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Women leadership and empowerment

All SEA
2016
2018
Keywords
Research

Project description

This project examines novel approaches to closing gender gaps in economic empowerment. In-depth research, workshops, and policy recommendations have focused on ways to address the gender wage gap, promote gender equality in STEM through assessment, understand the impact of unconscious bias on women�s career progression, and explore the impact of technology on women�s economic empowerment in Asia.

Primary thematic area

Secondary thematic areas

Gender training, research & mainstreaming

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Project details

Umbrella programme

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Accountable Org(s)

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Funding Org(s)

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Implementing/
Partner Org(s)

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Project contact

Lily Yu and Yuka Yabashi, Gender Investment and Innovation Group, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (genderspf@spf.or.jp) (03-5157-5280)

Funding (USD)

Committed

Spent

$

Year 1 = 40 million
Year 2 = 22.7 million
Year 3 = 12.8 million

$

N/A

Project website

https://docplayer.net/amp/146512465-The-sasakawa-peace-foundation-bldg-toranomon-minato-ku-tokyo-japan-tel-fax.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/programs/21918.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/programs/24056.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/programs/H20160143.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/publications/21073.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/publications/24106.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/publications/24158.html

https://www.spf.org/en/gender/news/24582.html

D-Portal link

Project evaluation

Evaluation source

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Evaluation methodology

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Programme targets

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Results achieved

- The Department conducted research on women s skills acquisition in ICT / STEM, and published two reports, which were presented at international conferences including the Gender Summit.
- A Gender Assessment and Evaluation workshop was held in Tokyo in May 2017, to promote sharing of best practices to close the gender gap in STEM, attracting participants from universities, government and the private sector.
- With sponsorship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Department organized a symposium on Advancing Research Excellence through Gender Equality in Tokyo in March 2018, to deepen dialogue on the global trends relating to assessment frameworks to advance gender equality in research, and the potential to apply data-driven approaches to support inclusive reform of Japanese universities.
- A taskforce consisting of experts from the Higher Education sector and government was established to review the status of gender equality in STEM and advise on sector wide program design and policy insights that best reflect the needs of Japan.
- Two research reports exploring the impact of unconscious bias and barriers to women s career progression, critical factors impeding women s empowerment, were published and presented.

� Publication of report (Women�s Leadership and Empowerment for Peacebuilding) in April 2016.

� Publication of report (The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Women�s Career Advancement) in June 2017.

� Publication of report (Why Women Aren�t Where They Are Needed in the Workforce: Putting the Pieces Together) in May 2017.

Targets met?

N/A

2023

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