Coordinator
Ms. Makiko Arima
Adviser, Rural Women Empowerment and Life Improvement Association President, Japan National Committee for UNIFEM

Lecturer brief history

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1933

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture

1957

Graduated from Tsuda College Department of English

1957-1968

Hired by and joined The Asahi Shimbun Company, Limited. Held positions as a journalist at various locations including the newspaper's Yokohama Branch Office and at the head office's Arts and Cultural News Department

1968-1985

Signed an exclusive contract with Fuji Television Network, Incorporated. Involved in television programs, including "Okusama News," as a newscaster.

1988

Assumed position as Board Director of Yokohama Women's Association for Communication and Networking, and Director of Yokohama Women's Forum

1991-2002

Assumed office as the Head Director of the above organization

1998-2003

Assumed office as President of the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan

2004

Assumed office as President of the Japan National Committee for UNIFEM

2008

Assumed position as Director of the Japanese National Institute on Consumer Education

Main Public Positions Held (International)

1986-1997

Representative from Japan to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

1993

Representative of the Japanese Government to the World Conference on Human Rights

1995

Advisor to the Japanese Government for the Fourth World Conference on Women

2001-2002

Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Japan to the UN Special Session on Children

Main Public Positions Held (Within Japan)

Member of Social Policy Council, Central Social Welfare Council, Employment Council, Council for Gender Equality, and Foreign Service Personnel Committee, and President of the Rural Women Empowerment and Life Improvement Association

Current Public Positions Held

Refugee Examination Counselor (Ministry of Justice), Chairwoman of the Fuji Television Programming Committee, Board Member of Tsuda College, Board Member of The Center for Human Rights Affairs, Special Advisor to the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan

Recent Awards

• Received Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays With Neck Ribbon (2010)
• Japanese Prime Minister's Award (1997)

Panelist
Ms. Fernanda Catuaan
City Agriculture Office, City Government of Tuguegarao

Lecturer brief history

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:

POST GRADUATE:

TUGUEGARAO CITY,CAGAYAN, PHILIPPINES
MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
SY 1998-2000

TERTIARY:

ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINES
TUGUEGARAO CITY, PHILIPPINES
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FOODS AND NUTRITION
SY 1979-1983

SECONDARY:

ISABELA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
ILAGAN, ISABELA, PHILIPPINES
SY 1975-1979

PRIMARY:

ILAGAN, NORTH CENTRAL SCHOOL
ILAGAN, ISABELA, PHILIPPINES
SY 1969-1975

PERSONAL BACKGROUND:

Born on May 31, 1962, in Ilagan, Isabela, Philippines. Fluent in Filipino and English languages well as in Ilocano, Ibanag dialects. Goal- Oriented, hardworking, flexible and able to display grace under pressure.

ELIGIBILITY:

NUTRITIONISTS DIETITIAN'S BOARD EXAMINATION
AGRICULTURIST BOARD EXAMINATION

ORGANIZATION:

NUTRITIONISTS DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDAP) -- Member

HOME ECONOMICS EXTENSION ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (HEEAP)- President- Cagayan Chapter

VOLUNTEER LEADER ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (VLAP)- Member

WORK EXPERIENCE AGRICULTURIST II:

City Agriculturist Office Tuguegarao City, Philippines ( May 2007 to present)

TRAININGS ATTENDED:

Empowerment of Rural Women II August 29- to November 5, 2005 Japan

Community-Based Training and Enterprise Development (CBTED) Seminar Workshop September 5-7, 2006, Philippines

Panelist
Ms. Li-chen Peng
Owner, Cloudy Village - Tian Ma Ma Restaurant

Lecturer brief history

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Farmer, Member of Farmer Woman's unity of Da-Hu Farmers Association,Mao-li county, Chief of Farmer Woman's unity of Da-Hu Farmers Association,M ao-li county, Owner of Cloudy Village-Tien Ma Ma Restaurant.

Panelist
Ms. Minako Okada
President, Trillium Okada Farm, Co., Ltd.

Lecturer brief history

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1952

Born in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

1971

Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School

1975

Graduated from Rakuno Gakuen University, Faculty of Dairy Science

1976

Newly settled in the former village of Shirataki with husband, a native of Kyushu

1977

Began a dairy farm. Opened the Okada Piano School.

1988

Began to sell processed meats. (Hams and sausages)

1989

Won the First Prize in the Farm Village Women's Writing Competition.

1993

Created a video for distribution by the Ministry of Fisheries (Women and Life Section) titled. "Aiming for Harmony among Nature, Animals, and Humans."

1996

Began to produce and sell dairy products.
Established the Trillium Okada Farm (Ltd)

1999

Won the Hokuren Dream Grand Prize in the Agricultural Division.

2000

Won the Dun and Municipalities Dairy Literary Prize.

2005

Certified Agriculturalist in Hokkaido.

2007

Won the Hokkaido Challenge Prize.

Others

Former Vice Chairman of the Japan Agricultural Businessmen's Association. Former Assistant Director of the JA Shirataki Women's Division. Former member of editorial committee for "The Farmer's Friend." Former advisor to the Hokkaido Agricultural Center to Foster Next Generation Agriculture for grants to young farmers, Vice Chairman for the Hokkaido Agricultural Corporation, etc

Major publications

Happy Pigs are Delicious," published by Soshinsha.
Contributed column to Pig Breeders Friend "From the Land of the North" (January to July 2000) Hokkaido Shinbun "Breakfast Table" Published "What I can do as a woman in the countryside, in a farm," in the Agricultural Economic News "Fair Weather" column, and others

Panelist
Ms. Fusa Sano
Auditor, Japan Agriculture Cooperative Hachinohe in Aomori

Lecturer brief history

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1982

Leader, JA Hachinohe Women's Club

June 1996-March 2003

President, National Council of Agricultural Cooperative Women's Association Aomori Branch

July 1996-July 2005

Agricultural Commissioner in Tago-machi

September 2001-May 2005

Chairperson, Aomori Prefectural Association for Gender Equality

September 2005

Board member, JA Tago-machi

February 2007

Executive Director, JA Tago-machi

August 2008

Managing Director, JA Tago-machi

April 2009-present

Auditor, JA Hachinohe