Nexus between Blue and Gender Financing｜Australia and AUKUS into the 2030s｜1st Asian Statespersons' Forum

SPF World Views: Ayaka Matsuno, Director of SPF's Gender Investment and Innovation Program
Gender equality and the G20
To take a closer look at how women’s empowerment was incorporated into the G20 process, Ayaka Matsuno, director of the Gender Investment and Innovation Program at SPF joined SPF World Views to look back on her work as co-head for the W20 Japan. She discussed how gender equality initiatives were incorporated into the G20 Leaders' Declaration, and explored the ways that economic empowerment can accelerate progress toward gender equality.
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【Report】The 1st Asian Statespersons' Forum (ASF)
The Asia and Middle East Program held the first Asia Statespersons' Forum (ASF) in the form of group discussions for three days from August 25 to 27, 2023. The Forum aimed to promote mutual understanding and building human networks among political leaders in the Asian region for the long-term peace and stability of Asian societies, including Japan.
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Nexus between Blue and Gender Financing: A State of the Market Analysis
Ayaka Matsuno from SPF and Ramkumar Narayanan at Tameo Impact Fund Solutions introduced the new report "Financing the Blue Economy in Asia," which aims to lay out a roadmap for a more sustainable and scalable blue finance industry in Asia.  They also emphasized the importance of exploring the application of a gender lens to accelerate progress.
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Why the Ground Battle has Become Deadlocked in Ukraine
Noboru Yamaguchi, Professor, International University of Japan
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Australia and AUKUS into the 2030s
Thomas Wilkins, Senior Fellow, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
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