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THE SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION Reports and Publications https://www.spf.org/en ja-jp Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:06:48 +0900 Closing the Gender Finance Gap: Mapping the Opportunity for Gender Lens Investing in the Philippines https://www.spf.org/en/gender/publications/20240329.html 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? Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 Gender dynamics after conflict in Aceh, Maluku, and Bangsamoro Mindanao|Capacity Building in Japan for college faculty https://www.spf.org/en/spfnews/e-magazine/20240328.html March 2024 Vol. 2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 Event Report: Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) for Gender Lens Investing (GLI) https://www.spf.org/en/gender/news/20230325.html 2X Global, Brightlight Group, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation hosted an Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) workshop designed for LPs and GPs to dive deeper into the IMM for gender lens investing and GLI+ strategy. We explored ways to build a GLI IMM framework, including designing and framing, integrating gender lens into the investment process, impact rating and risk analysis, manager engagement, and reporting. Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 Reconstructing Masculinities: Gender dynamics after conflict in Aceh, Maluku and Bangsamoro Mindanao https://www.spf.org/en/peacebuilding/publications/20240318.html 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. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 【Report】Invitation to faculty members of St. Anthony's College Audio-Visual Archive, Northeast India, for Capacity Building in Japan https://www.spf.org/en/asia-islam/news/20240318.html As part of "Preserving and Sharing Histories and Memories of Northeast India and Asia," our foundation invited five participants from Northeast India AV Archive (NEIAV), located on the campus of St. Anthony's College in the state of Meghalaya, Northeast India, to Japan from February 14 to 22, 2024.Training and study visits were made to related institutions in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and Tokyo, to improve NEIAV's organizational management and technical capabilities, and to expand its professional knowledge and network. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 Future of Russian energy exports under sanctions|Asia Women Impact Fund Social Impact Report|SPF China Observer videos https://www.spf.org/en/spfnews/e-magazine/20240315.html March 2024 Vol. 1 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 Asia Women Impact Fund Social Impact Report 2023 -Impact on women as end beneficiaries https://www.spf.org/en/gender/publications/20240315.html For any investments to qualify as an impact investment, it requires measurement of impact, one that goes beyond counting outputs. In 2023, The Asia Women Impact Fund conduct a social impact study to dive deeper to understand impact outcomes to women as end beneficiaries. This report has started to unveil the positive outcomes on end beneficiaries and the impact on women of the AWIF, and we hope that this will serve as another important data point that continues to promote and substantiate the benefits of Gender Lens Investing (GLI) in Asia and beyond. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 Why do we need women's perspectives? Female Foreign Ministers of Japan and Indonesia Talk (December 16, 2023) https://www.spf.org/en/videos/ On December 16, 2023, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation hosted a seminar titled “Why do we need women’s perspectives? Female Foreign Ministers of Japan and Indonesia Talk.” The seminar emphasized the importance of Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) and the potential for collaboration between Japan and ASEAN. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 IINA: The Problems of Nuclear Energy Use by Japan Raised Again by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake https://www.spf.org/iina/en/articles/yuki_kobayashi_07.html The Noto Peninsula Earthquake, which occurred on January 1, 2024, recorded a maximum seismic intensity of seven and caused enormous damage. Nuclear energy facilities were no exception and trouble occurred in the Shika Nuclear Power Station of the Hokuriku Electric Power Company. Its transformers were damaged and the plant became unable to receive electricity from outside, among others. The events in this nuclear power plant in the earthquake once again raise problems of nuclear energy use by Japan. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900 IINA: Current Status and Challenges for Japan’s Strategic Communications based on the National Defense Strategy: Indo-Pacific Deployment 2023 and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific https://www.spf.org/iina/en/articles/kawakami_04.html For five months from April to September 2023, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted Indo-Pacific Deployment 2023 (IPD23). This exercise implemented the guidelines of Japan’s National Defense Strategy, one of the three major security documents released in December 2022. In this paper, I outline the contribution made by IPD23 to achieving the objectives of Japan’s National Defense Strategy. I also discuss the challenges in further promoting these objectives. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0900