The webinar Invitation: Labour participation, gender equality, and work-life balance

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation holds a ZOOM webinar with Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Nordic Council of Ministers, WAW! (World Assembly for Women), RIETI (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry) on the theme that attracts the most attention now. This invitation is a very short notice, but please check the details from the link below and apply.

Link for the application

Date & Time: December 5, 2022 (Monday) 17:00-19:00 (Japan time)

Main speakers:

TOYODA Yukiko, Japan Bureau Chief, Reuters (Moderator)

SUNAMI Atsushi, President of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Tanja JÄÄSKELÄINEN, Ambassador of Finland to Japan

Guðni Th. JÓHANNESSON, President of Iceland

OGURA Masanobu, Minister of State for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Kjersti Misje ØSTBAKKEN, Research Director Work and Welfare, Norwegian Institute for Social Research

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (in person), Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, and Visiting Fellow at RIETI

MITSUI Mariko, Women’s Policy Researcher, Former Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member

Karen ELLEMANN, Coming Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers, former member of the Danish Parliament and Minister of Gender Equality and Minister of Environment

MURAKAMI Yumiko, MPower Partners General Partner, Member of the Prime Minister’s Panel for New Capitalism and former head of the OECD Tokyo Centre

FUKUSHIMA Yoshihiko, Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University