Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, JK Division, which promotes participation in community development for high school girls, has a class and workshop on community development at the Akihiko Matsui Laboratory, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo, entitled "Let's Go to the University of Tokyo Project" on May 2018, 5. Was held.
The 2017 members of the Sabae City JK Division, which have been preparing since December 12, are 10 students from the University of Tokyo, and the outline of the citizen-led town development being promoted in Sabae City and the JK Division project in which high school girls play a leading role. Explained.After the lecture, the JK section garbage picking project "Shiny Plan Todai ver." Was held.While interacting with the participants, we promoted the city of Sabae City and the JK Division.
The Sabae City JK Division project started in 2014 with the aim of utilizing the perspective of high school girls, who had little connection with municipal administration and public services, in community development. Currently in its fifth year, 5 people from 6 high schools in the city, including colleges of technology, are active.So far, it has attracted attention from all over the country, such as receiving the "Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award" in the local government category of the 43 Furusatozukuri Grand Prize and appearing on the cover of a supplementary reader of modern high school society. visited. On June 27, 4, it was introduced as an example of promoting women's advancement at the "SDGs Promotion Conference" of the United Nations Headquarters.
