APEC BEST Award2020 にノミネートされました

2020/11/2
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ブルーコンパス取締役の小林コトミが、APEC BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND SUCCESS TARGET (BEST) AWARD 2020で女性リーダー日本人代表としてノミネートされたことを、ご報告申し上げます。

「APEC BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND SUCCESS TARGET (BEST) AWARD」とは

APEC Business Efficiency and Success Target (BEST) Award とは、APEC域内における⼥性の起業家やリーダーたちのネットワーク構築、ビジネスの拡大、メディアへの認知促進など、2016年からロシア主導で行われています。

今年のテーマは「パンデミック後の回復における女性のビジネスリーダーシップ」です。

この度、内閣府男女共同参画局の推薦により、APEC BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND SUCCESS TARGET (BEST) AWARD 2020の以下テーマにおいて、株式会社ブルーコンパス取締役小林コトミが、日本代表としてノミネートされました。

7. The Best Top Manager in post-pandemic economy(separate competition)
テーマ：“ WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP IN POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY”（パンデミック後の回復における女性のビジネスリーダーシップ）

APEC BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND SUCCESS TARGET (BEST) AWARD 2020 はオンラインでの開催となります。

■開催日：2020年11月12日13日

この中で、女性リーダー日本人代表として、ブルーコンパスが創業以来取り組んでいる「女性が活躍でき、女性が大きな役割を担える社会」をどのように実現していくか、またWithコロナ時代を乗り切るために、女性社会がどのようにあるべきかをお話します。

今回の推薦理由がブルーコンパスの活動とも合致しているということで、ブルーコンパスの活動が国際的にも求められているということを強く感じました。
今後も多くの女性活動・活躍を支援する施設として引き続き運営をしてまいりたいと思います。

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I tried to start a new career when my child was one year old, but I was rejected by over 50 companies.

Those companies told me that highly skilled women were difficult to handle.
My friends told me that they felt pity for my child.
My mother told me that she would not support me at all.
And finally, I couldn’t even get into daycare.
I was left in a very vulnerable position.
So, I decided to create a society where women can play an active role.
This pandemic gave rise to new ways of working, such as remote working and “workcation”.
But women’s society has not changed.
The burden of raising children and doing housework has increased for women.
Women are not involved in the realization of the new society.
There are surprisingly many individuals who want to build a women’s society.
But because they each work “alone,” they are not able to exercise their power to its full extent.

My first company was Manabelle.
I believe that the reason why women’s society is not becoming more popular is because women do not have enough opportunities to experience technology.
Our programming learning app “codebelle” saw a 1.5-fold increase in downloads during the pandemic.

The next school I built was SeedHouse.
In Seed House, you will learn the power to control your own life without being influenced by the existing environment.
This school quickly offered a corona-proof location to reduce the burden on mothers.

And finally, Blue Compass.
Blue Compass is a place where many women taking social action to broaden the scope of women’s societies can come together.
For women entrepreneurs left alone by the declaration of a national emergency, we provided a place to meet online and an opportunity to build a new business.
Standing alone, our existence may be small.
But together, we can become big.
When leaders from different fields come together, they will have the power to change society.
I will continue to nurture women’s potential ability.

My mission is to make women’s society as big as the size of the men’s society.
I believe that viewpoint of women is the way to get through the “with COVID-19“ era.
Thank you very much!!