A human chain for "Women's Peace" issued a red card to the Abe administration.

   Over 7,000 women and men dressed in red gathered and surrounded the Diet forming a human chain to raise their voices for peace and to say "No" against the runaway Abe administration on January 17th, 2015. They consider a wide range of policies pushed under the Abe administration as pro-war, especially the approval of the right to collective defense.


                



   Wearing red comes from the Icelandic Redstocking movement. The protest chain was formed four times on that day and at times reached 2 kilometers. Various advocates delivered strong speeches and encouraged people to lead lifestyles of peace and friendship.



Original article: http://wan.or.jp/emergency/?p=1886
                        http://wan.or.jp/ueno/?p=4748
Adopted and Translated by Naoko Uchibori

Sociologist Chizuko Ueno’s Online Seminars

Chizuko Ueno, an author of many well-known books, Japan’s foremost feminist, sociologist, and former professor of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, started seminars we can watch online.

Since she retired from the university, she has been active as the managing director of Women's Action Network (WAN).

Her current research interest is "how single men and women can live alone for a long time and die at home."

The first Ueno Seminar presented by WAN was held on August 5th.

Videos are accessible from here at http://wan.or.jp/ueno/?cat=11 (in Japanese only).


Written by Atsuko Ishikawa