MHD Moet Hennessy Diageo K.K. held a Women Empowerment Event online on Friday, February 26, 2021, as part of its CSR activities.

【Background】

Since 2017, MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. has continuously supported social contribution initiatives such as social gastronomy, art for the disabled, and disaster relief, and from 2020, with the aim of further empowering diversity, we launched our activities from the perspective of Women Leadership and Women Empowerment. Japan lags behind other countries in the Gender Gap Index, ranking 121st* out of 153 countries, and this is an activity that we should focus on even when compared with other countries in the Moët Hennessy Group.

*The Global Gender Gap Index 2020 rankings

【Outline of the event】

For this third CSR women Empowerment event, we invited Yuko Hasegawa, Veuve Clicquot Business woman Award winner in 2018, to talk about the relationship between business and art/culture, and the future of diversity and inclusion and women's empowerment as it evolves through the Corona disaster.

After working at Art Tower Mito, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Setagaya Art Museum, Ms. Hasegawa participated in the launch of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and has served as Counselor at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts since 2016. And she took office as the first female Director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in April this year.

At the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, where Ms. Hasegawa acts as the directorship, she has been working on various innovations since its inception, such as gathering public spaces and community functions, aiming to make the museum friendly to women and children.

While many women are active in the art world, including female curators, and 70% of visitors to art museums are women, the academic world of art and management positions have been dominated by men. However, in recent years, the art world has seen the emergence of a number of female directors.

She hopes that the role of museums and art in society and the movement of art and life will accelerate.

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. will continue to focus on activities that support women's leadership and careers, gender equality and diversity inclusion for a sustainable future.

MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.