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• How far must we go back to reset ourselves

  

  2012.06.30 Sat

  “Women Seeking Nuclear-Power-Free World” held gathering on June 2nd, 2012 titled “Stop the Operation of Nuclear Power Plants! We are the women to send out messages. June…

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• Seeking Solutions to the Issue of Comfort Women --- The 1000th "Wednesday Protest" in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2011

  2012.05.12 Sat

  The 1000th Protest and Japanese SupportersIn August 1991, former “comfort women,” (Korean women who were forced to serve as sex workers for the Imperial Japanese Arm…

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• Are Gender Equality Measures/Center Unnecessary in Osaka?: Protest Meeting Held on April 28

  

  2012.04.30 Mon

  Based on Mayor Hashimoto’s “great reset,” measures to promote gender equality are now on the verge of termination. Programs and buildings of Creo Osaka, the city’s cent…

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• TAKEMURA Kazuko Feminist Fund Started: Applications for This Year Accepted until June 18

  

  2012.04.30 Mon

  TAKEMURA Kazuko passed away in December 2011 at the age of 57 after a one-year battle with a serious illness. She was known as a feminist who introduced Judith Butler a…

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• WAN Symposium at University of Tokyo: Women's Networks and Media

  

  2012.04.22 Sun

  Women’s Action Network (WAN) will host a symposium on women and media on May 13, 2012 at the University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus. In the development of women's movements in…

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  2012.03.26 Mon

  Purple Hot Line for Women in Need for Consultation Let us hear from you. Purple Hot Line is a toll-free number you can call anytime, anywhere in case you need immedia…

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• Keiko Fukuzawa’s Career Counseling

  

  2012.03.26 Mon

  Ms. Fukuzawa provides career support and information not only to female college graduates freshly out of universities, but for women of all ages who are contemplating a…

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• Counseling for the Heart

  

  2012.03.25 Sun

  “Kiyomi’s Counseling Room” powered by Kiyomi Kawano (Feminist Counselor) With the help of the new media known as the “web,” we are now able to seek counseling from Kiy…

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• Interview with the director of Yellow Cake: The Dirt Behind Uranium

  

  2012.03.18 Sun

  In the documentary film Yellow Cake: The Dirt Behind Uranium, German director Joachim Tschirner depicts how the production of uranium, the feedstock of nuclear power, cau…

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  Cinema (C-WAN)

• An Article on Japanese Super-Aging Society by Chizuko Ueno

  

  2012.02.27 Mon

  Here is an article by Chizuko Ueno, the managing director of WAN. She is discussing the super-aging society and care insurance system in Japan.Japan’s Long-term Care Insu…

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