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 |
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. |