Intellectual Dialogue between Japan and Jordan on 21 October 2008
The Japan Foundation in cooperation with the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) presents Intellectual Dialogue between Japan and Jordan under the title of “Family Change and Women’s Labor” - Sharing Japanese and Middle Eastern Experiences - on 21 October 2008 at the head office of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development
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Presentations by the Japanese delegation
- “Changing Families and Women in Japan” by Professor Keiko HIRAO
- “Women and Work in Contemporary Japan” by Professor Yuko OGASAWARA
- “Common challenges of women in Japan and the Middle East” by Professor Tomoko YAMAGISHI
Dr. Keiko HIRAO
Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Sophia University, Japan- M.A. in International Relations from Sophia University, Japan in 1982
- Ph.D. in Sociology from University of Notre Dame, U.S.A. in 1997
- Doctoral thesis: “Work Histories and Home Investment of Married Japanese Women”
- Publications: Super Kids Syndrome (1992), Child Rearing War Front (1991), and many articles and papers
Dr. Yuko OGASAWARA
Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University, Japan- M.A. in Sociology from University of Chicago, U.S.A. in 1989
- Ph.D. in Sociology from University of Chicago, U.S.A. in 1995
- Doctoral thesis: “Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender and Work in Japanese companies”
- Publications: Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender and Work in Japanese companies (1998), Resistance of office ladies (1998), and many articles and papers
Dr. Tomoko YAMAGISHI
Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University, Japan- M.A. in Area Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan in 1989
- Ph.D. in Academic Science, University of Tokyo, Japan in 1998
- Doctoral thesis: “The Kingdom of Imams”
- Publications: 100 Q&A for better understanding the Islamic World (co-editied,1998), and many articles and papers
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