Megumi Niimura

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Department of Human Culture,Global Communication CourseProfessor
Last Updated :2025/06/19

■Researcher basic information

Degree

  • MA in Economic and Social Studies, Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester University
  • Ph. D. in Economic and Social Studies, Ochanomizu University

Research Keyword

  • ジェンダー・エンパワーメント指標
  • ジェンダー規範
  • empowerment
  • development studies
  • Labour Economics
  • domestic work
  • NGO
  • gender and development

Field Of Study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Economic policy

■Career

Career

  • Sep. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University, 公共政策研究科 サステイナビリティ学専攻, 非常勤講師
  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    Teikyo Heisei University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Professor
  • Apr. 2016 - Present
    Hosei University, Faculty of Sustainability Studies, Part-time lecturer
  • Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
    Teikyo Heisei University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022
    Teikyo Heisei University, Faculty of Modern Life, Associate Professor
  • Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2018
    Tokyo Keizai University, Faculty of Economics, Part-time lecturer
  • Jun. 2017 - Mar. 2018
    Ochanomizu University, Research Assistant
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018
    Mejiro University, visiting researcher
  • Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2018
    Mejiro University, Part-time lecturer
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2004
    Tohwa University, 国際教育研究所, visiting researcher
  • Jul. 2001 - Jun. 2002
    Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, School of Social Sciences, research affiliate

Educational Background

  • Apr. 2016 - Sep. 2024, Ochanomizu University, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, 人間文化創成科学研究科 博士後期課程
  • Sep. 1998 - Dec. 1999, The University of Manchester, UK, Institute of Development Policy and Management

■Research activity information

Paper

MISC

Books and other publications

  • SDGsの人口学
    新村恵美; SDGsとは何かー起源と概要; 達成状況ー, Contributor, 第2章
    原書房、人口学ライブラリー23, Mar. 2023
    9784562092246
  • 未来を拓く児童教育学 : 現場性・共生・感性
    目白大学人間学部; 目白大学人間学部児童教育学科, Contributor, ボランティア活動は他の体験学習と何が違うのか(第13章、242-247頁)
    三恵社, Dec. 2015
    9784864874397
  • 女性の仕事と未来館 事業報告書No.15「インドの働く女性」               
    新村 恵美, Contributor, 第3章「インドの働く女性たち―女性の「仕事」と労働に関する法律、その問題」
    女性の仕事と未来館, Mar. 2003
  • 『国際ボランティア』渡部淳、多田孝志監修               
    新村 恵美, Contributor, 第3章「バングラデシュを日本で伝える-わたしたちにできる国際協力」
    岩崎書店, Apr. 1998

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Employment and Intrahousehold Decision-Making among Urban Married Women: An Analysis of the National Family Health Survey of India (NFHS) Data               
    Megumi NIIMURA
    日本人口学会2024年度第1回東日本地域部会(札幌市立大学サテライトキャンパス), 20 Sep. 2024
  • 「インド都市の有配偶女性の世帯内意思決定ー経済的リソースはなぜ活かされないのか」               
    新村恵美
    人口学研究会 第657回 定例会(オンライン開催), 17 Feb. 2024
  • インド有配偶女性の世帯内意思決定ー就業、家族構成、自身のお金の管理との関係               
    新村恵美
    人口学研究会 第646回 定例会(オンライン開催), 07 Jan. 2023
  • “Employment and Household Decision-making of Married Women in India: Analysis Focusing on Income Type, Employee Status, and Social Class”
    Megumi NIIMURA
    日本南アジア学会 第35回 全国大会(帝京大学八王子キャンパス), 24 Sep. 2022
  • Employment and employment status and intrahousehold decision-making among Indian married women.               
    Megumi Niimura
    The 74th Annual Meeting of the Population Association of Japan, 12 Jun. 2022
  • Employment and Household Decision-Making among Married Women: An Analysis of Individual Data from the Indian Family Health Survey               
    Megumi Niimura
    Study Group on Population Science, 20 Nov. 2021
  • “The Impact of Employment on the Empowerment of Married Women: An Analysis of Individual Data from the Indian Family Health Survey”
    Megumi Niimura
    The 34th Annual Conference Program, The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (JASAS, 09 Oct. 2021
  • 「SDGsとは何か、いかにしてSDGsは生まれたのか?」(人口と持続可能な開発)               
    人口学研究会 第626回 定例会, 09 Jan. 2021, [Invited]
  • Female Labor Participation and Female Decision- Making Power in Rural and Urban India: Comparison of 2005-2006 and 2015-2016               
    NIIMURA Megumi
    The JASAS 33rd Annual Conference, 04 Oct. 2020
  • エンパワーメント・ジェンダー指標の検討ー国際比較のために               
    新村 恵美
    人口学研究会 第613回 定例会, 16 Mar. 2019
  • 㼀he Influence of Employment and Occupation on the Empowerment of Married Women in India               
    Megumi NIIMURA
    アジア政経学会 春季大会 報告3「アジアの労働」, 10 Jun. 2018
  • Married Female Labour Force Participation in India: An Analysis of Micro data in India               
    Megumi Niimura
    南アジア学会 第30回 全国大会, 24 Sep. 2017
  • 女性の就労と『エンパワーメント』-インドの有配偶就業女性の職種に着目して               
    新村 恵美
    人口学研究会 第597回 定例会, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Married Female Labour Force Participation in India: An Analysis of Micro data               
    Megumi NIIMURA
    Population Association of Japan, 11 Jun. 2017
  • 「インドの家事労働者の組織化と社会運動の変遷―歴史社会学的アプローチ」               
    新村 恵美
    日本南アジア学会 第28回 全国大会, 27 Sep. 2015

Affiliated academic society

  • THE POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN               
  • JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES               
  • JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES               

Research Themes

Social Contribution Activities

  • 人口学研究会 会計幹事               
    others
    Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2023
  • Shapla Neer = Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support               
    others
    2915, Jun. 2016 - Jun. 2019
  • Shapla Neer = Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support               
    others
    2915, Jun. 2009 - May 2015

Others

  • 専門社会調査士
    Jun. 2022
  • 社会調査士
    Jun. 2022

■University education and qualification information

Qualifications, licenses

  • 01 Jun. 2022 - 01 Jun. 2022
    Advanced Social Researcher, In addition to the social researcher's courses, she took seminar courses on survey planning and design, multivariate analysis, and qualitative research methods at Ochanomizu University's Graduate School and the University of Tokyo's Graduate School, and submitted a dissertation in which he actually used the methods, which earned him the qualification as a professional researcher.
  • 01 Jun. 2022 - 01 Jun. 2022
    Social Researcher, She obtained certification as a social researcher accredited by the Japanese Association for Social Research. She received credits for required courses in survey design and implementation methods, material and data analysis, statistics necessary for social research, multivariate analysis, and qualitative research and analysis methods from Ochanomizu University and the Japanese Association for Social Research.
  • 01 Dec. 1991
    Interpreter Guide Examination (English), Qualification by the Independent Administrative Institution (at the time: the Agency for Examination Affairs of the Minister of Transport) International Tourism Promotion Organization. In addition to the English proficiency test (written and interview), applicants are required to explain Japanese culture in English, as well as extensive knowledge of Japanese history, economy and society, and general common sense.
  • 01 Mar. 1990