Tanaka Masako

(田中雅子)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Department of Global Studies, Sophia University
(Concurrent)Chairperson of the Master's(Doctoral) Program in Area Studies

Degree: BA(Mar, 1989, Kobe University)
MA in Gender Analysis in Development(Jan, 1994, University of East Anglia)
Ph.D. in Development Studies(Mar, 2014, Nihon Fukushi University)

Contact information: mtanakasophia.ac.jp
Researcher number: 00591843
J-GLOBAL ID: 201001098375124571
researchmap Member ID: 6000025533

(Subject of research)
Gender, Migrants, Nepal, Japan, Malaysia, Kuwait
Disaster, Human Rights, Nepal, Gender-based violence

Research Interests

Gender, South Asia, International Cooperation, Civil Society, Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Research Areas

Committee Memberships

Jan, 2023 - Dec, 2023

第34回全国大会実行委員会事務局長, 国際開発学会
Sep, 2020 - Aug, 2022

倫理委員会委員, 日本南アジア学会
May, 2019 - May, 2022

理事、社会連携委員, 移民政策学会

Major Papers

Gaps in Migrants’ Access to Contraceptive Services: A Survey of Nepalese Women and Men in Japan

Masako Tanaka, Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Richa Shah, Divya Bhandari, Bijay Gyawali

Healthcare, 12(13), Jul 2, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Unintended Pregnancy and Access to Contraceptive and Abortion Services for Migrant Women in Japan: Data analysis based on an online survey of migrants from five Asian countries

TANAKA Masako

Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies, 20 83-102, Dec 25, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Indonesian Women in Japan: A Study on the Migrants' Pregnancies and Contraceptive Uses

TAKAMUKU Yuri, TANAKA Masako

Migrantion Policy Review, (14) 108-125, May 20, 2022 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
深まる親子の溝―在日ネパ―ル人コックの出身地に「残された子ども」

田中雅子, ディペシュ・カレル

移民政策研究, (13) 27-45, May 20, 2021 InvitedLead author

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Issues on Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Rights of Migrant Women: A Preliminary Study on the Pregnancies of International Students and Technical Intern Trainees in Japan

Masako Tanaka

Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies, (18) 64-85, Dec 25, 2020 Peer-reviewed

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Roles of Migrant Organizations as Transnational Civil Societies in Their Residential Communities: A Case Study of Nepalese Organizations in Japan

Masako Tanaka

Japan Review of Cultural Anthropology, 20(1) 165-206, Dec 1, 2019 Peer-reviewed

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Major Misc.

孤立出産した技能実習生の裁判が問うもの：SDGsに逆行の「妊娠制限」、裁かれるは日本社会の無理解と無関心

田中雅子

朝日デジタル論座, May 10, 2022 Invited

Books and Other Publications

＜ひと＞から問うジェンダーの世界史第1巻「ひと」とはだれか？ー身体・セクシュアリティ・暴力

三成美保, 小浜正子, 鈴木則子編 (Role: Joint author, 移民女性の視点で見た日本における避妊と中絶の課題)

大阪大学出版会, Feb 28, 2024 (ISBN: 9784872597776)
Cheeze Naan: Hopes and Struggles of Nepalese Cooks in Japan

Masako Tanaka、Bijay Gyawali (Role: Translator/Editor)

Sophia University Press, Mar 10, 2022
月刊「地理」67-3

森本泉, 田中雅子, 藤倉康子, 佐藤斉華, ティナ・シュレスタ, 藤倉達郎, 橘健一 (Role: Joint author, 在日ネパール人の子どもの将来：在留資格による進路選択の壁)

古今書院, Mar 1, 2022
アンダーコロナの移民たち : 日本社会の脆弱性があらわれた場所

高向有理, 田中雅子 (Role: Joint author, 「学べない、働けない、帰れない」―留学生は社会の一員として受け入れられたのか、74-92頁)

明石書店, Jun 5, 2021 (ISBN: 9784750352152)
変容する移民コミュニティ時間・空間・階層

田中雅子 (Role: Joint author, ネパール人―定住を目指す家族の増加、p168－173)

明石書店, Jul 25, 2020
60 chapters to know modern Nepal

Tanaka Masako (Role: Joint author, "Increasing Nepalese migrants in Japan" (Chapter 17), "Working in the Gulf countries-Diverse choices not only unskilled labour" (Chapter 18), "Trafficking in complex - Struggles of survivors' organisation ” (Chapter 37))

Akashi Shoten, May 20, 2020
新・世界の社会福祉第12巻国際社会福祉

田中雅子 (Role: Joint author, 「人の移動」とソーシャルワーク - パートナーとしての移民の当事者団体、p.397-409)

旬報社, Mar 5, 2020
開かれた移民社会へ

宮島, 喬, 藤巻, 秀樹, 石原, 進, 鈴木, 江理子 (Role: Joint author, ネパールー定住化を支える在日ネパール人組織)

藤原書店, May, 2019 (ISBN: 9784865782219)
Learning Sustainable Development Goals

Tanaka Masako

Houritsu Bunka Sha, Dec 10, 2018 (ISBN: 9784589039699)
Encyclopedia of International Development

Tanaka Masako

Maruzen Publishing, Dec 1, 2018 (ISBN: 9784621303405)
ネパールの人身売買サバイバーの当事者団体から学ぶ－家族、社会からの排除を越えて

田中雅子

上智大学出版, May 10, 2017 (ISBN: 9784324102619)
体制転換期ネパールにおける「包摂」の諸相言説政治・社会実践・生活世界

田中雅子 (Role: Joint author, テーマ・コミュニティにおける「排除」の経験と「包摂」への取り組み－人身売買サバイバーの当事者団体を事例に（p.297-333）)

三元社, Mar 17, 2017 (ISBN: 9784883034338)
Settling Down: The Struggles of Migrant Workers to Adapt

Tanaka Masako (Role: Joint author, Self-help Organisations as Interfaces for the Integration of Nepalese Migrants: A Case Study in Ota and Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan (p.11-41))

Penerbit Pt Kanisius and The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, 2017
Women's Emancipation and Civil Society Organisations: Challenging or maintaining the status quo?

Tanaka Masako (Role: Joint author, A women's NGO as an incubator: promoting identity-based associations in Nepalese civil society (p.185-207))

Policy Press, Oct, 2016 (ISBN: 9781447324782)
移住によって潜在能力は発揮できるか? : ジェンダーの視点で見た滞日ネパール人の特徴

佐野, 麻由子, 田中, 雅子 (Role: Joint author)

アジア女性交流・研究フォーラム, Mar, 2016
NGOのためのユニバーサル・ヘルス・カバレッジ（UHC）ハンドブック―すべての人に健康を届けるには

田中雅子

2014年度外務省NGO研究会, Mar 20, 2015
ビジネス倫理学入門

Jun 30, 2014

文京学院大学総合研究所叢書文京学院大学グローバル・カリキュラム研究会訳、ジョゼフ・R・デジャルダン著 An Introduction to Business Ethics 4th editionの翻訳第3章担当
JICA Grassroots Technical Support, "Project of the Local Capacity Building of Arsenic Mitigation"

Tanaka Masako

Kyushu University, Graduate School of Design, Mar 1, 2013
島田・小泉編著『人間共生学への招待』ミネルヴァ書房（初版）の第5章・第6章担当

Mar 20, 2012
Saharikaran jivikako vividh ayam (Urbanization: Various Dimensions of Livelihood) "नेपालमा सुकुमबासी आन्दोलनको एक दशक"

Tanaka Masako (Role: Joint author)

Martin Chautari, Feb, 2007 (ISBN: 9789994683369)
『PLA：住民主体の学習と行動による開発』 (IDJ LIBRARY, . 入門社会開発||ニュウモンシャカイカイハツ ; 続)

田中雅子 (Role: Joint author)

国際開発ジャーナル社, Dec, 2000 (ISBN: 4875390602)
『ネパールを知るための60章』 (エリア・スタディーズ, 9)

田中雅子

明石書店, Sep 20, 2000 (ISBN: 4750313289)
『NGO大国インド : 悠久の国の市民ネットワーク事情』「無担保融資から始まる社会変革―WWFのエンパワーメント路線」

田中雅子 (Role: Joint author)

明石書店, Feb 15, 1997 (ISBN: 475030901X)

Major Presentations

Migrants’ Reproductive Health Service and Pregnancy-based Discrimination in Japan: A Case Study on Access to Contraceptive and Abortion Services among Migrants from Five Asian Countries

Masako Tanaka

the City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Center for Migrant, Refugee and Global Health, May 19, 2022 Invited

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Issues on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of the Nepalese Migrants in Japan

Masako Tanaka

The 34th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies, Oct 10, 2021

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Teaching Experience

Apr, 2024 - Present

全学共通総合講座「人権って何？」 (明治大学法学部)
Sep, 2023 - Present

Human Rights and Discrimination (Nara Women's University)
Apr, 2021 - Present

INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES (Sophia University)
Sep, 2020 - Present

INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES (Sophia University)
Sep, 2020 - Present

AREA－BASED PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION (Sophia University)

Professional Memberships

Apr, 2023 - Present

母語・継承語・バイリンガル教育学会
Dec, 2022 - Present

Japan Association for International Health
Apr, 2016 - Present

Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
Apr, 2015 - Present

International Society for Gender Studies
Apr, 2008 - Present

The Japan Association for South Asian Studies

Major Research Projects

Migrant women and SDGs: Access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2018 - Mar, 2023

Social Activities

アチャム郡およびカイラリ郡におけるコミュニティを基盤とした防災事業

Consultant

特定非営利活動法人ワールド・ビジョン・ジャパン, May 1, 2023 - Present
Supporting migrant workers in accessing health information, developing pathways to health services, and strengthening partnership

Consultant

SHARE (Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions), May 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2025
外務省ODA評価（第三者評価）ネパール国別評価

Consultant, Report author

外務省, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2025
Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement: strengthening research and translating research priorities into policy and practice

Official expert

WHO, Oct 30, 2023
在日外国人コミュニティのCOVID-19感染拡大に備えるための情報ネットワーク調査研究会委員

Commentator, Consultant, Official expert, Investigator, Report author

日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所, Sep 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2022

Media Coverage

「性被害に服装は関係ない」当時の服を再現した話題の展示、再び開催

朝日新聞, 朝日新聞, Nov 3, 2024 Newspaper, magazine
コンドーム一択の日本避妊は”男性主体” 薬局で買えるピル・緊急避妊薬・腕に入れるインプラント・・・海外では安価で選択肢も豊富大切なのは”女性が決める”権利

RKB毎日放送, タダイマ！, Oct 18, 2024 TV or radio program
Migrant Nepalese in Japan Face Reproductive Health Hurdles

Mirage News, Sep 24, 2024 Internet
Nepalese women in Japan face challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health services

Health Reporter, Sep 24, 2024 Internet
Challenges in availing reproductive health services experienced by migrant Nepalese men and women in Japan

AAAS, EurekAlert!, Sep 24, 2024 Internet

Other

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