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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE　　 VISIONARY INDIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER T. RAVI KUMAR TO VISIT JAPAN Speaking seminars scheduled in Osaka on July 31st and Tokyo on August 1st July 16, 2010 (TOKYO) – The founder of Indian NPO, the Association of Relief Volunteers (ARV), and visionary human rights activist T. Ravi Kumar will speak in Japan for the first time this summer, in an effort to expand ARV’s message further than ever before on the international stage. Speaking seminars will be held on July 31st in Osaka and August 1st in Tokyo. The Osaka seminar will take place at Nishi-machi Koutou Kaikan (next to Shin Osaka Station, west exit) at 7-10-14 Nishi Nakashima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi. The Tokyo seminar will be held at Star Lecture Rooms on the third floor of Kawagami Building at 2-22-17 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Seminars in both locations will be held in Japanese from 14:00 to 15:15 and in English from15:30 to 16:45. Founded in 2001 by T. Ravi Kumar, a human rights acti...

For Immediate Release July 21, 2010 Contact: Stephanie V. Grepo, Director, Capacity Building Programs Telephone: 212-854-7189; email: sg2670@columbia.edu COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WELCOMES 10 ACTIVISTS TO THE 2010 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROGRAM New York, NY — On Monday, August 30th, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia University will welcome 10 human rights activists as the 22nd cohort of the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP). The intensive HRAP curriculum is defined by academic coursework, skills-building workshops and networking opportunities with the human rights communities in New York and Washington, DC. By the time the advocates complete the program in mid-December, they will have acquired the knowledge, skills and connections necessary to further develop themselves as human rights professionals and their organizations back home. Through a competitive selection process, the 10 advocates were chosen from 170 applications representing 58 c...

" /> Equality Now has just issued an urgent alert - Mexico: Take action against the officials who raided a high security women's shelter in Ciudad Juárez , Chihuahua State . Please write to the Head of the Chihuahua State Supreme Court and the Governor of Chihuahua and ask them to take disciplinary action and prosecute the officials involved in the raid on the shelter for violating Mexico's General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence . Please click on the following link for further information: http://equalitynow.org/english/takeaction/newsalert/urgentalert_mexico_201007_en.html We hope that you will support this and our other Women's Action campaigns. If...

August 19 & 20, 2010 Fukutake Auditorium , University of Tokyo - Hongo Campus Admission is free and advance registration is not required. A Tectonic Shift? Structural developments, reform policies, and the collapse of LDP rule The seismic 2007 Upper House election , the 2009 general election ushering the DPJ ( Democratic Party of Japan ) into power, and the recent Upper House election unequivocally demonstrate the structural collapse of the dominance of the LDP ( Liberal Democratic Party ), which had ruled Japan for most of the postwar period. The aim of this gathering in Tokyo , on the eve of the first anniversary of the DPJ's landmark victory, and on the heels of its first electoral rout, is to examine in detail the two developments the participants think caused a tectonic shift in Japanese politics, forever destroying the old LDP regime: political adaptation to the new electoral system, and the policy responses to recurring downturns of the economy, characte...

Chinese trainee died of 'karoshi' THE ASAHI SHIMBUN 2010/07/05 In a landmark decision involving foreign vocational trainees, the Labor Standards Inspection Office in Kajima, Ibaraki Prefecture, has recognized the June 2008 death of a Chinese man working at a metal processing company as a case of karoshi, or death from overwork. The labor inspection office sent papers to prosecutors on Friday accusing the company and its 66-year-old operator of violating the Labor Standards Law by imposing excessively long work hours and failing to pay overtime. According to the office, Jiang Xiaodong, 31, died of acute heart failure while asleep in June 2008, three years after coming to Japan as a trainee. In the three months prior to his death, Jiang worked between 93 to 109 hours in overtime each month, the office said. The office also found that two other Chinese vocational trainees at the company had been forced to work long overtime hours, and that the trainees were paid only...

CITYNET Youth Japan's International Organisations World Cup taking place on July 10 in Yokohama. We are looking for individual players, teams or people to cheer. It is a FUN event so absolutely no worries about skill level! Please see flier for details. Nearest station: Motomachi Chukagai (10 mins walk) CITYNET Web: www.citynet-ap.org 5F International Organisations Center, Pacifico Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan 220-0012 Tel: +81-45-223-2161 Fax: +81-45-223-2261

Japan Women's leadership Initiative presents ～The Leadership Role of Women in Society～ The Time Has Come！NGOs can Change Society Sunday 6/27 13:30～16:30（受付13:00～） Center for the advancement of working women Hall, 4F Tokyo Shiba 5-35-3 Access map http://www.miraikan.go.jp/english/about/access.html Cost: 500yen Presentations and panel discussion (with translation) ○「The Role of NGOs and impact on American Society」　Paul Grougan, Boston University ○「Womens leadership in NGOs in the US」　Patricai Denton, Sommon College ○「日本のNGOの課題」　　 Akira Matsubara, C's　　 Organized by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Japan (BPW Japan) http://www.bpw-japan.jp/english/index.html

～ The Leadership Role of Women in Society ～ The Time Has Come ！ NGOs can Change Society さまざまな波や壁にあたる現代、それを乗り越えるには、市民の力とその結集･･･ NGO が社会を変える時代です。いま　この変革の時期にあって、 女性の指導力 が求められています。 参加費　５００円 東京開催 2010 年 ６月 27 日（日） 13:30 ～ 16:30 （受付 13:00 ～） 会場： 女性と仕事の未来館 4F ホール 〒 108-0014 東京都港区芝 5-35-3 ℡ 03-5444-4151( 代 ) 　 http://www.miraikan.go.jp/index.htm 福岡開催 2010 年 ６月 29 日（火） 18:30 ～ 21:00 （受付 18:00 ～） 会場： アクロス福岡４ F 国際会議場 〒 810-0001 福岡市中央区天神 1-1-1 　　 ℡ 092-725-9111 （代表）　 http://www.acros.or.j p/ ○ 「アメリカで NGO が社会に果たしてきた役割」　 　 ポール・グローガン ：ボストン財団最高取締役 ○ 「 NGO の効果的運営と女性のリーダーシップ」　 パトリシア・デイトン ：シモンズカレッジ・ジェンダー研究所所長 ○ 「日本の NGO の課題」 　　　　　　　　 松原　明 ： NPO 法人シーズ：副代表理事 　　　　　　 第 2 部　パネルディスカッション　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ※同時通訳あり 　　　　　 JWLI フォーラム 実行委員会 　　　　　　　 TEL 080-3967-4022 　 FAX 　 03-5304-7876 　 主催　 　特定非営利活動法人 日本ＢＰＷ連合会　　シモンズ・カレッジ（ボストン） 後援：内閣府男女共同参画局 【東京開催】共催：女性と仕事の未来館　【福岡開催】福岡県　福岡市　 在福岡米国領事館

2010年度　募集要項 Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative (JWLI)　2010 これからの日本女性に求められるリーダーシップ育成研修 研修の概要　　地域を変えていくリーダーとして活躍を目指す女性たちを支援するプロジェクトです。この事業は、アメリカ・ボストン在住の日系実業家が、母国日本の女性たちのために立ち上げました。これから、NGOが社会を支え、変化をもたらす大きな力となるはずであることは、世界でも日本でも同じです。 このプロジェクトの目的に添ってボストンでの研修を希望する女性を募集します。 JWLIの目的および研修内容：　 以下の研修結果を生かして社会に変革をもたらすための社会貢献活動に参加することを最終の目的とする。 リーダーとして“確固とした《dream vision》をもつ事”を学ぶ。 アメリカのNGOの組織や運営方法を学ぶ。 ファンドレイジングについて学ぶと共にNGO で実習体験を積む。 Simmons Collage -School of Management コースの一つ"Strategic　Leadership for Women" に参加する。 帰国前に《dream vision》のアクション･プランを作成・提出する。 帰国後に、アクション･プランに基づいた活動を展開し、その進捗状況を定期的に報告する。 今後のJWLIの発展に寄与する。 応募人数：若干名 応募資格： １）年令　２８才以上の女性 ２）５年以上のNGO等での活動・社会経験またはビジネス経験をもつ者 ３）帰国後、確固たるヴィジョンと夢をもって、社会活動に積極的に関与し、 ＮＧＯ活動への積極的な参加意欲をもつ者 ４）現地での実習に必要な英語力をもつ者 必要書類：　１）履歴書　（英文　及び　日本文） ２）小論文/英文エッセイ　（Ａ４で２-３ページ）　　内容　＊ボストンで学びたいテーマとその理由 ＊帰国後の具体的な社会貢献プラン ３）推薦状　（英文、A4　1枚、推薦者1名・・・所属するNGO役員などによる） 派遣期間及び派遣先：　 ２０１０年９月７日（火）～10月２日（土） アメリカ合衆国ボストン市内（宿舎は主催者側で手配） 研修責任組織：米国マサチューセツ州　　シモンズ・カレッジ 担当者：Dr. Patricia Deyton...

Friday May 14, 7:00-9:00 Open to nonprofit NGO volunteers and staff and anyone who wants to get involved in community service. Meet people from different organizations, share information about volunteering, and events. Location: JamRock Restaurant Café in Harajuku Cost: 4000yen per person includes Jamaican food (served tapas style) + 2 drinks Access info: http://www.jamrockcafeonline.com/ RSVP by May 10 to guarantee you can get in (max is 40 people) Contact skillsbuild@gmail.com for more information.

SEVEN (Social Equity Venture Fund) Call for proposals: Foreign economic aid and government programs have spent billions of dollars during the past five decades to alleviate the high number of people living in poverty. No country has been lifted out of poverty as a result of these efforts, but the mindset remains the same: aid programs are the key to poverty alleviation. The aim of SEVEN Fund sponsored research is to challenge the prevailing state of mind in this field. We want to answer the question of whether wealth-creation may be the most effective solution to alleviate poverty. We invest our efforts and resources to find, research, and document examples where entrepreneurial success is shown to have led to poverty alleviation. In the process, we will seek to inspire entrepreneurs in developing countries with advice, investments, role models, and services. Read more: http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/04/seven-fund-call-for-proposal.html Endeavour Awards for Research, Postgradu...

Friday May 14, 7:00-9:00 NPO/NGO Networking Happy Hour: Open to nonprofit NGO volunteers and staff and anyone who wants to get involved in community service. Meet people from different organizations, share information about volunteering, and events. Bring your fliers and brochures! Location: JamRock Restaurant Café in Harajuku Cost: 4000yen per person includes Jamaican food (served tapas style) + 2 drinks Access info: http://www.jamrockcafeonline.com/ RSVP by May 10 to guarantee you can get in (max is 40 people) Contact skillsbuild@gmail.com for more information.

May 2010 FEW Community Service Clothing Drive The FEW Clothing Drive in support of Living Dreams affiliated children’s homes Drop off period: May 18-21 Send to: J. Maeda, Daizawa 3-22-21, Setagaya-ku. Tokyo 150 0032 You can also bring items to the May members meeting on Thursday May 13. If you have any questions, please contact fewcommunity@gmail.com Please send only the following items – others will be returned. Children’s clothing for boys and girls ages 2-12 Types: Mostly play clothes such as shorts, t-shirt, and skirts, and fleeces are very popular as well. Sizes: All sizes: small, medium, large, extra large. Teen clothing for youth ages 13-18 Types: All types of clothing, including but not limited to: pants skirts, shirts and dresses Sizes: all sizes are needed, including petite and larger sizes Except for small children’s items we will not accept undergarments All items should be new or nearly new and dry-cleaned. Clothes will be distributed to children living in the Living Dream...

UPDATES AND NEWS: New courses starting after Golden week! * Temple University Japan Continuing Education Dept May 10, 10:00-12:00 => Open House (in English) Location and Venue access: TUJ Azabu Hall http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/index.html Temple University Japan Continuing Education Dept. NGO certificate program, NGO courses on offer: MDGs and Global issues , Community Organizing and Grant Proposal Writing (all on Saturdays) Deadline for applications: May 15 For more information contact: Tel: 03-5441-9864, E-mail: conted@tuj.ac.jp To register or for more information visit their website: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/cont-ed/courses/schedules.html Tsuda International Training Program: Project Management (Tuesdays) and International Development Issues course (Thursdays) Open house/information sessions (in English and Japanese)Friday April 23, 7:00-9:00pm (All courses are run in English but information on program is in Japanese only.) Deadline for applications: Wednesd...

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Friday May 14, 7:00-9:00 NPO/NGO Networking Happy Hour: Open to nonprofit NGO volunteers and staff and anyone who wants to get involved in community service. Meet people from different organizations, share information about volunteering, and events. Bring your fliers and brochures! Location: JamRock Restaurant Café in Harajuku Cost: 4000yen per person includes Jamaican food (served tapas style) + 2 drinks Access info: http://www.jamrockcafeonline.com/ RSVP by May 10 to guarantee you can get in (max is 40 people) Contact rose.ito@gmail.com skillsbuild@gmail.com to reserve you place!

Black Stripe Theater will present Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman , directed by Timothy Harris and Graig Russell and featuring Kevin Hand and Chris Parham Friday April 16 (7.30 pm), Saturday April 17 (2.00 pm & 7pm), Sunday April 18 (2 pm & 7.30 pm). The nearest station is Ushigome-kagurazaka (Exit A3) on the Oedo Line. Tickets:¥2,500 advance purchase (by April 10), ¥2,500 for students and ¥3000 for all other tickets. For tickets, contact Walter Roberts by e-mail blackstripetheater@yahoo.com or visit www.blackstripetheater.com