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Gender Law and Policy Annual Review Vol.3 (2005)
Preface
Miyoko TSUJIMURA
Professor of Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University
Responsible for the 21st Century COE Program <Gender Law and Policy Center>
Established within the context of the 21st Century COE Program, the principal objectives of the Gender Law and Policy Center are to promote a variety of research projects that will elucidate the theoretical issues relating to gender, law and political processes.
The Center has functioned as a library, possessing over 4000 books concerning gender, law and public policy, and acts as a network hub for collaboration between Asian, European, and North American institutions, Japanese local governments and Bar Associations.
We focus on six research themes or "clusters", including: political participation, employment, family, sexuality, human security, and gender education policy. In 2004, we organized our first International Symposium on the Comparative Perspectives of Gender Law and Politics in order to discuss problems and challenges confronting issues relating to gender, law, and public policy in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Coordinated by our Paris office, in 2005, we hosted the International Seminar on Sex Equality and "Positive Discrimination" : Comparative Legal Analysis. This Seminar was organized in close collaboration with the Gender Law and Policy Center (Japan) and the Society of Comparative Legislation (France).
Volume 4 (in Japanese) of the Gender Law and Policy Research Series focuses on the topic of "Gender and Education." Volume 5, entitled, Physical Liberty, Sexuality and Law, will be published in March 2006.
We hope that the contents of this Annual Review and the aforementioned publications will work to enhance understanding and awareness of gender issues as they are experienced in different parts of the world, and as such, will contribute to the promotion of gender equal societies everywhere.
We wish to thank all those involved for their generous support and cooperation, and we look forward to collaborating with you on related projects in the future.