Creation of new learning opportunities for working parents to connect with "knowledge, friends, and experts" in response to the 2025 revision of the Child Care and Family Care Leave Law.
- The following is content from the press release -
With Midwife, Inc. (Location: Osaka, Osaka; CEO: Seigetsu Kishibata) will launch a new online parents' class "OYA WORK" for those who become parents while working. The kick-off event will be held online (Zoom) on July 27, 2025 (Sunday) at 7:00 p.m. on "Oyako Day".
In response to the demand for a system that supports parents not only after the birth of their child, but also through "becoming a parent while working," With Midwife, Inc. is launching a new online parents' class "OYA WORK" based on its experience in supporting more than 2,500 families. As the first step, a kick-off event will be held on July 27 (Oyako Day). The theme of the event was "Becoming a parent meant changing the way we work." The theme of the event will deliver knowledge and a place for dialogue to confront the realities of parenthood.
What is OYA WORK?
Becoming a parent meant changing the way I worked."
Online parents' classes have been conducted by us for more than 5 years so far, following the suspension of parents' classes in all municipalities and hospitals due to the Corona Disaster. Now that the pandemic is under control, we have launched a new community-based parents' class, "Working Parents", which focuses on "working parents".OYA WORKIt will be reborn as a
OYA WORK provides "learning" to solve problems as a parent with experts, "community" to connect with peers, and "events" to enjoy being a parent. Through these activities, OYA WORK aims to create a society in which people who raise children while working can regain ownership of their own lives.
OYA WORK Web page:https://oya-work.withmidwife.jp/ (Scheduled to be released on July 27)
Background of the need for OYA WORK
April and October 2025.Revision of the Child Care and Family Care Leave LawThis has led to a growing trend for companies to provide more active support not only for maternity leave, but also for balancing work with childcare afterwards.
On the other hand, human resource managers from various companies have told us thatDifficulty in providing appropriate support to employees due to diverse family childcare environments and attitudesMany have voiced concern about the "what if" situation. The ideal is for employees themselves to think about and make decisions on how to work and raise their children in a way that suits them, and for companies to support them in this process.
Therefore, we have been providing online parent education classes to 2,500 parent groups over the past five years, and we have also developed a companion employee support service, "THE CAREWith Midwife, which has supported many working parents through OYA WORK, is proud to announce the launch of OYA WORK, an online parents' class for the new era. With the power of knowledge, friends, and experts, we support each individual to build a life that is uniquely their own without being trapped.
OYA WORK Kickoff Event Overview
Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 19:00-20:30 (Zoom)
Admission: Free (advance registration required, available on Peatix)
Program
- Keynote Speech:
Becoming a parent meant changing the way I worked."
*Speakers are currently in the process of being coordinated. Please stay tuned. - Mini Lecture:
An Industrial Physician's Perspective on Being a Parent."
Shodai Hirano, obstetrician/gynecologist/industrial physician and president of Daddy Support Association, Inc. - Talk Session:
Working Parents. The Standard for the Future."
Key Note Speakers, Shodai Hirano, Mariko Inokuma (Representative of OMOYA Corporation), Seigetsu Kishibata (Representative Director of With Midwife Corporation)
How to apply:https://oya-work-kickoff.peatix.com
Why With Midwife does "OYA WORK"?
With Midwife has been providing THE CARE, a companion employee support service for health and childcare for companies since its inception in 2019, and has supported the health, career, and childcare challenges of working people, particularly at major companies such as ITOCHU Corporation and Rohto Pharmaceuticals.
In addition, we have been offering free online parenting classes for more than five years, with a cumulative total of more than 2,500 couples participating.
The Law Concerning the Promotion of Women's Advancement in Employment" (Women's Advancement Law) was enacted to realize a society in which women can fully demonstrate their individuality and abilities. Since April 2016, the number of parents working while raising children has increased. However, in the process, many parents have struggled with balancing work and sometimes had to give up their careers. In addition, the "ways of overcoming the challenges" that many parents have developed through trial and error over the past 10 years have been passed down through hearsay and have not yet become part of the collective knowledge.
Support THE CAREWellness Coordinatoris a medical professional who is also a nurse/midwife/healthcare worker, and a professional who has systematically studied career support and human resource management knowledge through private certifications to balance work and childcare.
We will use these achievements and knowledge to contribute to the creation of a society in which working parents can choose childcare and a career that suits them best, while staying close to the realities of "balancing childcare and work".
Message from Seigetsu Kishibata (Representative of With Midwife)
As a midwife, I have met many parents and children and have been exposed to "issues that can be saved before medical care" such as abortion, postpartum depression, and isolated parenting as well as balancing parenting.
OYA WORK is born to solve such issues.
This time, OYA WORK will offer initiatives not only after pregnancy, but also for future parents who are preparing to welcome a new life. Specifically, it includes balancing infertility treatment and work, as well as pregnancy and preconception care that can be started while working.
By creating a place where both current and future parents can realistically share both the difficulties and joys of becoming parents while working, we aim to create a society where each person can lead their own life without isolation.
OYA WORK Sponsors wanted!
With Midwife is looking for companies and organizations that support the "OYA WORK" initiative.
We hope to create a better society together with those who wish to support working parents as a company.
Sponsors will receive the following benefits
- Logo placement on the official OYA WORK website
- Provision of OYAWORK leaflets with company name (for internal PR and PR purposes)
If you would like to request a copy, please contact us using the contact form below.
▶︎ https://withmidwife.jp/contact/info/
About With Midwife
With Midwife, Inc.
Rep: KISHIHATA Seigetsu
Location: QUINTBRIDGE303, 4-15-82 Higashinodacho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
Establishment: 2019
Business activities: Operation of "THE CARE," a health management support service for companies, and online parent education classes for working parents
Official site:https://withmidwife.jp
