TLRH | Japan’s Far More Female Future

Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 7 – 8pm A panel discussion to mark the
launch of Journalist Bill Emmott’s latest book Japan’s Far More
Female Future - Increasing Gender Equality and Reducing Workplace
Insecurity Will Make Japan Stronger (2020). In addition to a
presentation by Bill Emmott, guest speakers include: A recorded
video conversation between Bill and Ambassador Mari Miyoshi,
Japanese Ambassador to Dublin 2015-18, who features in the book as
being the most senior woman in the Japanese diplomatic service; two
panelists, Helen Macnaughtan, Senior Lecturer in International
Business and Management, SOAS University of London and Akiko Sato,
market advisor at Enterprise Ireland. The evening will be chaired
by Prof Eve Patten, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub. About
Japan’s Far More Female Future Japan’s socio-economic postwar
history has been largely male dominated, and still women occupy a
much smaller share of leadership positions than in other rich
countries. However this reflects a wide gender inequality in
tertiary education in the generations now holding or entering
leadership positions. Beginning in the 1990s, female access to
higher education converged dramatically with that of males,
reflecting changing family and social attitudes, which promises to
help Japan converge with European experience during the 2020s and
2030s. Through analysis of such trends and policy options, combined
with interviews with 21 female role models from business to the
arts, Bill Emmott takes an optimistic look at how Japan can achieve
greater social justice and sustainable prosperity for the future,
helping it to adapt to an ageing and declining population. Learn
more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/