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THE aftermath of the brutal and utterly tragic murder of Noor Mukaddam is following familiar patterns seen in instances of high-profile cases of gender-based violence. Sections of the Pakistani internet-using public, intelligentsia, and state elite, particularly men, resort to a range of familiar tropes to analyse such tragedies and provide prescriptions. Such voices become especially loud in response to any sustained anger and advocacy from gender rights activists and organisations.
What are these tropes that are dragged out with such tiresome persistence? The first is locating the logic of gender-based violence in some aspect of cultural Westernisation. The thought process behind it suggests that as people (especially women) become more deeply embedded in Western concepts of gender rights, freedoms, mobility, and the right to bodily and ideational autonomy, they become more vulnerable to gender-based crimes. An associated logic
Womenomics Author Matsui Seeks to Bring ESG to Japan Startups
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‘Womenomics’ researcher to bring ESG to Japanese startups
Kathy Matsui, formerly of Goldman Sachs, starts female-run venture fund to support health care, fintech and other young firms.
June 1, 2021 3 MINS
After 30 years in Japan, former Goldman Sachs vice chair Kathy Matsui, known for research that shifted government policy on women at work, is starting a venture fund that could help put some of her ideas into practice.
Matsui, who left Goldman Sachs Group Inc. at the end of 2020, has teamed up with three other experienced female financial executives to build a fund that aims to invest $150 million in sectors including health care, fintech, next-generation work and education, as well as the environment. The MPower Partners Fund, a rarity in Japan for its female leadership, will seek to secure high returns while imbuing startups with environmental, social and governance values, Matsui said.