World Forum for Women in Science - Japan

Japanese Organizing Committee including conference chair:

Chair:

Yoko Shimpuku, Global Young Academy/ Young Academy of Japan Alumni, Hiroshima University

Prof. Shimpuku is a midwifery researcher in global health, conducting field research in Tanzania to improve maternal and child health and working with WHO to promote the Early Essential Newborn Care program. She completed her Ph.D. in Nursing at University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the Vice-Chair of Young Academy of Japan and an Executive Committee member of the Global Young Academy. For her science diplomacy work, she presented at numerous international conferences/meetings including the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly and G7 Academy Meeting and reported them to the Prime Minister of Japan in 2019. She was selected by WHO etc. as “100 Outstanding Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders”.

Committee

Haruka Sakamoto, Young Academy of Japan
Kei Kano, Young Academy of Japan
Yuki Monden, Young Academy of Japan
Saki Sugano, Young Academy of Japan
Daisuke Matsumoto, Young Academy of Japan
Saori Kashima, Hiroshima University
Sonoko Watanabe, Hiroshima University
Sanmei Chen, Hiroshima University
Ami Fukunaga, Hiroshima University
Jiaur Md Rahman, Hiroshima University
Megumi Ikemomto, CEECS Japan Academy of Midwifery
Kyoko Tada, CEECS Japan Academy of Midwifery
Kanako Fukushima, CEECS Japan Academy of Midwifery
Nana Ogoshi, CEECS Japan Academy of Midwifery

Honorary Chair of Conference
Prof. Amal Amin, founding chair of WISWB & WFWS, National research center, Egypt.