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Women's and Men's Rights Groups in Japan
Women's Groups in Japan
- Association of Foreign Wives
of Japanese. The name is self explanatory. They seem to be
very active.
- Field of Mugi.
(English) (Japanese)
On online group for present, future and past working
mothers and other women willing to support working mothers.
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Single Mothers' Forum. (Japanese only) An organization of which
members are mostly members of single mother families. It carries out various
activities aiming at a creation of society in which single mothers and their
children can live comfortably. Its activities includes making propositions,
exchanging information, and providing mutual assistance. It works on the
administration and pressures it to solve the problems concerning social
systems, which are posed in this paper as well as appeals to public opinions
for elimination of discrimination and expansion of rights through the media.
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Friendship Asia
House Cosmos (Japanese)
FAH Cosmos acts as a shelter for mainly unwed non-Japanese mothers and their
half-Japanese children. It is a sister organization to Nonohana-no-ie under
Ichiryu-kai. The residents of FAH Cosmos come from various countries including
Cambodia, Iran, the Philippines, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka,
Turkey, Taiwan and Korea, many of whom are the victims of domestic violence
who have no visas and no birth certificates for their children.
- Foreign Wives Club.
An online community by and for women in bicultural marriages. Not just
Japan, but appears to have significant Japan content.
- Women's Online Media. (Japanese)
(English). Women's
Online Media(WOM) is one of many projects of the Keio University
Research Consortium. WOM aims at introducing women to the uses of
electronic media. WOM has been working on the initiative
Japanese Women Now in order
to provide information about contemporary legal/social environment surrounding
Japanese women.
- Yokohama Women's
Association for Communication and Networking. (Japanese)
(English).
The Yokohama Women's Association for the Communication and Networking (YWACN),
the Central Institution for Gender Equality (see the Ordinance of the City of
Yokohama for Promoting Gender Equality, Article 11), carries out the
management of the Yokohama Women's Community Center along with the Yokohama
Women's Forum and Forum Yokohama. YWACN also holds a variety of projects in
line with action plans for gender equality. Gender equality is defined as the
guarantee that both men and women are seen as equals in society being able to
participate in activities in every aspect of society.
- Republic of Boshi Katei
(Japanese only) - I seem to see this one referenced often.
- Let's Single (Japanese only)
- Single Mother Conference Room (Japanese
only)
Men's Groups in Japan
- Father's Rights In Japan.
(English)
- Father's Website.
(Japanese) (Not
really just for fathers, but given the name it is listed here also.)
A group started by Japanese fathers, but also supporting mothers and
non-Japanese who are cut off from their children's lives. They are
interested in changing Japanese custody and visitation laws. The
bulletin board is mostly Japanese, but some people use English also.
Highly recommended.
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