Ms. Hoshino participated as a speaker in the “High School Students × Gender Equality Workshop”—a summer program organized by the Fukuoka Prefectural Center for Gender Equality (“Asubaru”)—where she engaged in an interview-style discussion with groups of high school students on the topic of “Disaster Prevention, Response, and Gender Issues.”

Addressing students from schools across the prefecture, she presented various case studies illustrating the gender-related challenges that arise during post-disaster recovery in developing countries—as well as the initiatives and considerations aimed at addressing them—based on the work of UN-Habitat.