Promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education Insights from Japanese women leaders at Tsuda University

• Published in: Diversity and Inclusion in Japan Vol. 1; pp. 160 - 181
• Main Author: Takahashi, Yuko
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2023
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Golden Orchids; Consumer Discretionary Sector; Partial Paralysis; Young Man; World Women's Congress; Promotion Council; General Education Subjects; Moriyama Mayumi; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Japan Women's University; Women's Bureau; Fields Talk; Tsuda College; Chief Cabinet Secretary; Bryn Mawr; Centripetal Force; Opportunity Identification Process; Women's Affairs; Tsuda Umeko; UN; CRPD; International Women's Year; Minor's Bureau; Air Raid Shelter
• ISBN: 9781032289892; 9781032289908; 1032289899; 1032289902
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003299509-11

This chapter presents the first is a lecture given by Fujita herself and the second is taped recordings of the author's own interview with Fujita; and the third is a symposium on Fujita Taki, that is, a collection of excerpts from the transcribed recordings of voices on the topic of Fujita, from prominent graduates who knew her, in order to highlight her profile. It is evident that an invisible leadership development curriculum, formed in an institution of higher learning, played a pivotal role in helping marginalized women seek diversity and inclusion and take charge of social change. The solidarity of these women leaders is an extremely thought-provoking example of how to achieve diversity and inclusion in higher education institutions in Japan, a society that still struggles with one of the most severe gender gaps in the world.