After realising that Japanese women needed support systems and role models to become leaders, Atsuko Toko Fish decided to step up and help them become the change they need

I was shocked and confused when I entered a room full of women, all raising their hands and asking how to improve the status of women in Japan. This was in 2000, on a visit to Japan with the president of MSH, one of the largest NGOs in the US working in public health for developing countries. She was invited to speak about “The Independence and Public Health of Asian Women” at a symposium in Saitama. Although the focus was on women elsewhere in Asia, a number of audience members stood up and asked her to help women in Japan, saying, “What about our status?”

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