| February | Joint submission of NGO report for the periodical review of Japan Report at UN CEDAW |
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| April 10-12, 2009 | Participation in the East Asian Women's Workshop on Beijing+15 in Hong Kong |
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| April 25 | Film Event: The Devils of Eden
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| April 25 | NGO joint appeal against the textbooks published by nationalist group |
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| May 10 | Discussion forum on women and poverty |
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| May 19 | Start of campaign on rights of sexual assault victims in the jury system |
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| May | Participation in the global campaign for freedom of Burmese political prisoners |
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| May | NGO joint campaign against the New Foreign Resident Adminitration System |
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| May 29 | Talk event on Women, children and elderly in development process |
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| June 2 | Submission of NGO report for to CEDAW for review of Japan |
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| June 4 | Discussion with Diet members and Supreme Court on the jury system |
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| June 20 | Publication of Japanese journal issue 58 featuring "Feminist Perspectives on the Financial Crisis and Policy Response" |
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| July 5 | General Assembly of AJWRC
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| July | Participation in international campaign to prosecute Burmese military regime leader at the International Criminal Court |
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| August | NGO-Government consultation on the review of anti-trafficking plan. Participation in women's campaign for tougher labor regulation |
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| August 6 | Workshop on gender in peace movement with Dr. Cynthia Cockburn (UK) |
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| August | Series workshop on pay equity |
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| August 8-10 | Study tour to exhibition of Taeko Tomiyama |
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| August | NGO Joint campaign for public education on "Comfort women" issues |
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| August 17 | Symposium on sexual violence and judiciary system |
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| September 18 | Publication of Japanese journal issue 59 featuring "Ageing and Feminism" |
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| September 5-9 | Study tour to Okinawa |
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| September | Joint submission of NGO report on Beijing+15 (armed conflicts) |
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| October-December | Series workshop on AWID's Publication "Changing Their World: Concepts and Practices of Women's Movements" |
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| October 17 | Film Event: Provoked |
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| October | NGO Joint Letter to the New Administration on Immigration Control Policies |
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| October 22-24 | Participation in Asia-Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15, Manila, Philippines |
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| November | NGO Joint Statement on Follow-Up of CEDAW Recommendations on Migrant Women and Minority Women |
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| November | NGO Joint Statement on Follow-Up of CEDAW Recommendations on Migrant Women and Minority Women |
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| November 11, 25 | Series Seminar on Beijing+15 |
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| November | Participation in International Campaign for the Peace Process in Chittagon Hill, Bangladesh |
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| November 28 | Symposium on Deterioration of Working Conditions for Health Workers |
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| December 13 | Yayori Award Ceremony |
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| December 21 | Publication of Japanese Journal Issue 60 featuring "Public Women's Centers" |
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| October 15, 16 | The AJWRC sends a representative to Geneva to lobby for women's rights at the UN Human Rights Committee's fifth periodic review of Japan. |
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| October 6 | The AJWRC joins the campaign to end sexual abuse by UN staff. |
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| September 16 | Statement: The Japanese government's reply to recommendations from the UN Committee against Torture was insufficient. The government must accept the Committee's recommendations with sincerity and immediately take the necessary steps to correct violations of the Convention Against Torture |
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| September 13 | The AJWRC submits an alternative report on discrimination against women and gender inequality in Japan for the UN Human Rights Council's fifth periodic review of Japan. |
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| August 16 | Letter to Pakistani authorities: Investigation needed into murder by live burial of five women. |
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| June 30 | Letter to Nepalese authorities: Request for proper investigation into the murder case of Ms. Laxmi Bohara. |
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| June 18 | The AJWRC and the World Organization against Torture deliver a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council urging the Government of Japan to accept and act on all recommendations from the Universal Periodic Review, including those on the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during the World War II. |
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| April | Information from an AJWRC report is included in the UN Universal Periodic Review of Japan on issues including trafficking in persons, Japanese military sexual slavery, and inequality in labor. |
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| March 5 | Hisako Motoyama, Executive Director of the AJWRC, discusses Okinawa rape cases on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio program "As It Happens." |
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| February 8 | The AJWRC submits the report "Critical Concerns Regarding Violation of Women's Rights in Japan" for the UN Universal Periodic Review of Japan. The report discusses issues including the feminization of poverty and violence against migrant women. |
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| November 21 | Statement: Impunity is not acceptable! We protest the Hiroshima District Public Prosecutor Office's decision not to prosecute the Marines who committed gang rape in Hiroshima. |
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| November | AJWRC joins the Campaign against the Labor Contract Law. |
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| October | AJWRC joins the Campaign against the Japanese version of the US-VISIT program. (fingerprinting of foreigners). |
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| October 19 | Letter to Thai authorities: Concern over the murder case of Ma-Usoh Malong in Tak Bai. |
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| October 4 | AJWRC requests the Fukuoka High Prosecutors Office to drop demands for the death penalty for a female defendant in the Kita-Kyusu Murder Case, which involved domestic violence. |
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| October 4 | Appeal to the Government of Japan to follow-up the recommendations made by the 38th session of the Committee Against Torture. |
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| October 3 | Statement: The AJWRC protests the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations and the killing of a journalist in Burma and requests the Japanese government to suspend its aid to the military junta. |
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| July 20 | Letter to Iranian authorities: Stop the execution of Ms. Mokarrameh Ebrahimi. |
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| May | AJWRC joins campaign on sexual assault case against a female officer of SDF(Self Defense Force). |
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| May | Lobbying at the 38th session of the Committee Against Torture |
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| April | AJWRC submits an NGO alternative report on violation of women's rights for the review of Japan on the Convention Against Torture, with support from OMCT |
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| March 14 | letter to Burmese authorities on gang rape case by soldiers |
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| March 14 | Two Sudanese women do not deserve to be stoned to death just for committing adultry. AJWRC appeals to Sudanese Embassy it is too harsh a penalty. |
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| March 8 | Women's rights activists were arrested in Iran. In a letter to Iranian Embassy, AJWRC requests Iranian government for an immediate and unconditional release of these activists, |
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| March | Protest against Tokyo government's arbitral decline of permission of an event organized by a Korean organization. |
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| January-February | Women are not "reproductive machines". AJWRC and other concerned organizations cannot simply dismiss such a discriminatory comment by Mr.Yanagisawa, Minister of Health and Labor. He must resign immediately. |
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| October 27 | A caution must be required on the side of concerned states in responding North Korea's nuclear testing. |
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| October | Philippines' Subic Rape Case has begun. AJWRC and many other concerned organizations are in full support for a raped victim to fight the case, organizing various campaigns such as a launch of an international petition campaign, and call for financial aid. |
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| September | AJWRC joined a NGO Statement concerning the report on Japan by the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism |
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| August 22 | FIMA, one of the leading funds in promoting women's status in Japan, has dismissed fellow female staffs as a part of the fund's restructuring. AJWRC regards this to be an unfair dismissal and requests for calling back of these dismissed employees. |
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| July | Participation in the 6th East Asian Women's Forum in Beijing, China |
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| May | Campaign against fallback in gender equality policy of Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
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| June | General Assembly of the AJWRC & Talk event: "Act Up, Women! Work, Live and Change the World" |
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| December | Participation in US-Japan Women Workers' Workshop in Osaka |
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| October | Co-Hosting Campaign for New Democratic Tokyo (October 31st) |
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| October 31 | Participation in Workshop on Mapping Gender in the Information Society |
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| August | Participation in World Demonstration for survivors of "comfort women" |
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| July | Participation in US-Japan Women Workers' Workshop |
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| April | Protest against discrimination against children born "outside of marriage" |
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| March | Request Government to |
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| February | Participation in Beijing + 10 |
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| January | Setting up of AJWRC panel in Ritsumeikan University Peace Museum |
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