Refugee Film Festival Partners Screening & Talk Mukwege: A Doctor Struggles in the ‘Worst Place in the World for Women’


Title Refugee Film Festival Partners Screening & Talk Mukwege: A Doctor Struggles in the ‘Worst Place in the World for Women’
Refugees” talk about refugee issues and efforts in Japan and around the world & film screening and talk seminar to learn about our responsibility for “Sexual Violence in Conflict
Descriptions “Mukwege: A Doctor Struggles in the ‘Worst Place in the World for Women'” will be screened on Sunday, January 7, from 12:50 to 17:00 at the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus Building No. 18 Hall. As a partner of the UNHCR Refugee Film Festival, we will screen “Mukwege: A Doctor Struggles in the ‘Worst Place in the World for Women’,” which focuses on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country that has been invisible for decades. Refugees” will talk about refugee issues and efforts in Japan and the world, and a film screening and talk seminar will be held to learn about our responsibility for “sexual violence in conflict”. This event is planned and managed by students of the University of Tokyo.

12:30- Doors open, Registration Part I: “Refugees” talk about refugee issues and initiatives in Japan and around the world
12:50-13:50 Opening of the first part Eiko Scherba, General Manager of Sustainability Marketing Team, Global Marketing Department, UNIQLO, Inc. from Fast Retailing Corporation who participated in the Global Refugee Forum, the world’s largest international conference for refugees. Three young people with refugee backgrounds from EmPATHy, the only refugee lead organization from Japan to participate in the Global Refugee Forum, will speak at the event.
Part II: film screening and talk seminar to learn about our responsibility for “Sexual Violence in Conflict” “Conflict Minerals and Refugee Issues – How Japan and the International Community Will Face the Conflict in the Future
14:00- Opening of Part II Mr. Yuichi Sekiya, Chairperson of the Steering Committee of Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo (HSP) Mr. Yasunobu Sato, Vice President of Non-Profit Organization “Human Security Forum” (HSF) and former Director of Research Center for Sustainable Peace
14:15- Screening of “Mukwege: Doctors Fighting in the ‘Worst Place in the World for Women
15:30- Keynote speech on the connection between sexual violence, genocide, conflict minerals, and refugee issues in conflict situations.
15:50- Panel discussion and Q&A session (moderated by Rei Kanazawa, Refugee Film Festival Director, The University of Tokyo)
16:40- Plenary Summary and Closing Kazuyo Hanai, Co-Chairperson of RITA-Congo, NPO, and Lecturer, Institute for Future Initiatives The University of Tokyo

Date 7th (Sun) Jan, 2024, 12:50 – 17:00 (doors open 12:30)
Venue Hall, Bldg. 18, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo
Panelists Khadiza Begum (Learning support for Rohingya women and children in Tatebayashi City / Assistant Manager of Shared Digital Center / Refugee consultant for “EmPATHy”)
Anas Hijazi (from Syria / Co-president of “EmPATHy” / President of “Japan Bridge”)
Souzan Husseini (Syrian / Doctoral Student, Waseda University / Co-chair of EmPATHy / Member of Japan Bridge Steering Committee)
Masako Yonekawa (Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Meiji Gakuin University / Co-president, NPO RITA-Congo / Former Director, UNHCR Goma (Eastern Congo))
Shinichi Takasaki, Representative of International Labour Organization (ILO) in Japan
Kuniko Inoguchi (Executive Director, UNHCR Parliamentary Caucus / Member of the House of Councillors)
Language Mainly Japanese
Registration form Form
Web site Web site
Organizer Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo
Sponsors Non-Profit Organization “Human Security Forum” (HSF)
Fast Retailing Co.
Supporter Japan for UNHCR
Notes This event is planned and managed by students of the University of Tokyo.

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