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[Event Report] The Second Meeting of the Advisory Board on “Building a Reproductive Health Platform – Pursuing a Society That Provides Every Young Person Education and Consultation Opportunities” (February 2, 2022)

[Event Report] The Second Meeting of the Advisory Board on “Building a Reproductive Health Platform – Pursuing a Society That Provides Every Young Person Education and Consultation Opportunities” (February 2, 2022)

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, the Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) Women’s Health Project convened the second meeting of the advisory board on “Building a Reproductive Health Platform – Pursuing a Society That Provides Every Young Person Education and Consultation Opportunities.”

Based on the discussion held at our first advisory board meeting on the future we want to see in terms of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and current issues that must be addressed to achieve that future, the discussion at this meeting examined specific measures and necessary steps for resolving those issues.

■ Meeting overview
Date and time: Wednesday, February 2, 2022; from 13:00 to 15:00
Host: HGPI
Format: Online using the Zoom conferencing system

■ Program
Status Report on HGPI’s “Building a Reproductive Health Platform” Project
Yuko Imamura (Manager, HGPI)

Issues surrounding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), and possible solutions
Yukiko Kawata (Senior Associate, HGPI)

Discussion on “Policy Action Needed to Realize Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Japan”

Advisory Board (Titles omitted; in alphabetical order)
Members:
Kazuko Fukuda (Representative, Nande Naino Project)
Ayumi Kinoshita (Pediatric Pulmonologist, Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults)
Miho Konishi (Newscaster and Commentator, Nippon TV)
Emiko Nishioka (Professor, Division of Nursing, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical College)
Tomiko Okamoto (Director, Kanagawa Prefecture Midwives Association; President, Okamoto Maternity Center, UPAUPAHOUSE okamotojosanin)
Mariko Sato (Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representation Office in Japan)
Yasuhiro Sensho (CEO, SENSHO-GUMI, Co., Ltd.; Former Director-General, MHLW)
Song Mihyon (Director, Marunouchi no Mori Ladies Clinic)
Amina Sugimoto (CEO, fermata inc.)
Sachiko Takahashi (Assistant Professor, Saitama Medical University)
Kyoko Tanebe (Member, Toyama Prefectural Assembly; Representative Director, Obstetrician-gynecologist, Women’s Clinic We! TOYAMA)
Ruriko Tsushima (President, Japan Women Foundation; President, Women’s Clinic Network)
Yasunori Yoshimura (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)

Special Advisors (Titles omitted; in alphabetical order)
Members:
Mizuho Fukushima (Member, House of Councillors)
Noriko Furuya (Member, House of Representatives)
Takae Ito (Member, House of Councillors)
Hanako Jimi (Member, House of Councillors)
Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman, HGPI)
Takuma Miyaji (Member, House of Representatives)
Mizuho Umemura (Member, House of Councillors)
Yoshiaki Wada (Member, House of Representatives)

Observers (Titles omitted; in alphabetical order)
Tomoko Hayashi (Director General for Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office)
Kakushi Matsumura (Director, Office for Promotion of Women’s Health, Health Service Division, Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Kuniaki Tsuji (Deputy Director and Senior Specialist for Career Planning, Higher Education Bureau, Student Support and Exchange Division, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology)


■Related contents held as part of the project

September 15, 2021  The First Meeting of the Advisory Board on “Building a Reproductive Health Platform – Pursuing a Society That Provides Every Young Person Education and Consultation Opportunities”

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