Title: Women’s empowerment and gender equality in Japan
Abstract: This chapter looks at the recent historical background of Japan's gender equality initiatives, in order to understand the evolution of policy development which lacks a human rights-based approach. It analyses the following issues as examples of the progress and retro-progress of women's issues: women's representation in politics and in the workplace, social systems that impede women's advancement in employment, violence against women and girls, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The chapter explores recommending putting more focus on women's rights in implementing Japan's women's empowerment and gender equality policies. Despite the Government's efforts towards greater gender equality and the Prime Minister's new initiative towards women's economic empowerment, much work remains to be done in achieving gender equality in Japanese society. The enthusiasm around gender equality culminated in Japan setting a trend for gender equality policies, beginning in 1996. Japan still has a long way to go to catch up with other countries' progress on gender equality.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-02-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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