Person of Interest: Kato Shidzue (Episode 2)

Welcome to the People of Interest Podcast. Reproductive health rights are a serious issue globally. Kato Shidzue was one of many leading figures within Japan's political scene pushing forward change to bring new access to reproductive rights. Listen in if you want to find out more about Kato Shidzue and the many ventures she undertook.

Sources:
Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan’s Greatest Men and Women by Mark Weston: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3393955-giants-of-japan

Facing Two Ways: The Story of My Life by Shidzue Ishimoto: https://books.google.com/books/about/Facing_Two_Ways.html?id=Bi35wAEACAAJ

Update on current-day Japan's access to contraceptives: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sosei-receives-approval-from-japan-mhlw-for-norlevor-tablets-075mg-emergency-contraceptive-pill-116715299.html

Overview on Shidzue's life from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/01/guardianobituaries.socialsciences

Podcast producer Jamie Arpan produced and edited this podcast. Podcast editor Jamie Diep assisted in editing this podcast. The music used in this podcast is "Maple Leaf Rag (1899, Z. Brewster-Geisz version)" by Scott Joplin (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/03_-_scott_joplin_-_maple_leaf_rag/), used under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/).