Halla scores on women in Japan

Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, today challenged Japanese women to stand together for the benefit of gender equality. She did so in panel discussions on the National Day of Iceland at the World Exhibition in the Japanese city of Osaka, but in her public visit to Japan, she has placed great emphasis on equality issues.

The National Day of Iceland at the Osaka World Exhibition began with the President being guided by the UN cabin. Subsequently, Halla gave a speech on his focus, not least the equality issues.

After that, she answered young people’s questions. The topics were peace, the challenges of the future and the United Nations goal in sustainability. The event was in collaboration with the universities in the area, but the chairman of the meeting was Yuki Nakane.

Many young women were in the hall.

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Discuss ways to empower women

Next was an event in the showcase dedicated to women, or Women’s Pavillion as he is called in English, where the president participated in a conversation about women’s empowerment and gender equality with Sayuri Daimon, a well -known journalist in Japan and former Japanese editorial officer.

Japanese women listen to Halla today.

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Want to learn from Icelanders

Japanese women therefore show great interest in how Icelanders managed to get to the forefront of gender equality. Iceland has taken the top spot there but Japan has been in 118. Seat, as Halla attracted attention after a meeting with Shigeru Ishiba Japan’s Prime Minister earlier this week.

Her meeting and prime minister were told On mbl.is earlier this week.

Halla encourages Japanese women to show solidarity for the benefit of the rights struggle.

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Halla has several times recalled Japan’s visit to Women’s Day in Iceland in 1975 and announced actions on the 50th anniversary of this day this fall, more specifically October 24th.

Japanese women have asked how to succeed in gender equality and Halla has always answered that this issue has both genders. Therefore, conversation with both men and women is necessary to make the most progress, all for good.

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Sayuri Daimon’s case in the panel discussions today stated that the proportion of women in Japanese politics was still low.

Halla managed to create a good atmosphere in the hall, but she has given a lot of her visit to Japan.

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Halla had then explained how women, among other things, held the office of mayor, prime minister and president in Iceland, but that list clearly attracted the attention of locals who are used to men being in such power.

Sayuri Daimon herself has been a pioneer and model of women in Japanese media, but men have been dominant in the media.

Yuki Nakane chaired the meeting at a meeting of Halla Tómasdóttir in the United Nations Exhibition House at the Osaka World Exhibition this morning.

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Agnes Guðmundsdóttir, Managing Director of Icelandic Japan, discusses with the Japanese entrepreneur after the meeting on gender equality.

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