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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Symposium: Advancing the Status of Women in a Globalizing Japan: A 70-Year Retrospective
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SUMMARY:Symposium: Advancing the Status of Women in a Globalizing Japan: A 70-Year Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:<p><em>Co-sponsored by Showa Women’s University; Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture; Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; and Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University.</em></p><h3>Contact:</h3><p><strong>William Nehring</strong> <br>wnehring@wcfia.harvard.edu</p><p>Please visit the <a href="http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/event/symposium-advancing-status-women-globalizing-japan-70-year-retrospective" data-url="http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/event/symposium-advancing-status-women-globalizing-japan-70-year-retrospective">symposium website</a> for a detailed schedule of speakers.<!--break--></p><h3>Symposium Description:</h3><p>The end of the Pacific War ushered in a period of unprecedented freedom for women in Japan. In 1945, they did not even enjoy the right to vote. Seventy years later, “Womenomics,” or the equalization of gender roles in the work force, is an integral part of Prime Minister Abe’s policies to revitalize the Japanese economy. This symposium will examine how women's economic, social, and political status has advanced in postwar Japan, and what obstacles remain.</p>
LOCATION:CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room (S020)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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