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It is necessary to incorporate gender prospective in research, policies and projects in the field of welfare, but there have been few studies adopting this approach. This volume contains papers and research notes written from gender perspective that analyze issues, such as the decreasing number of children in Japan, aging societies, poverty, income gaps, pensions, as well as reports by KFAW researchers and articles and essays on other topics.


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Foreword	Masami Shinozaki	East Asian networks for Elderly Care
Thematic Paper	Reiko Ogawa	Migration of Southeast Asian care Workers to Japan: Issues and Contestations
	Akwi Seo	Formation of Ethnic Identity through Elder Care: An Analysis of Korean Women’s Solidarity in a Day Home in Osaka
	Pei Xiaomei	Economically Involved but Socially Excluded Elderly Survivors in Transitional China
Research Notes	Yoshimi Chitose	Gender Differences in Health Insurance Coverage among Foreign residents in Japan: A Case Study from Hamamatsu City
	Bingqin Li, Huamin Peng	Unemployment Experience and registered Long-term Unemployment in China: A Gender perspective
KFAW Reports	Atsuko Kawano, Takuzo Osugi, Junko Otani	Women’s Community Activities in central Asia from gender Perspectives
	Masako Ota	Eco-business by Women’s Group in Gujarat, India
Trends of Women's Studies in Asia	Rashidah Shuib	Women in Science and Technology in Malaysia: A Gender Perspective
Current Topics	Calvin S. de los Reyes, Yasuhide Nakamura	Ensuring Healthier Mothers and Children in Japan and across the Asian Continent:　The Maternal and Child Health Handbook Program
	David Adam Stott	Inong Balee: The Forgotten Heroines of Aceh?
Photo Essay	Yasuko Ose	Elderly Care through Rural-Urban Communications: A Visit to Yume Mirai Kunma
Women in Kitakyushu	Beverley Anne Yamamoto	A Vision of Modern Dance that Transcends Traditional Barriers: A Profile of Akiko Kuroda

 

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The Journal of Asian Women’s Studies will change its current format from the next volume. We have decided to limit the content of subsequent volumes to research papers and reports written by researchers base at KFAW. The Journal of Asian Women’s Studies will continue as an e-journal accessible from the KFAW website.

At present we are facing many challenges, such as globalization, the increasing gap in incomes, and an aging society. Although laws, institutions and society are undergoing changes, women’s participation in decision-making processes is still limited. How can we achieve gender equality at the political level? How can we raise the issue of gender equality at the policy level? What do we need to do for the voice of women to reach higher-level decision-making bodies? This volume includes papers that analyze from a variety of perspectives the issues of policy-making and politics in relation to the achievement of gender equality in society.

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Foreword	Keiko T. Tamura	Gender and Political Policy in Asia
Special Contribution	Misako Iwamoto	Policies, Politics and Reproductive Rights in Japan
Research Paper	Etsuko Okazaki	Women and Tourism: Does Tourism Really Open Doors for Women?
Research Notes	Jennifer Igawa	Explaining the Low Awareness Rate of Emergency Contraception in Japan Compared to the U.S.
	Siti Sugiah Mugniesyah	Women’s Land Ownership and Its Relation to Food Utilization and Nutrition: The Case of Kemang Village in West Java, Indonesia
	Shweta Singh	An Innovative Approach to Identity and Agency: The Case of the Self-Employed Women’s Association
KFAW Reports	Junko Otani	The Status of Social Development in Central Asia from Gender Perspectives
	Harumichi Yuasa	Japanese-Americans and Politics in Hawaii: The Case of Patsy Takemoto Mink
	Masako Ota	An Examination of Environmental Education in Nepal from the Perspective of Education for Sustainable Development
Trends of Women's Studies in Asia	Nurgul Djanaeva	Women’s Studies and Women’s Movements in Central Asia
Current Topics	Harumichi Yuasa	A Consideration of the 2007 Upper House Election in Japan
	Machiko Hachiya	Gender Perspectives on Recent Developments in and Future Prospects for Japanese Politics
Photo Essay	Taeko Takayanagi	Pakistani Women’s Marriage and Family Planning: A Visit to a Local Family Planning Center
Women in Kitakyushu	Beverley Anne Yamamoto	Taking the Male Lead: A Profile of Hanabusa Seiho’s Life in Japanese Dance
Book Reviews	Reiko Ogawa	Transforming Lives: Abused Migrant Women in Japan, Blaze a Trail towards Empowerment
	Keiko Shimojo	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, 2003 and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, 2004
	Yasushi Totoki	Doing Time: Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture
	Masako Ota	Gender Policies in Japan and the United States: Comparing Women’s Movements, Rights, and Politics

 

 

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