March 2015 FEATURE: Hate speech toward women:A discussion from the view point of gender [内容説明] Introduction Mei Takahashi Special report Deliberately incited discrimination against women: Gender-discriminatory remarks of public officials Nobuko Kamenaga Fighting hate speech around the comfort women issue Ban Chongja Japanese government on discrimination: Issues of discrimination against Korean schools and Japanese military “comfort women” Wooki Kim Anti-imperial system and anti-hate speech Daiko Sakurai So much hatred of women: The link between the homosocial internet and current anti-Korean sentiment Rie Kaiwa WOMEN’S NEWS FROM JAPAN Can anyone see any “shining women”?? Prime minister Shinzo Abe’s policies toward women Doubts about the “All Women Can Shine” policy in the Bill for the Promotion of the Activity of Women in the Workplace In opposition to the Construction of a new U.S. air station in Henoko Revised ODA increases the risk of diversion of aid to military use Japan gears up to push collective self-defense Amended Worker Dispatching Act withdrawn Japanese government decides migrant acceptance expansion Tokyo assemblyman hurls sexist jeers at female member The Global Gender Gap Report (2014), Japan ranked at 104 out of 142 countries Concerns about responses to cases of domestic violence and abuse ?Ratification of the Hague Convention First mandatory indictment for sex crime declared not guilty Reports on “comfort women” and media in crisis ― Attacks on the Asahi Shimbun Damages claimed for hate speech The Final Yayori Awards go to 2 activists Joint statement Protesting the government’s hasty decision to introduce “Foreign Human Resources for Domestic Work Support” and demanding ratification of ILO Domestic Workers Convention (C189) Draft release of Japan’s National Action Plan on Resolution 1325 AJWRC Youth Group opens a booth at Japan’s largest music festival Major activities of AJWRC: April 2014 to March 2015 ============================================ 特定非営利活動法人アジア女性資料センター（AJWRC） E-mail：[email protected] http://www.ajwrc.org/