Asian Breeze

• WOMEN TODAY―”Ending Violence Against Women : What will it Take?” by Ms. Ines ALBERDI, Executive Director of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Effective Anti-HIV/AIDS Measures (Part 3)”
• FEATURES― Summer Seminar on Michelle OBAMA
• JICA Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers

No. 57 November 2009

• WOMEN TODAY―”Norway: A Haven for Gender Equality and Families? Politics that pay off in economic terms and the number of babies” by Ms. Arni HOLE, Director General, the Department of Family and Equality, the Royal Ministry of Children and Equality
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Gender-Sensitive Measures to Prevent HIV/AIDS (Part2)”
• Participating in the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women 
• New Foreign Correspondents’ theme “Your Daily Life- Clothing, Dietary Life and Living Environment” 

No.59 July 2010

• WOMEN TODAY―”How we think about what we do” by Ms. Mieko NISHIMIZU, Former Vice President, The World Bank Group, Partner, ThinkTank SophiaBank
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Gender-Sensitive Measure to Prevent HIV/AIDS (Part 1)”
• FEATURES― The 19th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women “Eat the Earth, Eat on the Earth”
• Commemorative Lecture on KFAW’s 15th Anniversary

No. 55 February 2009

• WOMEN TODAY― by Ms. Yuko ARIMORI, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Sports and Gender (Part 2)―Gender Bias regarding Sports and Exercises”
• Participating in the 52nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
• Foreign Correspondents’ Reports “Women and Community Activities”

No. 53 June 2008

• WOMEN TODAY― by Ms. Tokiko KATO, Singer
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Sports and Gender (Part 1)―Sports Culture and its Influence on Gender”
• The 18th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women “Let’s Link Together and Create a More Sustainable Future”
• Republic of Korea – Study Tour

No. 52 March 2008

• WOMEN TODAY― by Ms. Naoko YAMAZAKI, Astronaut
• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Population and Gender (Part 3)―The Cairo Program of Action and Fertility Transition”
• KFAW FY2007 Visiting Researcher
• KFAW Joint Research Report “Opening the Door to Migrant Care Workers for the Elderly in Japan – What Can We Learn from the EU and East Asia?”

No. 51 October 2007

• WOMEN TODAY “How Happy is our Planet?”

― by Mr. Nic MARKS, head of center for well-being, the new economics foundation (net)

• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Population and Gender (Part 2)―Mortality and Gender in Developing Countries”
• Participating in the 51st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
• JICA Seminar on Gender Perspective in Environment and Development

No. 50 June 2007

• WOMEN TODAY “6th East Asian Women’s Forum”

― by Ms. Zhao Shaohua, Vice President and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women’s Federation

• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”Population and Gender (Part 1)―Gender Equality and Falling Birth Rates”
• The 17th Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women “Creating a Just and Plentiful Future―What is the Education for Sustainable Development?”
• Foreign Correspondents’ Reports “Women and Disaster”

No. 49 March 2007

• WOMEN TODAY “After Beijing +10 ―The Road Ahead”

― by Ms. Patricia B. Licuanan, President of Miriam College, Philippines, Co-Chair of South East Asia Women Watch (SEAWWatch)

• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Part 3)―Women’s Participation in Disaster Reduction and Past- Disaster Reconstruction”
• KFAW College―An Analysis of Iraqi Issues
• KFAW Research Report “Expressive Arts Therapy Applied Research Method”

No. 48 November 2006

• WOMEN TODAY ―The “Asian Country” must include a greater role for women

― by Mr. Haruhiko KURODA, President, Asian Development Bank

• CURRENT ISSUES SERIES―”The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Part 2)―Health and the Prevention of Domestic / Sexual Violence”
• Kitakyushu Residents’ Environmental Forum
• Participating in the 50th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

No. 47 July 2006