RIETI Policy Symposium

Identifying Conditions for Women's Active Participation in Society

Information

  • Date and Time: 9 November (Tue.), 2004. 9:50-17:40
  • Venue: TEPIA (TEPIA Hall) (Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku)
  • Language: Japanese (no interpretation available)
  • Contact: RIETI Ms. Katagiri
    Tel: 03-3501-8398
  • Agenda

    9:50-10:00 Opening Remarks
    10:00-10:30 Introduction
    10:30-12:00 Session 1: "Raising Children and Women's Employment"
    Session Chair:
    TAKEISHI Emiko (Head Senior Analyst, Social Development Research Group, NLI Research Institute)
    10:30-10:50 Presentation
    SHIRAHASE Sawako (Associate Professor, Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
    10:50-11:10 Presentation
    MATSUDA Shigeki (Senior Research Associate, Research and Development Center, Life Design Research Unit, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc.)
    11:10-11:20 Comments
    NAGASE Nobuko (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University)
    11:20-11:30 Comments
    OCHIAI Emiko (Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)
    11:30-12:00 Q&A
    12:00-13:00 Lunch
    13:00-14:30 Session 2:"Women's Active Participation in Society in Relation to the Issue of Education"
    Session Chair:
    SHIRAHASE Sawako (Associate Professor, Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
    13:00-13:20 Presentation
    HONDA Yuki (Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)
    13:20-13:40 Presentation
    KIMURA Ryoko (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University)
    13:40-13:50 Comments
    OJIMA Fumiaki (Professor, Department of Sociology, Doshisha University)
    13:50-14:00 Comments
    SHIMIZU Akira (Director, Gender Equality Learning Division, Life-Long Learning Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
    14:00-14:30 Q&A
    14:30-14:45 Coffee Break
    14:45-16:15 Session 3: "Women's Professional Career and Economic Efficiency"
    Session Chair:
    HONDA Yuki (Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)
    14:45-15:05 Presentation
    TAKEISHI Emiko (Head Senior Analyst, Social Development Research Group, NLI Research Institute)
    15:05-15:25 Presentation
    NAKATA Daigo (Research Fellow, Venture Business Laboratory, Yokohama National University )
    KANEKO Yoshihiro (Director, Department of Empirical Social Security Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
    15:25-15:35 Comments
    TOMITA Yasunobu (Professor, Osaka Prefecture University)
    15:35-15:45 Comments
    KODAMA Naomi (Deputy Director, Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, METI)
    15:45-16:15 Q&A
    16:15-17:30 Session 4: "Conclusions and Panel Discussion"
    16:15-17:00 Panel Discussion
    Panelists:
    NATORI Haniwa (Director General, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office)
    SHINOTSUKA Eiko (Professor, Dept of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University)
    TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki(Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics/Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University)
    17:00-17:30 Q&A
    17:30-17:40Closing Remarks
    17:40-19:40 Reception
    * The agenda is subject to change.

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