturally). Almost
everyone has learned and acquired these values to somedegree. Especially with young people, the above threepoints are followed with 4) distorted ideas about love affairs
and dating.

us are influenced by the following socially developed ideas:
what a woman and man are supposed to be; what a
girlfriend and boyfriend are expected to be; and what roles
a wife and husband should play. Such ideas are so common
in daily life that everyone is affected by them without
realizing it. As a result, not only adults but also young
people take on such values as a matter of course. Genderbias is a common element in young people’s popular manga,magazines, TV dramas, movies, novels and songs. It also
exists in the words and deeds of those around them such as
their parents, teachers and friends. From the day we areborn, each of us begins receiving a shower of gender bias.
When individuals who are not aware that they have genderbias become intimate, the ideas of what a man is supposed
to be and what roles a boyfriend should play often leadthem to a man’s predominance over a woman. The ideas ofwhat a woman is supposed to be and what roles a girlfriend
should play, which are a matter of convenience for the man,tend to make it more likely DV will occur against awoman.

Power and Control
DV is control through power. Such control is observed
not only in DV and dating DV but also in other various
forms in society. Child-abusing parents try to control theirchildren through power. Along with them, many otherparents try to control their children sometimes bythreatening them, and other times by using carrots andsticks. Parents often say to their children, “Obey me, or getout!” or “If you do well on the test, I’ll buy you a video
game.” This illustrates parents’ control over their children
through power. Also at school, teachers intimidate andthreaten their students. Again, this uses the “power andcontrol” method. Every time adults use this method withchildren, the children learn the values and method of powerand control. When these children later begin dating with
their partners, they will likely put the learned values andmethod in practice. DV offenders are created even in
ordinary homes, because the wrong values are widespreadeven in this “normal” environment.

Distorted Ideas about Love Affairs and Dating
A typical example of distorted ideas carried by young
people today about love affairs and dating is one that“dating means restricting each other.” The widespread useof mobile phones makes it easy for young people to restrict
the other. Both girls and boys tend to restrict their partners.
Also, it seems that young people think that dating someone
is a prerequisite to being recognized by their peers as afully grown adult. This makes them think that they cannot
stop dating even if the restriction has aggravated toviolence. Many young people have the distorted ideas aboutlove affairs that restriction, coercion and violence areexpressions of love, preventing both DV offenders andvictims from easily realizing that they are involved in DV.
In many cases, behind young people’s distorted ideas
about love affairs and dating is gender bias, so it follows
that most DV offenders and victims are men and women,
respectively. Also, deeply related with men’s DV against
women is the male-oriented society we are all immersed in.
In a society where women’s rights are not respected, people
live with gender bias on a daily basis. DV is one result ofsocietal influence over personal relationships between
women and men. Violence against the woman in an intimate
relationship is a form of discrimination against the woman
and abuse of all women’s human rights.

Acceptance of Violence
The second factor is taking violence too lightly. Even if
they think that violence is not right, many people still
accept it under some conditions. Ideas like 1) violence isunavoidable for education, discipline, or justice, 2) that it isnatural that men are somewhat violent, and 3) that violence
is sometimes needed if there is love in it are strongly rooted.
Violence is not love but simply a crime. Violence deeply
hurts anyone who suffers it and destroys the relationshipbetween those involved.

Gender Bias
DV is observed even in couples of the same sex because
almost everyone has learned and acquired the values ofpower and control as well as the acceptance of violence.
Among heterosexual couples, most DV offenders are men.
This is deeply related to gender bias, the third factor. All of

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of an organic farm from Fukushima, shared his difficulty
and sorrow: he stated that he has evacuated to WesternJapan and started farming again. Third, I reported on myvolunteer work in Kesen-numa city. Lastly, from Fire andDisaster Management Department, City of Kitakyushu,
Mr. Naoki Tanaka showed photos of their relief activities
in Kamaishi city. Mr. Hisayoshi Tsuchida explained
Kitakyushu’s preparedness for natural disasters in which
gender perspectives were incorporated. He was proudof the high percentage of female members on the
Disaster Management Committee in Kitakyushu, while
many other cities have no female member at all.

THE FORUM WINDOWThe Great East Japan Earthquake―Reconstruction from Gender Perspectives(Messages from Kitakyushu)

The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on
11th of March, 2011, before the full implementation of
the Third Basic Plan for Gender equality. The Third
Basic Plan had been adopted by the Cabinet Meetingin December, 2010 and included “Promoting genderequality in the area of regional development, disasterprevention, environment, and other” as a new priority
field. Japanese women, as groups and individuals,
have been lobbying the government to incorporate
gender perspectives into relief and reconstruction
efforts, while extending supports to people affectedby the earthquake and tsunami. For example, wedemanded that more female members should be
appointed for the Government Reconstruction
Committee. Now, only one out of fifteen is a woman.

All the participants of the session reconfirmed that
we would provide long-term support to those who wereaffected, in order for them to recover from theunprecedented disaster. We were also determined tocreate disaster-resistant communities with gender
perspectives, learning lessons from this session as wellas past major disasters in Japan.

Masako OTA, Senior Researcher, KFAWIn Kitakyushu, an annual summer seminar of the
Alliance of Feminist Representatives was organized
by female political representatives and womenleaders of the city on 30th and 31st of July. One of thesessions, “Disaster and Women: Rebuilding
Communities” was coordinated by me, in which five
speakers presented their views on the basis of theirexperiences.
First, Ms. Yuko Ito, a member of the town council
from Miyagi, one of the affected prefectures, talked
about the situations of the disaster and relief
activities. Second, Mr. Shinpei Murakami, the owner

KFAW Network of
Asian Researchers

Great Earthquakes and Relief Efforts– Self-Help, Mutual-Help, Public-Help, and Role of the Japanese Red Cross Society
Etsuko KITA President / Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing

Referring to what has happened after the occurrence of
the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, Ms. Etsuko
Kita spoke about appropriate relief efforts at the time ofearthquakes and other disasters. She also discussed theJapanese Red Cross Society’s establishment, history,organizational system and roles.
The establishment of the Red Cross Society can betraced back to the Battle of Solferino in 1859, when Henri
Dunant urged people to treat soldiers who were injured
and unable to fight any longer as human beings, without
regard to which side they were on in battle. Now that morethan 150 years have passed since the Society’s
establishment, Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies canbe found in 186 countries worldwide, promoting theiractivities in accordance with the seven fundamental
principles of “humanity, impartiality, neutrality,
independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.”
To stay ever prepared for disasters, the Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies maintain regular rescue teams andconduct training programs for the teams.
Ms. Kita explained appropriate relief measures, namely
preparation for disasters and establishment of a network
during normal times, as well as the following three aspects:“self-help,” where individuals do what they can forthemselves; “mutual-help,” where individuals do what they
can for others; and “public-help,” where individuals receive
support for what they themselves cannot do.
Referring to the year-by-year decrease in the evacuation
rate of people in times ofdisaster, she focused on
how history repeats itself
and on the importance of
educatingthenext
generation not to forget
past disasters. Finally, sheemphasized the necessityofstrategic
disasterprevention measures.

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Commissioned to
KFAW byJICA“Gender Mainstreaming Policies forGovernment Officers 2011”

Under a commission by the Kyushu International Center of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), theKitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW) holds an annual seminar for national and local government officers in developing
countries who are in charge of gender mainstreaming policies.
The purpose of the seminar is to foster government officers who can promote gender mainstreaming policies
comprehensively and effectively in developing countries in order to realize a gender equal society.
This year’s seminar, which was held for approximately six weeks from June 15 - July 22, involved seven trainees fromfive countries.
This year’s seminar began with a wide variety oflectures held at the JICA Tokyo International Center for
approximately two weeks. Given by government officers incharge of gender equal society policies and experts ongender issues, these lectures presented an overview ofgender mainstreaming policies in Japan. Moreover, thelectures included presentations and discussions to share
the trainees’ experiences as well as gender-related problems
and challenges found in their countries. This was truly
useful for deepening their understanding of gender issues.
These lectures in Tokyo were followed by lectures at the
JICA Kyushu International Center in Kitakyushu andvisits to various organizations to focus on more concrete
aspects of gender issues (in terms of education, agriculturalcommunity, and local government). The seminar featured
not only lectures but also a workshop to help trainees
acquire skills necessary for government officers to plan,develop, and implement gender mainstreaming policies intheir countries. This practical seminar concluded with thepresentation of an action plan developed by each trainee
during the seminar. Of particular note was Gender
Sensitive Project Cycle Management (PCM) for developinga more logical, practical and effective action plan. This

must have been a very significant learning experience forthe trainees.
The seminar also included visits to variousorganizations. This also became an opportunity to promoteinternational exchange with the general public. Noteworthy
was a country reports presentation meeting in which eachparticipant explained to the general public basic informationand gender problems in his/her country as well as his/heraction plan for solving the problems. Another remarkableprogram was interaction with children at a nursery school
and an elementary school in Kitakyushu. These programs
were useful for obtaining the necessary skills andknowledge to implement gender mainstreaming policies.
And at the sametime, they served
asexcellentinter nationa le x c h a n g eactivities beyond
the boundaries
of culture andlanguage.
▲With elementary school children

You can see the details of the country reports from our website. http://www.kfaw.or.jp/index.html.en

The 21st KFAW Foreign Correspondents Startup Activities!
Theme

Youth Culture andGender Equality Today

In 1991, the Kitakyushu Forum on
Asian Women (KFAW) established aforeign correspondents system tobroadly network with people overseas,
particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
Past and present foreign correspondents
total 257 people in 38 countries.
This year, persons from fivecountries work as KFAW foreign
correspondents. Through this network,
KFAW will continue providing up-todate information from various parts of
the world.
The first reports are available at
KFAW website(http://www.kfaw.or.jp/correspondents/).

No.63 October 2011

Hong Kong / China

Miho GODA
Throughout my undergraduateyears to my time as a doctoral student,
I participated in programs at the
National University of Singapore andconducted research on Chinese
communities in Singapore.
Currently, I work for both the
Department of History and Department
of Japanese Studies at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. Also, I am
researching the support provided in
Chinese communities for children with
High
Functioning
Pervasive
Developmental Disorder.

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Indonesia

MUKHAMAD
SubkhanI came to Japan in 2006 to study in
the Department of Applied Science forIntegrated System Engineering at
Kyushu Institute of Technology’s
graduate school. I am a student aswell as a father with two children.
Consequently, I am carrying out
household chores and child-rearing
activities.
In the hope that people in Japan
will learn much more about Indonesia,
I am actively engaged in community
interaction activities.

FY 2011/12 KFAW Visiting Researchers and Research Themes
Research Analysis and Network Development to
Support Businesses of Rural Female Entrepreneurs

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

Visiting Researcher

Visiting Researcher

Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University,

Lecturer at the Center for Multilingual
Multicultural Education and Research,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,

Kayo OKABE

Mika HASEBE

Co-researcher

Co-researcher

Adjunct Lecturer, Keisen University,

Doctoral program, Tokyo Metropolitan University,

Mayumi DANWANG Yan

It has been said that it is very difficult for women tocontinue working in Japan. In recent years, however, it has
become possible for women themselves to launch businesses;
to create opportunities to demonstrate their abilities; andto establish an environment where they can continue
working. Focusing on the empowerment that women need tocontinue their businesses, this study will feature research
and analysis of rural female entrepreneurs. First, interviews
regarding empowerment will be conducted among
entrepreneur groups who have made certain achievements
in starting and continuing new business. Second, based on
the interview results, a questionnaire survey will be
conducted to reveal factors that make it difficult to continue
business. Third, the survey data will be analyzed from theviewpoints of economic and geographical factors. Finally, a
website will be created to disseminate the analysis results
to support women continuing their businesses. This website
is expected to serve as a prototype for an informationsharing network for women entrepreneurs. By sharing
useful information via the Internet, this study aims tocontribute to the empowerment of women in Japan and therest of Asia.

South Korea

HONG Mi Ok
In 1992, I began working as a civil
servant in Incheon Metropolitan City.
From 2008 to 2010, I worked at theInternational Affairs Department in
Kitakyushu City, under a staff exchange
program between the sister cities of
Incheon and Kitakyushu.
Currently, I am busy working as acivil servant in Incheon Metropolitan
City and also as a mother with twochildren. While it is difficult to strike abalance between my career andhousehold chores, I hope that I canfully work on both and enjoy myself.

Focusing on marriage immigrant women to Japan
from Vietnam and China, both economic transition
countries under socialist regimes, this study willcompare and examine structural gender influences. It
will also analyze women’s appropriate independence
against such influences, found in both sending andreceiving countries. The issue of marriage migration has
drawn scant attention so far even in the fields of migrationand gender research respectively. In Japan, however, thepercentage of marriage immigrants to total immigrants
is high. Also, as well as other immigrant women, suchmarriage immigrant women are placed under a strong
structural gender influence. Despite such a structural
restriction, marriage immigrant women migrate toJapan by choice. Assuming the importance of anemphasis on the independence of marriage migrants,
this study will discuss gender influences on the societiesof countries sending and receiving marriage migrants.
Moreover, it will present a comparison and examinationof these countries. The study will include a literature
review and results of interviews which will be
conducted.

Malaysia

Nepal

CHEOW

Puei Kuen

Bhawana
UPADHYAY

After
graduating
from
The
University of Science Malaysia in thefield of interior design, I started my life
as a foreign student in Tokyo, Japan tocontinue my studies, hoping tocontribute and dedicate myself to theeducation field in the future. I obtained
my master degree in architecture andam currently a Ph.D. student in thesame university, conducting researchon environment-behavioral studies.

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I am a researcher and development
practitioner. I have worked with various
national and international organizations
in different country contexts. Some of
my works have been published asbook chapters and articles ininternationally referred journals. Someof my article are found at the following
link: http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/
0 4 / 0 7/ o p e d / h e r- r e p r o d u c t i v e choices/332117.html

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Activity Reports
Seminar on Dating DV Prevention ClassThe 55th UN Commission on the
Status of Women

A seminar was held to promote deeper understanding of
dating domestic violence (DV) and to consider effective dating
DV prevention measures. In addition, it also focused on the rolethat school education is expected to play. The seminar was
mainly for high school, university, vocational school, and otherorganization staff members in charge of preventing dating DV.

The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW), accreditedwith NGO Special Consultative Status to the U.N. Economic andSocial Council, annually participates in the United Nations
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In FY 2010, Ms.
Masami Shinozaki, KFAW Chief Researcher visited New York,
home to the United Nations Headquarters, and participated in a
CSW 55 parallel event titled “Empowerment of Women in Rural
Japan.”At the debriefing meeting held on May 19, Ms. Yoshiko
Misumi, Vice-President of the Japan National Committee of U.N.
Women, and Chairperson of U.N. Women Kitakyushu, spoke
about the establishment of U.N. Women. This was followed by adebriefing report by Ms. Masami Shinozaki, KFAW Chief
Researcher.
The CSW 55 parallel event focused on “Rural Women,” thepriority theme to be featured at next year’s CSW 56, andpresented actual conditions of rural women in Japan. This issue
drew strong attention from participants, who shared a wide
variety of opinions in a Q&A session.

As indicated in the establishment of the Kitakyushu City
Basic Plan of Domestic Violence Countermeasures in 2009,
Kitakyushu actively promotes efforts to prevent DV, such as
human rights education and DV awareness programs. Currently
becoming a serious problem is dating DV, violence between
unmarried partners in an intimate relationship. The national
government and Kitakyushu City are putting more emphasis on
their prevention and awareness programs for young people.
Under a commission from the city, this year KFAW holds “Dating
DV Prevention Class” at high school, university and otherorganizations in the city.
The seminar held on August 3, 2011 was comprised of twoparts. In the first part, a special lecture was given by Ms. Noriko
Yamaguchi, the founder of Aware, and DV prevention education
specialist. She emphasized the necessity of involving not only
school education but also guardians, adults and even the entire
society.
In the second part that followed, a demonstration of a
“Dating DV Prevention Class”
was conducted by KFAW
Chief Researcher Ms. Masami
Shinozaki. Participants actively
asked about effective ways toraise awareness of dating-DV
problems
among
young
people.

Announcements
KFAW Website Redesigned♪

UN Women Kitakyushu
U.N. Women Kitakyushu annually promotes afundraising activity and holds a seminar and many otherevents during the MOVE Festa period. This year, hoping topromote much closer communication with residents of thecity, we held the following three events:

http://www.kfaw.or.jp

Please check out our Homepage( ﾟдﾟ)ﾉFuture Events○UN Women Charity Bazaar○“Wen-Do Seminar”– The Art of Self-Defense for Women○A Lecture –“Taboo: Women Living in Brothel Districts
in Pakistan.”・The 21st Kitakyushu Conference of Asian Women
November 26 (sat.) ～27 (sun.), 2011
・World Report Seminar“Japanese MANGA and Youth Culture in East Asia”
January 28 (sat.), 2012
・Free Dispatch of Dating DV Facilitators
We dispatch facilitators for classes, seminars or workshops
at high schools, colleges, universities and technical schools
in Kitakyushu city. Please maximize this opportunity for the
implementation of human rights and preventive education
for Dating DV.

▼Wen-Do Seminar・M ost of proceeds were
donated to the U.N. WomenJapan National Committee
and the United Nations.
・You can see more details
from our Website (http://w w w. k f a w. o r. j p / r e p o r t /index.html.en)

Location of
Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU OTEMACHI BUILDING 3F
OTEMACHI 11-4, KOKURAKITA, KITAKYUSHU, 803-0814 JAPAN
PHONE＋81-93-583-3434 FAX＋81-93-583-5195
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