Womenomics: Why it Matters for Japan and the World: Keynote

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The CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy and the Asia Foundation invite you to, Womenomics: Why it Matters for Japan and the World Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 2nd Floor Conference Room CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. AGENDA 8:30 am Registration. Light breakfast will be available. 9:00 am Welcoming Remarks Matthew P. Goodman William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS 9:05 am Opening Remarks Wendy Cutler Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative 9:30 am Panel 1: U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Women’s Economic Empowerment in 3rd Countries Yumiko Tanaka Senior Advisor on Gender and Development, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Cathy Cozzarelli Senior Gender Adviser for Policy, Planning and Learning, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Eileen Pennington Associate Director, Women’s Empowerment Program, Asia Foundation Amy Studdart (moderator) Deputy Director & Fellow, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS 10:45 am Break 11:00 am Panel 2: Why Women’s Participation in the Japanese Workforce is Critical Chad Steinberg Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund Rui Matsukawa Director, Gender Mainstreaming Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Miko Oyama U.S. Representative, KEIDANREN Robert Feldman Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Matthew P. Goodman (moderator) William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS 12:15 pm Luncheon 12:30 pm Keynote Remarks Akie Abe (invited) First Lady of Japan Increasing female labor participation not only economically and politically empowers women, it also has the potential to substantially increase economic productivity. This is an especially critical issue in Japan where getting more women into the workforce could result in GDP gains of up to 13 percent and help to offset losses caused by the country’s demographic decline. Cooperation and coordination between Japan and the United States could also help to economically empower women elsewhere around the world, especially in developing countries where the potential economic gains are most significant. While increased female labor participation presents a significant opportunity, the structural and social hurdles are enormous – and it is not clear that policy initiatives currently underway in Japan and elsewhere can surmount them. Join the CSIS Simon Chair for a major event on this important topic featuring government officials, NGOs, private sector representatives.