Women Empowerment mode: ON
The success of Italian women entrepreneurs in Japan is growing, thanks to the awards achieved with Phenomena Japan, Mimosa Day, and the NIC Award in 2024.
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10-year anniversary of German-Japanese Professional Women's Network
The "German-Japanese Professional Women's Network (GJPWN)" is dedicated to connecting Japanese and German working women, offering a space for mutual learning. To commemorate its 10th anniversary on 16 June 2024, a special event was organised.
Working moms in Europe
The German Japanese Professional Women's Network has organized an online event for working mothers to discuss challenges, working environments and share information.
Report: Women Entrepreneurship in the EU and Japan
As gender equality awareness in the labor market is rising globally, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation reflects on its gender policies.
Empowering housewives abroad wanting to work
The German Japanese Professional Women's Network organizes an online event for housewives who want to work.
Femtech – Empowerment through Innovation
The Femtech sector is booming in Japan, Germany, and all over the world. After health issues specific to the female body being systematically overlooked and even tabued for decades, we now witness manifold innovations branded as “Femtech” (female technology). In an online panel discussion organized by DWIH Tokyo (German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo) and JDZB Berlin (Japanese-German Center Berlin), experts from Germany and Japan discussed how Femtech can contribute to women’s empowerment and gender equality.
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