2016 Fellow Program Report Published!

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Our 2016 final report has been just published! The report was written and designed by our 2016 Fellows – Rie Sawanobori of Dow Chemical Japan, Ibuki Ozawa of PIECE, Mami Kishigami of Osaka City Women’s Foundation and Mio Kojima of Aids Orphan Support PLAS. The report details their four-week program in Boston, meeting and learning from many different types of leaders, participating in the women’s leadership course at Simmons College, and going through a journey of developing Action Plans. To the four of them, congratulations again for successfully completing the program!

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Grassroots Academy Tohoku Hosts a Women Leadership Training Program in Seattle

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Megumi Ishimoto, 2014 Fellow, leads the Grassroots Academy Tohoku. Megumi and the Academy recently hosted a women leadership training program in Seattle from February 5th to 11th, 2017. 10 young female leaders from Tohoku participated in a capacity-development workshop at iLEAP, a Seattle-based leadership institute. During their stay, participants met local residents and had opportunities to present their work in Tohoku and the state of recovery. This training increased the capacity of young female leaders active in Tohoku through equipping them with new skills and building self-confidence and awareness.




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JWLI on The Japan Times and Nikkei

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JWLI Founder, Atsuko Fish, and three of our Fellows, Megumi Ishimoto, Yuko Nakaoka, and Kiyono Yagami, were interviewed by two major Japanese newspapers, Kyodo and Nikkei. The keynote speaker of our Tokyo Summit, Mari Kuraishi, was also interviewed as well and spoke about what was preventing Japanese women from working and taking leadership roles. Atsuko has addressed the value of women’s leadership in Japan. She also introduced JWLI as a practical training program for women with clear dream vision of social change in Japanese society. Our Fellows also shared their learning from JWLI and accomplishments in different industries.

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