Asian Breeze

• WOMEN TODAY―”Can the Sustainable Development Goals Act as a New Effective Measure for Achieving Gender Equality?’ by Ms. Koh MIYAOI, Gender Advisor for Asia & the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”The Past 10 years and the Next 10 years in Cambodia” by Sachiko KOJIMA, ANGKOR COOKEIS CO.,LTD
• FEATURES―The 26th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women – Kitakyushu “Promoting Active Participation by Women – In Cooperation with Asia”
• Report for KFAW Study Tour in Vietnam and Cambodia

No. 76 March, 2016

• WOMEN TODAY―’Towards the New Phase of “Positive Action” to Promote Gender Equality’ by Ms. Keiko TAKEGAWA, Director General, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Joy of Encounters, Hope of Diversity” by natsuki YASUDA Photo Journalist
• FEATURES―Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers 2015
• Kick-off activities for The 25th KFAW Foreign Correspondents

No. 75 October, 2015

• WOMEN TODAY―”The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 Years Later” by Ms. Phumzile MLAMBO-NGCUKA, United Nations Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”The United Nations and Gender Equality: Beyond Beijing +20″ by Mitsuko HORIUCHI, President, KFAW
• FEATURES―World Report “Asian Women Today – Learn More about the World from Foreign Correspondents!”
• KFAW Study Tour 2014 “Learn International Cooperation in the Philippines”

No. 74 June, 2015

• WOMEN TODAY―”We have long way to go!” by Dr. Sima SAMAR, Chair of AIHRC
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Natural Disasters, Gender Equality, and Women’s Empowerment (second half)” by Dr. Masato NINOMIYA, Professor, Faculty of Law, the University of Kitakyushu
• FEATURES―The 25th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women “Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Source of Employment for Women”
• The 24th KFAW Foreign Correspondents’ Reports from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia

No. 73 March, 2015

• WOMEN TODAY―”A Message to Japanese Women in Today’s World” by Ms. Caroline Bouvier KENNEDY, United States Ambassador to Japan
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Natural Disasters, Gender Equality, and Women’s Empowerment” by Dr. Masato NINOMIYA, Professor, Faculty of Law, the University of Kitakyushu
• FEATURES―Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers 2014″
• FY2014/15 KFAW Visiting Researcherd and Research Themes

No. 72 October, 2014

• WOMEN TODAY―”Amid Hardships: Thailand Attempts to Raise the Status of Women” by Ms. Prateep UNGSONGTHAM HATA, Founder of the Duang Prateep Foundation
• SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION―”Message to Women in Japan: Let us work together for gender equality in Asia” by Ms. Kristi POERWANDARI, Head, Graduate Program in Women’s Studies, Universitas Indonesia
• FEATURES―KFAW Study Tour “Learn International Cooperation in the Philippines”
• World Report “Wave the Magic Wand―In Each Communities Take Advantage of the CEDAW”

No. 71 June, 2014

• WOMEN TODAY―”Celecration Messages for KFAW’s 20th Anniversary”
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Malaysia’s Bid to Attain Developed Nation Status: Enhancing Women’s Role in Economy and Its Challenges” by Dr. Ayame SUZUKI, Lecturer, Fukuoka Women’s University
• FEATURES―The 24th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women
• The 23rd KFAW Foreign Correspondents’ Reports from U.S.A., Indonesia and Pakistan

No. 70 March, 2014

• WOMEN TODAY―”Asia and Me―Decent Work, A Key Agenda Item in Human Development” by Ms. Mitsuko HORIUCHI, President, Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Women’s Social Advancement and Birthrate Decline in Singapore” by Dr. Keiko T. TAMURA, Professor, the University of Kitakyushu
• FEATURES―Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers 2013
• FY2013/14 KFAW Visiting Researchers and Research Theme
• The 23rd KFAW Foreign Correspondents Start-up Activities!

No. 69 November 2013

• WOMEN TODAY―”Japanese Women and Leadership Development” by Ms. Mariko BANDO, President, Showa Women’s University
• SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION―”A Lesson from the Arab Spring” by Ms. Tawakkol KARMAN, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• FEATURES―Reports on Participation in the 57th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57)
• World Report “Multicultural Coexistence in Japan, Korea and the U.S.”

No. 68 June 2013

• WOMEN TODAY―”Violence against women will only cease when men speak out and challenge the violence of men” by Mr. Chris GREEN, Executive Director, White Ribbon Campaign
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Women’s Human Rights in Media Coverage (Part 3)”
• FEATURES―The 23rd Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women
• Gender Mainstreaming in the Balkans

No. 67 March 2013