We would like to inform you about the "Hokkaido Gender Diversity Award NEWRAIL," sponsored by Hokkaido University.
Gender Collective Hokkaido aims to create a future for Hokkaido where citizens, groups, and organizations from diverse backgrounds cooperate to solve local gender issues*.
And I believe that many companies, NPOs, schools, and organizations have already started taking small actions, even if they haven't yet been seen by many people.
With the aim of nurturing this initial action together with all the people of Hokkaido, sharing ideas, and connecting it to significant change in the future, we are holding the gender diversity collective action "NEW RAIL".
| Event name |
Hokkaido Gender Diversity Award NEWRAIL |
|---|---|
| Schedule | ●Entry period: August 1st (Fri), 2025 to October 31st (Fri), 2025 (must arrive by this date) ●Selection process: November ● Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 13:00-16:30 Location: Chi-Ka-Ho (Kita 3-jo Intersection Square) |
| Entry | We are accepting entries in two categories: Action and Photography/Videography. Please see the following website for application details and entry information. https://gchokkaido.syaa.jp/award2025/ |
| Target | Companies (establishments), organizations, and individuals based in Hokkaido *One organization or individual can submit multiple action examples. *Self-nominations and nominations by others are both accepted. |
| Examination criteria | The evaluation will be conducted in two stages. First, a preliminary evaluation will be conducted by committee members with expertise in gender issues. We will use the WEPs (Women's Empowerment Principles), which are already becoming widespread as an international framework for evaluating companies' gender equality efforts, to evaluate the initiatives of companies in Hokkaido. Here, we will create evaluation comments by comparing the submitted cases with the principles of the WEPs. As a second stage of evaluation, a committee comprised of representatives from each sector will conduct a review based on the following evaluation criteria, taking into account evaluation comments from experts. |
| Organizer | Gender Collective Hokkaido (Secretariat: Sapporo Youth and Women's Activism Association) |
| Management |
Co-sponsored In cooperation with Unnan City Tourism Association
Sponsorship |
