First comprehensive study on assessing awareness about heavy metal contamination in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Webinar series: Lessons from Inclusive Recoveries in Post-disaster Japan For Ukrainian Recovery

Webinar series: Lessons from Inclusive Recoveries in Post-disaster Japan For Ukrainian Recovery

Urgent Proposals toward Sustaining Non-Use of Nuclear Arms and Maintenance of Nuclear Order—Ahead of the 2024 Japan-U.S. Summit—

The Study Group on New Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Initiatives (chaired by Professor Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University), established by the Security Studies Program of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, has published a set of policy recommendations entitled "Urgent Proposals Toward Sustaining Non-Use of Nuclear Arms and Maintenance of Nuclear Order: Ahead of the 2024 Japan-U.S. Summit.”

By Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Security Studies Program

G7 and G20 Digital Gender Gap Engagement

This presentation evaluates G7 and G20 engagement of the digital gender gap, with a view to accelerating the achievement of commitments made by G20 Leaders in its Leaders’ Declaration 2023 on halving the digital gender gap by 2030.

Closing the Gender Finance Gap: Mapping the Opportunity for Gender Lens Investing in the Philippines

Gender finance gap continues to prevail across sectors and types of financing in the Philipines. Beyond microfinance, women entrepreneurs face barriers to capital – both debt and equity and remain underrepresented at all levels of the financial system. How can we support more women-led small and growing businesses in the country to address this gap? What are their financing needs and where does the opportunity lie for investors to supply capital?

By Villgro Philippines, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Investing in Women

Reconstructing Masculinities: Gender dynamics after conflict in Aceh, Maluku and Bangsamoro Mindanao

This report is the result of our collaborative research in partnership with institutions in the U.S., the U.K., and Southeast Asia. We collected responses from 6,000 individuals, both men and women, across 3 conflict-affected regions in Southeast Asia, covering issues such as gender equality, gender norms, experiences of violence, mental health status, and perceptions of peacebuilding. Our partner institutions conducted focused group discussions and interviews, and both the quantitative and qualitative data has been analyzed in collaboration with our partners and activists on the ground.