Japanese Women: Empowered or Powerless?

B12433 Midori Maezawa
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GGI （＝Gender Gap Index）
ジェンダー・ギャップ指数
世界経済フォーラムが、各国内の男女間の格差を数
値化しランク付けしたもの。経済分野、教育分野、政治
分野及び保険分野のデータから算出される。０が完全
平等、１が不完全平等を意味する。
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Table1 GGI ranking (2013)
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Japan take
105
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rank
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Introduction
Defining terms
Empowered
Powerless
Analysis
Conclusion
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Japanese Women
=especially, young women who are working
Empower
=to give sb more control over their own life
or the situation they are in
(Oxford Advanced Leader’s Dictionary)
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Paraphrase title
Empowered
*Women can control and choice their life.
*Equality between men and women in Japanese
modern society is improved.
OR
Powerless
*Women can’t control and choice their life.
*Equality is not improved.
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Introduction
Defining terms
Empowered
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Analysis
Conclusion
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3-1 Employment
(a) Female professionals & technical workers
(b) Female management jobs
3-2 Financial
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Table2 Female professionals & technical workers(2009)
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（内閣府男女共同参画局 http://www.gender.go.jp/）
Equality between men and women
in Japanese modern society is improved.
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Figure1 Female management jobs(2009)
(内閣府男女共同参画局)
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3-1 Employment
(a) Female professionals & technical workers
(b) Female management jobs
3-2 Financial
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Figure2 Diction making in house (2010)
（内閣府男女共同参画局）
Women can control their life.
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3-1 Employment
(a) Female professionals & technical workers
(b) Female management jobs
3-2 Financial
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Introduction
Defining terms
Empowered
Powerless
Analysis
Conclusion
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4-1 Financial
4-2 Political
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Table3 Income (2009)
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4-1 Financial
4-2 Political
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Table4 GGI (2013)
Japan
USA
Korea
China
Iceland
GGI
105
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111
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Economic
0.5841
0.8185
0.5036
0.6752
0.7684
Education
0.9757
1.0000
0.9592
0.9880
1.0000
Health
0.9791
0.9792
0.9730
0.9398
0.9696
Political
0.0603
0.1593
0.1046
0.1604
0.7544
（世界経済フォーラムThe Global Gender Gap Report 2013）
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Figure3 Diet women in the Lower House(2009)
Equality between men and women
In Japanese modern society is still low
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（内閣府男女共同参画局）
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4-1 Financial
4-2 Political
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Introduction
Defining terms
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Powerless
Analysis
Conclusion
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3-1 Employment
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4-1 Financial
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3-2 Financial
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4-2 Political
3 Empowered
4 Powerless
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Figure4 Female doctor (2012)
Equality between men and Women is improving.
（内閣府共同参画２０１２年２月号）
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Table2 Female professionals & technical workers(2009)
Equality between men and women
（内閣府男女共同参画局 http://www.gender.go.jp/）
in Japanese modern society is improved.
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Table5 Female management jobs(2009)
（内閣府男女共同参画局）
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Figure1 Female management jobs(2009)
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Figure５ A portion of the work in family (2010)
（内閣府男女共同参画局）
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Figure2 Diction making in house (2010)
（内閣府男女共同参画局）
Women can control their life.
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3-1 Employment
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4-1 Financial
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4-2 Political
3-2 Financial ×
3 Empowered
4 Powerless
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Figure6 A pay differential between man and women(2009)
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Table3 Income (2009)
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横浜市、待機児童ゼロ目前課題はコストと保育の質
横浜市の林文子市長（６６）が公約に掲げている「保育
所の待機児童ゼロ」が目前に迫っている。平成２２年４
月には全国の自治体で最多の１５５２人だった待機児
童数は、積極的な施策の推進で２４年４月に１７９人ま
で減少。ゼロ達成後も新規転入などで再び待機児童が
生まれることは確実だが、短期間での成果に他の自治
体の関心も高い。一方、経費の増大も課題で、今後は
経済性に配慮しながら保育の質を高めていく必要があ
る。（MSN産経ニュース2013.2.17 小野晋史）
In a local government level,
women can choice their life.
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The Abe’s cabinet
（平成24年12月26日発足)
In a state level,
Women can’t choice their life.
（共同通信）
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Japan
USA
Korea
China
Iceland
GGI
105
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111
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Economic
0.5841
0.8185
0.5036
0.6752
0.7684
Education
0.9757
1.0000
0.9592
0.9880
1.0000
Health
0.9791
0.9792
0.9730
0.9398
0.9696
Political
0.0603
0.1593
0.1046
0.1604
0.7544
（世界経済フォーラムThe Global Gender Gap Report 2013）
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3-1 Employment
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4-1 Financial
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4-2 Political
3-2 Financial
3 Empowered
4 Powerless
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3-1
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（２） ×
3-2
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4-1 ○
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4-2 ○
×
3 Empowered
4 Powerless
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Japanese women are
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Thank you for listening to my presentation
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