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CSW68 Interns' Parallel Event !!

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Date/Time: March 14, 2024 8:30-9:30am (EDT)
Venue: In-person / Zoom
Theme: How to make actions for gender mainstreaming in entrepreneurship
Hosted by BPW Japan CSW67 Interns
Registration: https://forms.gle/mDAjYxyiaoLoQcfE6
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Abstract
Single mothers are one of the most economically marginalized people in the world. Japan is no exception, with many single-parenting mothers left in poverty, with limited access to decent work. While the Government of Japan provides financial support and NGOs do aid these mothers at the grassroots level, further institutional assistance is required, as the COVID pandemic laid bare. This event provides a lecture from an expert in this area in Japan. Then participants will discuss the topic and consider means to have an inclusive society for single mothers in poverty, not only in Japan but also on a global level.

Flyer: 396KB/PDF

Quarterly Activity Reports 2023

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2023 Q4 Activity Report (PDF/1.05MB)

(2024/2/5)


Quarterly Activity Reports 2023

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2023 Q3 Activity Report (PDF/1.14MB)

(2023/11/3)


UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status granted! [as of July 25, 2023]

On July 25, 2023, BPW Japan was granted Special Consultative Status of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). The status has conferred the following privileges and benefits on us:

  1. Entitlement to designate our official representatives to the United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Offices at Geneva and Vienna;
  2. Registration for and participation in sessions, events, conferences and activities of the United Nations, as well as observation at public meetings of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, the Human Rights Council and, under certain conditions, the General Assembly and other United Nations intergovernmental bodies;
  3. Submission of written statements relevant to the work of ECOSOC on subjects in which we have a special competence;
  4. Oral presentations at ECOSOC, if recommended by the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations;
  5. Consultations with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, if we request;
  6. Use of United Nations facilities such as accommodation for conferences or smaller meetings, United Nations libraries, and United Nations press documentation services.

(2023/9/7)

Quarterly Activity Report 2023 (Q3)

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2023 Q2 Activity Report (PDF/1.5MB)
Quarterly Activity Reports 2023 (PDF/1.55MB)

(2023/7/18)

Quarterly Activity Reports 2023

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2023 Q3 Activity Report (PDF/1.14MB)

(2023/11/3)

CSW67 Interns' Parallel Event !!

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Date/Time: March 9, 2023 8:00-9:30(EST)
Venue: Zoom
Theme: How to make actions for gender mainstreaming in entrepreneurship
Hosted by BPW Japan CSW67 Interns
Registration: https://ngocsw67forum.events.whova.com/Agenda/2885734
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Abstract
The concept of gender mainstreaming was raised in Beijing Platform for Action in 1995, about 30 years ago. However, it has been difficult for many organizations and government agencies to put this strategy into practice, at least in Japan. This event will show how to apply this strategy to actual practices by overviewing women’s entrepreneurship and the way of supporting it’s starts-up in Japan as examples. We will provide the platform for all participants to exchange their experiences, views, and information on the actual situation in each country in a small-group discussion format.

Flyer: 1.42MB/PDF

Quarterly Activity Reports 2021 to 2022

2021-4 (PDF/778KB)
2022-1 (PDF/424KB)
2022-2 (PDF/370KB)
2022-3 (PDF/597KB)
2022-4 (PDF/440KB)

(2023/1/13)

Petition to President Biden

BPW Japan, agreeing with a protest against racism made by Ms. Atsuko Toko Fish, sent letters to President Joe Biden of U. S. A., the American Embassy, and Prime.
Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan to commit to especially racial discriminations and put the issue on the table at the coming Japan-U.S. summit at the time of expansion of Anti-Asian hate crime in the U.S.A. and upcoming Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games with "Diversity and Inclusion" as an important theme.

Petition to President Biden(248KB/PDF)

(2021/4/10)