{"id":4414,"date":"2018-03-14T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2018-03-14T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T03:00:09","slug":"media-advisory-march-16-friday-protecting-and-encouraging-silence-breakers-in-japan-press-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2018\/03\/14\/media-advisory-march-16-friday-protecting-and-encouraging-silence-breakers-in-japan-press-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"[MEDIA ADVISORY] March 16 (Friday), Protecting and Encouraging Silence Breakers in Japan Press Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">MEDIA ADVISORY<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Protecting and Encouraging Silence Breakers in Japan<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Press Briefing Friday, March 16<sup>th<\/sup> at 2:00 pm<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: <\/strong>During the week of March 12 Ms. Kazuko Ito, Founder of Human Rights Now, will be in New York City to join the CSW 62 along with Ms. Shiori Ito, a journalist who broke Japan\u2019s silence about rape victims for the first time through her experience. They will brief UN reporters about the situation in Japan which still has a male dominated society in spite of being the world\u2019s No. 3 economic power.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers will discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shiori Ito will discuss her experience as a sexual violence victim and will describe the massive challenge women victims in Japan face. After she disclosed her assault by a politically influential journalist, neither the social nor the legal system sufficiently helped her. She experienced media silence and a massive backlash from society, and most surprisingly from women.<\/li>\n<li>What is happening in Japan to silence rape victims in the midst of the #MeToo movement outside Japan.<\/li>\n<li>What the difficulties are in breaking the social, cultural and legal barriers in Japan where the society discourages women from speaking out about rape, sexual harassment and sexual violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Links to Shiori\u2019s story:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/metoo-sexual-assault-women-rights-japan\/\">https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/metoo-sexual-assault-women-rights-japan\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p05r58zm\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p05r58zm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/29\/world\/asia\/japan-rape.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/29\/world\/asia\/japan-rape.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/why-a-japanese-journalist-went-public-with-her-rape-allegation_us_59f9f89ae4b0d1cf6e921ec1\">https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/why-a-japanese-journalist-went-public-with-her-rape-allegation_us_59f9f89ae4b0d1cf6e921ec1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, March 16, 2018<\/p>\n<p>2:00-3:00pm, including Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Room S-310<\/p>\n<p>United Nations Secretariat Building, Third Floor<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The speakers include:<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kazuko Ito, Founder of Human Rights Now<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Shiori Ito, journalist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong>: Maromi Martinez\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:martinez9653@sbcglobal.net\">martinez9653@sbcglobal.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yoko Kobayashi <a href=\"mailto:ohayoko0505@gmail.com\">ohayoko0505@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:rnnyinfo@gmail.com\">rnnyinfo@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ADVISORY Protecting and Encouraging Silence Breakers in Japan Press Briefing Friday, March 16th at 2:00 pm \u00a0 WHAT: During the week of March 12 Ms. Kazuko Ito, Founder of Human Rights Now, will be in New York City to join the CSW 62 along with Ms. Shiori Ito, a journalist who broke Japan\u2019s silence about rape victims for the first time through her experience. They will brief UN reporters about the situation in Japan which still has a male dominated society in spite of being the world\u2019s No. 3 economic power. Speakers will discuss: Shiori Ito will discuss her experience as a sexual violence victim and will describe the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"countries":[],"class_list":["post-4414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MEDIA ADVISORY Protecting and Encouraging Silence Breakers in Japan Press Briefing Friday, March 16th at 2:00 pm WHAT: During the week of March 12 Ms. Kazuko Ito, Founder of Human Rights Now, will be in New York City to join the CSW 62 along with Ms. Shiori Ito, a journalist who broke Japan\u2019s silence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"HRN Global\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2018\/03\/14\/media-advisory-march-16-friday-protecting-and-encouraging-silence-breakers-in-japan-press-briefing\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Human Rights Now Global Site - 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