Set in natural surroundings, the 17th United World College (UWC) and the fi rst to receive school accreditation in Japan encourages students to grow. The library/learning space was designed on the concept of “learning everywhere.” All the classrooms encircle this central area. From the windows, students can gaze at a beautiful forest. Following Japanese custom, everyone removes their shoes before entering.organization with a woman at the top can establish a culture in which various people, both women and men, find it easy to work. “About 90% of the school staff and more than half of the teachers are women, many of who are working while raising children of their own. I myself am a mother of two children. After our staff saw me standing on stage in a TED talk with a pregnant belly, it became commonplace for a staff member to bring her child to work. We have even had a male teacher who juggled teaching a class, bottle-feeding a baby and pushing a stroller, all at once.”If female entrepreneurs increase, spread such a culture would throughout society. That phenomenon may even contribute to achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are being carried out on a global scale. With such a powerful thought in mind, Kobayashi has launched a project for supporting female entrepreneurs. In the future, she aims to promote activities targeting junior-high and high school students. “I think our generation’s role is to create the right environment to encourage female entrepreneurs. I envisage a future where ‘entrepreneur’ has become the most popular job among female junior-high and high school students,” she says. Society may change in various positive ways when more and more women become entrepreneurs like her.
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