Matsudo City press release (2024.10.01) Matsudo City Yumatsudo Festa 2024 Keynote Speech “Why are women’s wages low? Why does women’s poverty occur?” ～What has emerged from the coronavirus pandemic～ A keynote lecture will be held as the opening of Yumatsudo Festa 2024. The Gender Equality Division holds the Yuumatsudo Festa every November in collaboration with Matsudo City Gender Equality Promotion Organizations. The overall theme of Yumatsudo Festa 2024 is “Decide Your Own Future,” and various events will be held to help realize a gender-equal society.
Yumatsudo Festa will open with a keynote lecture by Mieko Takenobu. One of the major issues in Japan’s gender gap is the “male and female wage gap.” Even though the number of working women is increasing every year, why does poverty still occur among women? What is behind this? This is a lecture where we will discuss these issues that have come to light due to the coronavirus pandemic with a lecturer who has covered women’s labor issues as a journalist for many years.
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Journalist/Professor Emeritus of Wako University Mieko Takenobu Joined Asahi Shimbun in 1976. After serving as an editorial board member and editorial writer for the company and a professor at Wako University, he became a professor emeritus at Wako University and a journalist in April 2019. In 2009, she was awarded the Poverty Journalism Award for her series of reporting activities, addressing issues of gender discrimination in the workplace and poverty among non-regular workers. Author of many books including “Women’s Recession Survival”. ・Venue: Gender Equality Center Yuumatsudo (on-demand delivery available at a later date) ・Access: 5 minutes walk from the west exit of Matsudo Station on the JR/Shinkeisei Line ・Capacity: 1. Venue: First 40 people 2. On-demand delivery at a later date: No capacity (1.2. Application required for both) *(For those attending the venue) Sign language interpretation and written summary will be provided. *(For those attending the venue) Temporary storage available (6 months to 2nd grade of elementary school, first 8 people: application required) ・Cost: Free ・Application: From October 1st (Tuesday), please contact the Matsudo City Gender Equality Center using the application form or by phone. 【TEL】 047-364-8778
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