Aichi Shukutoku University
The Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
 http://www2.aasa.ac.jp/org/igws


Contact Information:

Aichi Shukutoku University
Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
9 Katahira, Nagakute, Aichi
Japan 480-1197
Phone: 0561 62 4111
E-mail: igws@asu.aasa.ac.jp



CENTER DESCRIPTION

The Institute for Gender and Women's Studies at Aichi Shukutoku University seeks to engage researchers, students, and local citizens by providing opportunities for the interchange and dissemination of information. Its goals are to encourage the reevaluation of the roles assigned to women and men in society and to gather information on gender-based discrimination worldwide. It provides information on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, international conferences on women, and NGO forums. The Institute also offers access to a variety of print and online information networks through its campus office. In addition, it sponsors international symposia and seminars, grants resource loans, facilitates reading services, and facilitates exchange programs with overseas scholars. Aichi Shukutoku University was the first co-educational university in Japan to establish an institute for research in women's and gender studies.

AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE


RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Affirmative Action
      • Affirmative Action for Women's Equal Employment Opportunities is the theme for the Institute's 2002 special programming. Activities included a symposium in February on "Efforts for Gender Equity in the Labour Market" with guest speaker Mami Nakano and panelists Kiyoko Ban and Kuniki Sakakibara.

  • Feminist Thought and Scholarship
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      The 10th Research Meeting, held in January 2002, focused on "The Multiple Cultural Communications of Feminism in the Asia and Pacific Region."

  • Global Issues
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      The 9th Research Meeting, held in December 2001, explored a case study: "New Developments on Gender in the Philippines."

      The 8th Research Meeting was held in November 2001 and was entitled "Comparing Gender Participation in Japan and America."

      IGWS students and staff participate in programming throughout Asia; in 2002, programs were undertaken in Thailand, Mongolia and China.

  • Politics
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      In 2002, IGWS sponsored a seminar featuring Dr. Joyce Gelp of NYU which focused on political participation by women in Japan and the US.

  • Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology
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      Funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science, IGWS is undertaking an examination of the gender gap in information and communication techologies.

    PUBLICATIONS

      IGWS Newsletter. Most recent edition published in March 2002: "Affirmative Action for Women's Equal Employment Opportunities."

      Special Seminar Report: Instructor Dr. Barrie Thorn, Professor of Feminist Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. June, 1999

      Research Meeting Report: "Modern Japanese Youth Attitudes to Marriage" (in Japanese); Instructor: Yoko Itamoto. November 1998

      Research Meeting Report: "Sexual Harassment on Campus" Instructor: Mayako Inoue and Barbara Stuthered. June 1998

      Report of the East Asian Women's Forum's Mongolian Conference (Japanese Version); Edited and published by the Japan Committee for the 3rd East Asian Women's Forum. November 1998

      Feminist Sociology: Instructor Mayako Inoue


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