ABOUT

1994年のルワンダにおける内戦を機に難民問題への関心を深め、大学在学中、JAR立ち上げに参加。2001年より難民支援協会（JAR）に入職。直後よりアフガニスタン難民への支援を担当、日本初の難民認定関連法改正に携わり、クルド難民国連大学前座り込み・同難民退去強制の際にも関係者間の調整を行った。2008年1月より事務局長、2014年12月に代表理事就任。上智大学非常勤講師。一橋大学国際・公共政策大学院非常勤講師。

She become interested in refugee issues after the civil war in Rwanda in 1994, and participated in the foundation of Japan Association for Refugees (JAR) while still a university student. She joined JAR as a staff in 2001 and has become Chair of the Board since 2014. She wrote several thesis in English including "On the refugee and asylum seeker situation in Japan from the standpoint of social exclusion", in the book "Cultural a Contemporary Japan Rethinking Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion" Edited By Yoshikazu Shiobara, Kohei Kawabata, Joel Matthews. She is also a Part-time lecturer at Sophia University. Part-time lecturer at Hitotsubashi University School of International and Public Policy.