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Invitation to Tender - Research on Women's Economic Empowerment in Japan

皇冠体育app British Embassy Tokyo is looking for an organisation to undertake research on Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment. 皇冠体育app deadline for bids is 22 December 23:59 JST.

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Invitation to Tender - Research on Women's Economic Empowerment in Japan

皇冠体育app British Embassy, Tokyo, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office (FCDO) is looking to appoint an organisation to undertake research on Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment (WEE) in line with the United Kingdom government鈥檚 commitment to UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) Chapter 21 鈥淭rade and Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment鈥� and the United Kingdom government鈥檚 future commitment to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Article 23.4 鈥淲omen and Economic Growth鈥�.

This project will build on the commitments made by the UK and Japan in the G7 and in CEPA, including preparatory work for the CEPA WEE working group, and support the commitments the UK will be making in regard to WEE under CPTPP: the UK Government is currently in the accession process to CPTPP. 皇冠体育app report will provide a strong evidence base for current Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment work being done in Japan and an indication of the key players to engage to secure further progress. 皇冠体育app output of this research should help the UK Government understand, in theoretical and practical terms, the challenges and opportunities related to economic gender inequality in Japan, to allow the UK to share appropriate best practice and lessons learnt and identify areas for collaboration or advocacy.

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Published 3 December 2021
Last updated 14 December 2021 show all updates
  1. 皇冠体育app deadline has been extended.

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