1. 1. General information: BPW Ｊａｐａｎ Please add your logo (if you have one)  No. of Members: ３８１  No. of Clubs: ２１ including associates  Website: http://www.bpw-japan.jp  Current President: Ｈａｎｉｗａ Ｎａｔｏｒｉ  Email: office@bpw-japan.jp BPW Federation / Aff. Club

2. 2. Highlight 2011- 2013 – BPW Japan  Support for women victims of that East Japan disaster (in 2011) by funding to rebuild their business  Start of EPD campaign in 2012  Auspice Japanese Women Leadership Initiative with Fish Family Fundation (since 2009)  Organize the Side Event for 57 UN CSW (2013)  Send internship students to CSW (since 2004) BPW Federation / Aff. Club

3. 3. Main Activities (EPD - Equal Pay Day) – BPW Japan  EPD Campaing since 2012  2012= April 16 → appeale in front of Tokyo Central Station → coverage by media Yomiuri & Nikkei  2013= April 15 → in Tokyo and some local cities  2014= April 13 → demonstration by 11 clubs

4. 4. Main Activities (WEPs - Women’s Empowerment Principles) – BPW Japan  Organized Fora and Meetings with Department for Gender Equality, the Cabinet Office and other Organization to make them undererstand  Participate Special Session for  WEPs held by Department for  Gender Equallity BPW Federation / Aff. Club

5. 5. Young BPW Activities – BPW Japan  Young Speech Contest to give chances for young women to study how to inform their message to audience  Work together for their experience with senior  Student internship to UN CSW to study about international relations BPW Federation / Aff. Club

6. 6. Challenges – BPW Japan  Fundrasing for more activites  L ｏｂｂ ing for the elimination of gender gap ｓ to government and … BPW Federation / Aff. Club

7. 7. Best Practices – BPW Japan  Learned from adversity of the mega disaster that the key to reduce risks and victims should be women’s empowerment and gender eqality  To inform our serious experience  ---published a book what women did at the time  ---reported at the side event of 56 CSW  ---required to our government to submit the Resolution and items for the Agreed Conclusion about [natural disaster and women] to 58 UN CSW (succeeded) BPW Federation / Aff. Club