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International Social Science Council
Research Programme on

Gender, Globalization, and Democratization

Current Research Projects

The Research Programme currently has the following research projects being carried out by our members:

  1. Japan and Korea as receiving countries of migrant women, especially marriage migrants. Seiko Hanochi and Kinohide Mushakoji. This is a joint project with other scholars from Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
  2. Leadership training for migrant women in Korea and Japan - Seiko Hanochi and Kinohide Mushakoji - This is a companion project associated with the study of Japan and Korea as receiving countries for women migrants.
  3. Study of Transnational Citizenship and Gender in the transnational organization Consejo Consultivo del Instituto Mexicano del Exterior, CC-IME, an advisory group to the Mexican government composed of elected members of the Mexican diaspora in the United States. Research is being conducted by Laura Gonzalez and Jane Bayes
  4. Women and Leadership around the World. This ongoing project involves collecting interviews with women leaders around the world focusing on their paths to political participation, their strategies and their achievements. The plan is to archive these interviews in a digital archive that will provide examples of innovative leadership with regard to specific issues such as human trafficking, sexual violence, women's health education, women's literacy, women's environmental consciousness.
  5. Human Trafficking and Human Security in the United States. This is a book project currently underway to summarize what is known about sex trafficking in the United States, the non governmental organizatons that are concerned with it, the governmental agencies that are involved and the current policy situation - Jane Bayes, Imelda Buncab and Jennifer Musto

Last Update: December 7 2010