We Are Tomodachi Womenomics Edition 2014

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SomeofJapan’sgloballYaCtivewomenarecontributinginemergingcountries．Ms．MarumiOsaka hasbeenworkingtogetherwithlocalresidentsinPanamatoimprovetheirlivingconditions． ShefirstmovedtoPanamaasanenVironmentaleducationvolunteerwiththeJapanIntemational CooperationAgencyO■ICA）andstartedaprojectwithlocalwomenmakingsoap仕omwasteoil． Whileねnamaisenjoyinghigheconomicgrow血，PrOblemsremain，includingincomedisparity， POVerty，andagendergap．“IthoughtmYimitialgoalwouldbeenvironmentalprotection，butwhen IactualJyarrivedI鹿1ttheneedtoboostincomesasapartofiqprovingpeople’slivingconditions： Ms．Osabsays． ShetriedarrLlmberofimitiativesinthesearchforabreakthrough，butnothingpaidoffatfirst．Then ameetingwithwomen血omthevillageofEICacaoledtotheplanthathasbecomesosuccessful． “馳瓜amamianpeOPlefryfoodeveryday，PrOducinglargeamOuntSOfwasteoil．Iworkedwiththe WOmenOfthevillagetotumthatoilintosoapandsellitforprofit：’ Ittooktwoentireyearsbeforethelocalwomencouldmakesoapbythemselves．Asthesewomen hadneverworkedoutsidetheirhomes，ittookevenlongerbeforetheycouldtalkabouttheproduct tocustomersandsellit．Buttheire放）rtSPaidoffl“Iwassohappywhenthelocalwomentoldme Oftheirprideinlearnlngandbeingabletoeammoneyforthemseh℃S；saYSMs．Osaka．‘‘Iknewthat theYWOuldkeepitupaf［erIleftア AfterthreeyearsinPanama，Ms．OsakareturnedtoJapan，Wheresheisstudyingthelivesof 馳mamanian血rmingvillageresidentsatgraduateschool．Shewantstoleammoreandcontribute toemerglngCOuntriesaroundtheworld．BasedonwhatshehasgainedfromherPanamanian 鑑perience，Sheisstartingtosethersightsonhernexttarget． 1．“lwantto contribute more toothercountries，”saysMs． Osaka．2．Ms．Osakateaching the soap－making process 3．Soap made t「Om Wa＄te Oilcontributestoimproving incomesanddecreasingthe gendergap． 1「ニ MarumiOsaka PanamaRecyclingProject Afterworking atamaJOrtranSPOrtation company，SPent three yearsin Panamaasan environmentaleducation VOlunteerwithJICA．NowstudyingattheUniversityofTokyo GraduateSchoo10fAgriculturalandLifeSciences． 53

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