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Global Fellows from Practice & Government
Academic Year 2007-2008
Ms. Yasuko Morooka
Global Japanese Federation of Bar Fellow
Ms. Morooka is the candidate nominated by the Japanese Federation Bar Association (JFBA). As a registered attorney with the Tokyo Bar Association and the JFBA, she has been actively involved in various committees and projects especially those involving gender equality, the protection of foreigners' human rights, and the elimination of racial discrimination in Japan. She has especially worked for the right to education for children of foreigners and ethnic minorities, focusing on foreign and ethnic schools in Japan. She has tackled reform of the educational system in order to secure these rights. Most recently she served as the deputy direct general of the Executive Committee Symposium for the 47th Convention on the Protection of Human Rights by the JFBA. Ms. Moorkoa has written a number of articles on the issues of gender and discrimination and intends to further explore this area in her research proposal entitled "A Comparative Analysis of Legal Systems and its Effects to Eliminate Racial Discrimination in the United States and Other Countries."