On October 2nd 2010, KFAW held the World Report “Domiciled Foreign Women and Local Community” at Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center MOVE. Over 130 citizens including NGO/NPO workers, members of women’s group and volunteers joined the World Report. Participants listened intently to panelists’ reports.
Three domiciled foreign women who are from China, Indonesia and the Philippines reported their experiences in Kitakyushu in Japanese.
We invited Dr. Cho Hwa Sung from Chungcheongnam-do Women’s Policy Development (CWPDI) which concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with KFAW. He reported on multicultural families and supporting policy for marriage-based immigrants in South Korea.
A panelist, Ms. Tomoko DOI, who is Chair of the Council of Women’s Groups of Kitakyushu, emphasized the importance of the mutual understanding between citizens and domiciled foreign people.
The second session was a get-to-know-you event. We communicated each other and discussed what we could do. It was a good opportunity to know each other better and think about how we socialize with domiciled foreign people.
＜Left＞ From left, Wu Xiaobei (China), Indriyani Rachman (Indonesia), Arlene Higashi (the Philippines) ＜Right＞ First session “World Report”
＜Left＞ Second session “Get-to-know-you Event” ＜Right＞ Dr. Cho Hwa Sung (CWPDI), South Korea
◆Program◆
14：00 Opening Ceremony
14：05 Reports from panelists
”My lifestyle and the Local Community”
14：10 ○Ms. Wu Xiaobei (China) Worker at Orio-nishi citizen center
14：20 ○Ms. Indriyani Rachman (Indonesia) Auditor student at the University of Kitakyushu
14：30 ○Ms. Arlene Higashi (Philippine) House wife
（Q&A）
14：45 “Multicultural Family and Supporting Policy for Marriage Immigrant in Korea”
○Dr. Cho Hwa Sung
Chungcheongnam-do Women’s Policy Development Institute (CWPDI)
（Q&A）
15：20 Panel Discussion
”Domiciled Foreign Women’s Social Participation and the Community Response”
○Coordinator Dr. Keiko Tamura, Professor, University of Kitakyushu
○Panelist Dr. Cho Hwa Sung (CWPDI)
Ms. Tomoko Doi (Chair, the Council of Women’s Groups of
Kitakyushu)
Ms. Wu Xiaobei (China)
Ms. Indriyani Rachman (Indonesia)
Ms. Arlene Higashi (the Philippines)
16：00 Closing remarks
◇Get- to-know- you Event◇
16：10～17：00
You can download their presentation materials.
“My lifestyle and the Local Community”
■Wu Xiaobei (China)
■Indriyani Rachman (Indonesia)
■Higashi Arlene (the Philippines)
“Multicultural Family and Supporting Policy for Marriage Immigrant in Korea”
■Cho Hwa Sung (Korea)
