Awareness-Raising Activities

Symposiums, Research, and Other Programs

The program seeks to raise awareness by holding a wide range of training sessions, symposia, and other events, including for collaborating organizations and members of the Industry-Academia-Government Council on Promoting Diversity.

FY2017 Programs

9th Chugoku/Shikoku Gender Equality Symposium

“Gender Equality in the Effort to Create a Peaceful, Sustainable Society”

Date: November 17, 2017 (Friday)
Venue: 2nd floor reception hall, Faculty Club, Higashi Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University

Keynote speech: “Hiroshima University’s long-term vision and gender equality”
Speaker: Misako Aida (Executive and Vice President, Hiroshima University [University Reform])

Special talk: “Gender Equality and a sustainable society: lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake”
Speaker: Akiko Domoto (Representative, Japan Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction)

Panel discussion: “Toward Gender Equality and Creating a Sustainable Society”

FY2018 Programs

1st Symposium on Promoting a Diverse Environment

“Creating a Society Based on Gender Quality”

Time and date: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Monday, July 30, 2018
Venue: M303 conference room, Higashi-Senda Innovative Research Center, Hiroshima University

Keynote speech: “What social reforms are needed to create a society based on gender equality, and what is the empirical basis for carrying them out?”
Speaker: Kazuo Yamaguchi (University of Chicago)

Metasequoia Award ceremony and award talk
Recipient: Fumiko Matsuda (President, Fukuyama University)

Panel discussion: “Creating a Society Based on Gender Equality”

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Seminar to Raise Gender Equality Awareness

“Gender Issues in Contemporary Japanese Academia: Taking into Account the Perspective of Male Studies and Masculinity Research”

Time and date: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Venue: 4th floor conference room, Administrative Building, Hiroshima University

Speaker: Kimio Ito
(Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University Faculty of Sociology; Director, Kyoto Sangyo University Office of Diversity; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University and Osaka University)

Gender equality is frequently conceived to be a female problem, but it’s also a male problem. Male problems appear as social issues throughout life, extending from childhood to retirement and beyond. There is general recognition of the need to reassess gender in Japan against the backdrop of international society, to consider male awareness and lifestyles, and to discover how men and women alike can enjoy balanced lives. As institutions that are involved with education and research, how should universities go about this redefinition of male problems?