Tanaka Masako

(田中雅子)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University

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, Nepal, International Cooperation, Civil Society, Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2017 - Present

Professor, Faculty of Global Studies Department of Global Studies, Sophia University
Apr, 2022 - Jul, 2022

Visiting Research Scholar, Center for the Immigration, Refugee and Global Health, The City University New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

Associate Professor, Faculty of Global Studies Department of Global Studies, Sophia University
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2014

Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies The English Communication Department, Bunkyo Gakuin University

Education

Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2014

Graduate School of International Social Development, Nihon Fukushi University
Apr, 1996 - Mar, 1997

Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tribhuvan University
Oct, 1992 - Nov, 1993

School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia
Apr, 1985 - Mar, 1989

Faculty of Letters, Kobe University

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
Oct, 2018 - Sep, 2022

代表, 国際開発学会「人の移動と開発」研究部会
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

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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

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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

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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

Masako Tanaka

Japanese 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

Major Books and Other Publications

Cheeze Naan: Hopes and Struggles of Nepalese Cooks in Japan

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

Sophia University Press, Mar 10, 2022

Major Presentations

118

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, 2026 - Present

地域研究方法論 (上智大学大学院)
Apr, 2025 - Present

南アジアジェンダー研究 (上智大学大学院)
Apr, 2024 - Present

全学共通総合講座「人権って何？」（輪講） (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)

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