The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW) has launched a panel exhibition to commemorate Beijing+30 (the 30th anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women) as follows:
Date: 27 May, 2025 to 30 June, 2025
Venue: 1F Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center
At this exhibition, “Desire for Blue Skies,” a film which was screened by Kitakyushu women at the 4th World Conference on Women NGO Workshop as an example of Kitakyushu’s environmental movement, is shown for a limited time from May 27 to June 30, 2025.
“Desire for Blue Skies” is an independent film produced by the Tobata Women’s Association Council to showcase the efforts of women in Tobata to tackle pollution. In the 1950s to 1960s, when there was heavy air pollution in Kitakyushu, women in the Tobata area stood up and pushed companies and the local government to address pollution. In the film, the women appeal for a correlation between air pollution and health hazards based on scientific data they had collected.
The women have learned, researched, and achieved results regarding local pollution. This is surely an empowerment movement.
Please take this opportunity to see “Desire for Blue Skies,” a film that shows the path of the women who worked to overcome pollution.
*This video is available for a limited time from May 27 to June 30.
The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW) is looking for three Foreign Correspondents (FCs) to take part in information collection and analysis on gender equality and empowerment of women. Interested candidates are required to submit application by 31 May 2025.
Please see the following link for application guideline and application form.
As the global population continues to grow, the Asia region stands out as an exception where the population continues to decline.
Particularly in Japan, where the population decline is most pronounced, how should we live in the future?
And is this issue primarily related to women, who are often seen as the “childbearing gender”?
We will hear from Dr. Keiko Osaki-Tomita, a member of the group of experts on international migration statistics at the United Nations and the President of Tokiwa University and Tokiwa Junior College.
We will also invite experts from the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) of Mahidol University in Thailand to share the latest situation in Thailand, the status and challenges faced by Thai women, and discuss the policies of both countries, including a Q&A session with participants.
15-Feb. (Sat.), 2025 13:30-16:10(JST) * Please make sure your country time
The government and local governments have begun to promote rehabilitation programs for the perpetrators of domestic violence with the goal of fundamentally eliminating the act of perpetration, in addition to the conventional measures to separate the victim from the perpetrator.
This seminar will be held on the same theme as last year. This seminar will have two speakers. They are a couple, and also, he is ‘ex-perpetrator’, and she is ‘ex-victim’.
They currently manage a non-profit organization for DV issues and have “Rehabilitation program for perpetrators” and “Recovery Program for victims” in Japan.
They will talk about counseling for perpetrators/victims and prevention or rehabilitation for DV perpetrators.
The lecturer realized his own perpetration after his wife took shelter and started an organization to support people suffering from domestic violence and the perpetrators.
Time:20 November (Wed.) 2024 from 13:30~15:30 (JST)
*Please make sure your country time.
Venue: ①Online Streaming via Zoom (English/Japanese) or ②Viewing at the venue(the Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center MOVE (*ONLY Japanese language)
Language: Simultaneous interpretation in English / Japanese is provided
Organized by Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center “MOVE” & Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW)
The Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women (KFAW) is looking for three Foreign Correspondents (FCs) to take part in information collection and analysis on gender equality and empowerment of women described below. Interested candidates are required to submit application by 30 September 2024.
Please see the following link for application guideline and application form.
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