{"id":51559,"date":"2015-03-16T08:35:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=51559"},"modified":"2015-03-02T05:56:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T09:56:43","slug":"womenomics-an-economic-and-social-roadmap-for-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=51559","title":{"rendered":"Womenomics: An Economic and Social Roadmap for Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>03\/16\/2015 6:30pm &#8211; 8:00pm<br \/>\nAsia Society<br \/>\n725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150316_womenomics_calendar.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[51559]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150316_womenomics_calendar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRECEPTION FROM 5:30 PM<br \/>\nExpanding opportunities for women to join Japan\u2019s workforce is a centerpiece of the \u201cAbenomics\u201d economic revival strategy proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In fact, it has its own name: \u201cWomenomics.\u201d Prime Minister Abe\u2019s hope is that bringing more women into the labor pool will spur economic growth after decades of stagnation. Despite laws that have guaranteed equal employment opportunities for women since 1986, some 70 percent of women still choose to leave the workforce after having children. Some analysts have estimated that Japan could increase its GDP by as much as 13 percent if women joined the workforce at the same rate as their counterparts in other OECD countries.<\/p>\n<p>To solve this problem, Japan will have to relieve cultural and social pressures that have built up for decades. Prime Minister Abe has launched \u201cWomenomics\u201d with one fundamental aim: to promote better conditions for women who work. Can Japan unleash the economic power of women to revitalize its economy? How large might the \u201cWomenomics\u201d dividend be? What lessons can Japan borrow from the rest of the world, or offer other countries facing similar challenges? The Asia Society Policy Institute is pleased to invite you to a discussion of these questions by a panel of distinguished experts.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n<p>Joanna Barsh, Director Emeritus, McKinsey &amp; Co., is a strong advocate for women. She is the best-selling author of How Remarkable Women Lead. She has also served on New York City\u2019s Commission on Women\u2019s Issues.<\/p>\n<p>Naoko Ogawa is the Senior Manager for Women\u2019s Empowerment at Keidanren, the most influential business organization in Japan. In this capacity, she is in charge of coordinating with the Japanese corporations to implement \u201cWomenomics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Richard Lui  is an American journalist and news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News. He was formerly at CNN Worldwide. Lui\u2019s enterprise reporting has focused on humanitarian issues including gender equality, human trafficking, and affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/new-york\/events\/womenomics-economic-and-social-roadmap-japan\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/new-york<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>03\/16\/2015 6:30pm &#8211; 8:00pm Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51599,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51559\/revisions\/51599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}