Chika Hyodo

Chika Hyodo is an Associate Professor affiliated with the Global Education Center, specializing in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of gender studies, public health, and transnational social movements. Her work critically examines reproductive rights frameworks in the Philippines, focusing on the interplay between local women's health movements and global human rights regimes.

Her academic contributions include analyzing how international NGOs and UN conferences shaped domestic policy debates, particularly through the lens of the Filipino Women's Health Movement. This research highlights tensions between Western human rights paradigms and local cultural/political contexts.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Reproductive Health Policy
  • Transnational Activism
  • NGO-Government Collaboration
  • Catholicism and Policy-Making
  • Gender and Development

As an educator, she teaches courses on volunteerism and global health, including:

• "Parasports and Volunteer"
• "Theory of Volunteerism"
• "Global Health"
• "Theories on Global Social Contribution"