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職歴

2008年にアビームコンサルティング株式会社に入社。その後、RIZAP ENGLISH株式会社にてコース開発に従事。日本社会の人権意識や性差別に問題を感じ、労働組合や女性支援のためのNPO法人を設立。2021年にれいわ新選組より公認を受けて東京都議会選挙に立候補。大学講師として働きながら、れいわのジェンダー政策について監修・アドバイザーを担当。

Biography

Kanako obtained her master’s degree in American Studies from Doshisha University. While in school, she received a scholarship to Smith College, a prestigious women’s college in the U.S., for a diploma. After returning to Japan, she worked as an IT consultant at Abeam Consulting, Inc. While participating in several projects at that company, she began to question gender norms in Japanese society more seriously.

After working as a consultant for three and a half years, she went to Temple University in the United States as a Ph.D. student. There, she entered the American History program and studied women’s history for five years. After returning to Japan, she decided that she wanted to try to connect academia and the real world, so she decided to study English teaching methods. She has been working at RIZAP English for two years, and in that time she became a trainer, chief, manager, and course developer. Through this experience, she has acquired English learning skills and know-how. She is currently a head of an NPO, a women’s support group and teach at universities. In 2021, she ran for election to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from Reiwa (political party), and she supervises Reiwa’s gender policy.