Peace, Human Security and Dignity Week
Panel: Gender, Dignity & Social Inclusion
Kingdom of Belgium
How do dignity and inclusion intersect with gender, health, and social justice?
This opening panel sets the tone for Peace, Human Security and Dignity Week at the Belgian Pavilion by looking at stigma, visibility, and systemic barriers across Belgian and Japanese contexts.
Discussion
- Gender equality
- LGBTQ
- Promotion of women's participation and advancement
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Track Programme
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2025.08.04[Mon]
16:30 ～ 18:00
(Venue Open 16:15)
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- Pavilion
- Belgian Pavilion
Cast
Speakers
Charlotte Pezeril
Anthropologist, member of the Observatory of AIDS and Sexualities at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Her research focuses on the processes of stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV, whether related to gender, sexuality, class, race, or disability. She is also the initiator of the interuniversity advanced master’s program in gender studies in Belgium and teaches in the master’s program in sexology and the clinical study of sexualities at ULB.
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Miho Konishi
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Hideko Nishioka
Professor and Vice Director of Osaka University’s Diversity & Inclusion Center
She previously worked as a journalist for Mainichi Newspaper and as a staff member of Takamatsu City Women’s Center. In 2018, she invited the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Inclusion in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) to conduct the “Searching for Excellence and Diversity Workshop” in Japan, thereby introducing to Japanese institutions a set of procedures recognized by the US National Science Foundation as a leading model for hiring procedures. She conducts field research on gender equity at leading universities in the US, UK, and Germany and has published articles in journals such as Hougaku Seminar (Nihon Hyoronsha). She has also published Japanese translations of the books, Breaking the Bias Habit: A Workshop to Promote Gender Equity, and Searching for Excellence ＆ Diversity: A Guide for Search Committees. Her main research fields are gender law and policy, violence against women and children, and disaster and gender equality, all grounded in a human rights perspective.
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Atsuko Miwa
Professor at the School of Policy Studies of Kwansei Gakuin University, Director of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center in Osaka, Japan, Co-Chair of Japan Civil Society Network on SDGs.
Formerly an officer at the International Division of the Japanese Red Cross Society, a Programme Officer at the Bangkok Office of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UN Women currently), and a researcher at Kyoto Human Rights Research Institute, she has extensive experience on working for projects and programmes for gender equality and the empowerment of women especially in Asia and the Pacific, and has been researching and writing extensively in the field of gender, development, and human rights for years. Her recent research interests include women’s empowerment through rights-based approach, especially in the context of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and leadership development of Japanese women and girls. Her publications include ”Engendering the Judiciary – Lessons from the Philippines” in Shultz U. et al. (ed.) Gender and Judging (2013) Hart Publishing Ltd. She was a focal person of Japan of Women in Local Decision-Making Programme of the United Cities and Local Government-Asia Pacific Regional Section (UCLG-ASPAC) organised by ESCAP, and a member of the drafting committee for Japan National Action Plan (NAP) of the UN Security Council Resolution No.1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. She served as Co-Chair of C20 (Civil 20) on the occasion of G20 Osaka Summit in 2019. She participated in W7 (Women 7) in 2018 (Canada), 2019 (France), 2021 (UK), and 2022 (Germany) and serves as Co-Chair of W7 Japan 2023. She is also Vice President of the Japan National Committee for UN Women. She holds MA in Gender and Development of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.
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Peace, Human Security and Dignity Week
Panel: Gender, Dignity & Social Inclusion
How do dignity and inclusion intersect with gender, health, and social justice?
This opening panel sets the tone for Peace, Human Security and Dignity Week at the Belgian Pavilion by looking at stigma, visibility, and systemic barriers across Belgian and Japanese contexts.
-
2025.08.04[Mon]
16:30～18:00
(Venue Open 16:15)
- Pavilion
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
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Peace, Human Security and Dignity Week
