History

From the former National Women's Education Center toIndependent Administrative Institution-National Women's Education Center

1977	July	Establishment of the National Women's Education Center as an institution affiliated to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Initially, it comprised the Administrative Division and the Program Division.
	November	The opening ceremony was held.
1978	April	Establishment of the Information and International Exchange Division.
	August	Commencement of registration of NWEC volunteers.
1979	November	Founding of the library.
1987	May	The total number of users of NWEC exceeded 1,000,000.
	November	Opening of the Information Center for Women¡Çs Education.
1991	July	Launch of the on-line information retrieval service(WINET).
1993	April	Recognized as'Research Organization'as provided for in the'Regulations on the Use of Scientific Research Grants'
1994	April	Presentation of the report"Future Concepts for the National Women's Education Center"by the Committee to Study Future Concepts for NWEC.
1995	December	Launch of the NWEC Website on the Internet
1996	November	The total number of users of NWEC exceeded 2,000,000.
1999	January	Updating of the computer system(The WINET database and information on the availability of facilities was made publicly accessible via the NWEC Website)
2000	March	Commencement of public access to WinetCASS,-NWEC's news information system on women
2001	April	Reorganization of NWEC into an independent administrative institution.
	July	Establishment of the Steering Committee for the Independent Administrative Institution - the National Women's Education Center(The first meeting was held in August 2001).
2002	March	Installation of stand-alone air conditioning units in each of the residential and seminar rooms.
	November	Establishment of Office of Research and International Affairs
2006	April	Start of the Second Five-Year medium-term plan
	November	Total number of NWEC users exceeds 3,000,000

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