Newsletter 013 Available Now!

Forging Horizontal Ties among Educators: The Tama Gender Education Network Kicks Off!
Kimiko KIMOTO
Director of Center for Gender Research and Social Sciences(CGraSS)
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

【News from CGS】
Discusing Gender in Asia: The Upcoming CGS International Workshop "Asian Gender Dialogues"
Etsuko Kato
CGS Director, ICU Senior Associate Professor

Report: "Christianity and Sexual Minorities / Sexual Minorities and Community"
Kana SHIMIZU
Undergraduate Student

【News from Japan】
The Kyabakura Union: A Labor Union for Workers in the "Nightlife Business"
Yu NEGORO
Kyabakura Union

Report: LGBT-Week for Promoting Understanding of Sexual Minorities
Taro SATO
NPO Peer Friends

【News from Asia】
Report: Participating in "The Possibilities of Queer Studies in East sia"
Kazuyoshi KAWASAKA
Graduate School Student

Report: Participation in the International Conference "Women's Health, Well-Being between Culture and the Law"
Yoshie MORIKI
CGS Steering Committee Member, ICU Associate Professor

【Feature 1: HIV / STD and Safer Sex】
The Epidemiology and Response to HIV among Men who have sex with Men (MSM) in Japan
Seiichi ICHIKAWA
Professor, Nagoya City University

"Tempting Sex" and the Results of a Sexual Health Research Project
Sachiko NOSAKA
National Mental Support Center for School Crisis,
Osaka Kyoiku University

A Cruise to Connect with Socially Isolated Youth
Takashi YOSHINAKA
Shinji HOSHINO
Kanagawa Rainbow Center SHIP

【Feature 2: Female Labor and Poverty】
Female Labor: The Problem and Reality of Poverty
Mieko TAKENOBU
Asahi Shimbun Staff Writer

Interview: Why Are Single Mothers Prone to Poverty?
Chieko AKAISHI
NPO Single Mothers' Forum,a Member of the Exective Board
Miki OWADA
Graduate School Student

Difficulties for Women to Secure Housing in Japan
Aya TAKEUCHI
Freelance Writer