Rebecka Nygren - Institute for Security and Development Policy

Ms. Rebecka Nygren began her internship at ISDP in August 2016. She is a 4th year student at the Law School at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her specializations are Law of Contract and Company Law. She is currently writing her thesis on gender issues at Japanese workplaces, with a focus on harassment of pregnant female workers and new mothers. Between 2008 and 2010, Ms. Nygren lived in Tokyo, Japan, studying the Japanese language, culture and business manners. From September 2015 to June 2016, Ms. Nygren spent an exchange year at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, where she expanded her knowledge on British Law of Contract, Company Law as well as Spanish language studies. At ISDP, Ms. Nygren will be affiliated with the Stockholm Japan Center, and will conduct research on Swedish-Japanese relations, as well as on gender issues in Japan.

Blog Posts

January 3 2017 by Rebecka Nygren

Womenomics – five years on

In 2012 ‘Womenomics’ was introduced in Japan in order to increase female employment by supporting women in the workplace. In addition to the obvious benefits of gender equality, the policies would help to ease Japan’s decades long trend of economic decline. Indeed, empirical evidence shows that boosting female employment could lead to a significant rise in Japanese […]

December 14 2016 by Lars Vargö and Rebecka Nygren

Abe’s Visit – reconciling with the past

Steps in the right direction When President Obama became the first American president to visit Hiroshima in May this year, some thought that the gesture should be reciprocated. Now, this has materialized with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzô stating that he will visit Pearl Harbor together with Obama on December 27. Although it has been […]