Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
Symposium and workshop in contribution to "A society where everyone can have access to sanitary products in the toilet!"
University of Osaka MeW Project
As a significant step toward gender equality, Osaka University's UNESCO Chair MeW Project, which has been addressing the issues of "ensuring menstrual dignity" and "providing free menstrual products," will hold a symposium as part of a global movement.
Discussion
- Local community revitalisation
- Cool Japan
- Cocreation of gender-equal society and culture
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Track Programme
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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Date of
the event -
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2025.04.28[Mon]
16:30 ～ 19:30
(Venue Open 16:00)
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- Venue
- Pavilion
- Women’s Pavilion “WA” Space
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Programme details
The symposium will begin with an overview of global trends in the movements on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) followed by a presentation on the MeW project’s initiative to create a system where "everyone has access to menstrual products in toilets." This presentation will be followed by a discussion, incorporating questions from the audience, about designing a future society that promotes menstrual well-being. This symposium will look into local examples of menstrual issues, which have been historically stigmatized, and discuss local interventions in light of global trends, as a concrete step toward gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Osaka University MeW project, in collaboration with private sectors, has developed an eco-friendly cardboard dispenser for free access to menstrual products in toilets. Our dispensers have been diffused to educational institutions and local governments.
In the workshop after the symposium, attendees will have the opportunity to experience assembling the dispenser, providing a hands-on opportunity to reflect on universal design that supports menstrual well-being. The MeW project is expanding its network to other universities and organizations, with the goal of fostering a dialogue on creating a future society where menstrual products are accessible in public spaces.
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Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
Symposium and workshop in contribution to "A society where everyone can have access to sanitary products in the toilet!"
As a significant step toward gender equality, Osaka University's UNESCO Chair MeW Project, which has been addressing the issues of "ensuring menstrual dignity" and "providing free menstrual products," will hold a symposium as part of a global movement.
-
2025.04.28[Mon]
16:30～19:30
(Venue Open 16:00)
- Pavilion
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
©大阪大学MeWプロジェクト
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Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
