Curriculum Vitaes
					
	
	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
 - mtanaka
sophia.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
1Research Areas
5Research History
4Education
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	Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2014
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	Apr, 1996 - Mar, 1997
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	Oct, 1992 - Nov, 1993
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	Apr, 1985 - Mar, 1989
 
Committee Memberships
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	Jan, 2023 - Dec, 2023
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	Oct, 2018 - Sep, 2022
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	Sep, 2020 - Aug, 2022
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	May, 2019 - May, 2022
 
Papers
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	Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, (42) 1-3, Dec 27, 2024
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	Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, (42) 5-26, Dec 27, 2024 Lead author
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	Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, (42) 27-52, Dec 27, 2024 Lead author
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	Healthcare, 12(13), Jul 2, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
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	Journal of International Development Studies, 33(1) 89-102, Jun, 2024 InvitedCorresponding author
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	THINK Lobbyジャーナル, 2 61-77, Feb 22, 2024 Peer-reviewed
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	Studies in Nepali History and Society 28(1) 142-172, 28(1) 142-172, Sep, 2023 Peer-reviewed
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	Occasional Papers (Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University), (36) 1-76, Mar, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
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	Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies, 20 83-102, Dec 25, 2022 Peer-reviewed
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	Migrantion Policy Review, (14) 108-125, May 20, 2022 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
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	グローバル・コンサーン, (4) 181-208, Mar 30, 2022 Lead author
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	グローバル・コンサーン, (3) 226-243, Mar, 2021 Corresponding author
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	Journal of Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia Univeresity, (5) 3-11, Mar, 2021 Invited
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	Impact, 2020(9) 38-39, Dec 30, 2020Masako Tanaka is a researcher based within the Faculty of Global Studies at Sophia University in Japan. Her work is focused on ensuring that women are given access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan. Importantly, part of her studies are focused on migrants and including them in these considerations in a bid to uphold one of the most important aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals: that no one is left behind.
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	Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies, (18) 64-85, Dec 25, 2020 Peer-reviewed
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	Asia-Pasific Journal: Japan Focus, 18(18) 1-9, Sep 15, 2020
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	Asian Journal of Law and Society, 7(2) 265-274, Jun, 2020
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	Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology, 20(1) 165-206, Dec 1, 2019 Peer-reviewed
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	TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES, 24(6) 6_32-6_35, Jun 1, 2019
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	国際女性学会・国際ジェンダー学会40周年記念誌, 73-75, May 15, 2019 Invited
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	PLoS ONE, 13(9) 1-13, Sep 7, 2018
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	(19) 234-243, Oct 20, 2017 Invited
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	Settling Down: The Struggles of Migrant Workers to Adapt, 11-41, 2017
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	(28) 221-227, Dec 5, 2016 InvitedLead author
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	アジア女性研究, 25(25) 21-36, Mar, 2016 Peer-reviewedInvited本稿では、滞日ネパール人を対象とした質問紙調査の結果を分析し、来日後に生活の質が向上しなかった人の特徴として、学歴が相対的に低い、来日の情報を日本にいる親族・友人・家族以外から得ている、日本語能力が相対的に低い等をあげた。また、ネパールからの移住者は、民族・カーストなどの出自、在留資格により一様ではなく、その違い故に、同国人相互扶助組織の加入率は極めて低く、若年層では特に関係が希薄になっている点も指摘した。
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	Women's Emancipation and Civil Society Organisations: Challenging or Maintaining the Status Quo?, 185-207, Jan 1, 2016
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	16(16) 39-50, 2016 InvitedLead author
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	文京学院大学総合研究所紀要, (15) 131-145, Mar, 2015第2章「非正規教育を通じたエンパワメント-ネパールの人身売買サバイバー団体の活動を例に-」を担当(141-145頁)。人身売買サバイバーの当事者団体が実施する識字教育のフィールド調査をもとに、その内容が2000年頃まで行われていた非正規教育と比較し、受講者のその後の人生にどのように役立っているのかを検証した。
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	Journal of contemporary India studies : space and society, Hiroshima University, 5 31-38, Mar, 2015 Peer-reviewed
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	History and Sociology of South Asia, 7(1) 61-78, Jan 1, 2013 Peer-reviewed
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	Journal of Bunkyo Gakuin University Department of Foreign Languages and Bunkyo Gakuin College, (10) 65-82, Feb, 2011 Peer-reviewed
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	Voluntas, 22(3) 494-517, 2011 Peer-reviewed
 
Major Misc.
35Major Books and Other Publications
26Major Presentations
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	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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	The 34th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies, Oct 10, 2021
 
Teaching Experience
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	Apr, 2026 - Present地域研究方法論 (上智大学大学院)
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	Apr, 2025 - Present南アジアジェンダー研究 (上智大学大学院)
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	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)
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	Sep, 2023 - PresentHuman Rights and Discrimination (Nara Women's University)
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	Apr, 2021 - PresentINTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES (Sophia University)
 
Professional Memberships
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	Apr, 2023 - Present
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	Dec, 2022 - Present
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	Apr, 2016 - Present
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	Apr, 2015 - Present
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	Apr, 2008 - Present
 
Major Research Projects
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	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
 
Academic Activities
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	Planning, Management, etc.Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture, Jul 16, 2025