Yasuko Muramatsu (Japanese: 村松泰子, born 1944) is a Japanese development economist, author and women's rights activist.

Yasuko Muramatsu
Born
村松泰子

1944 (age 79–80)
NationalityJapanese
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Sophia University
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics, feminism
InstitutionsFaculty, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Professor, president, Tokyo Gakugei University

She was the president of Tokyo Gakugei University and is the president of Japan Women's Learning Foundation.

Early life and education

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Muramatsu was born in 1944.[1] She graduated from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Letters and has a PhD from the Sophia University Graduate School.[1]

Career

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Muramatsu worked at the NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute from 1967 until 1991.[1] She then worked at the Tokyo Woman's Christian University where she studied the economic status of women in Japan and was part of the steering committee on the Center for Women's Studies.[2] She next worked as a professor at Tokyo Gakugei University where she became the president from April 2010 to March 2014.[3][4][5] She delivered her final lecture Gender Studies in Media and Education on 27 February 2010.[1]

In 2014, she remained as the president of Japan Women's Learning Foundation.[4][6]

She is a member of the Japan-based International Group for the Study of Women and chaired the organisation's third International Symposium on Women in an Age of Science and Technology.[2]

Selected publications

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  • Gender Construction Through Interactions Between the Media and Audience in Japan, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6781.00018

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "女性学講座 > 最終講義 > 【村松泰子:東京学芸大学 最終講義】「メディアと教育のジェンダー学」 | ウィメンズアクションネットワーク Women's Action Network". 2017-11-17. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Committee on Women's Studies in Asia (1995). Changing lives : life stories of Asian pioneers in women's studies. Internet Archive. New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 978-1-55861-108-5.
  3. ^ "東京学芸大学_学長選考". 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. ^ a b "「 学校に男女共同参画の景色をつくろう 」村松泰子(2018.2.1) |国立女性教育会館". 2020-08-10. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  5. ^ "Viele jungen Japaner haben keinen festen Job und verzichten auf Kinder". Der Spiegel (in German). 2013-08-11. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  6. ^ Montgomery, Hanako (6 Oct 2021). "A Rule Meant to Ensure Gender Equality Is Keeping Girls Out of Classrooms". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.