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.
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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
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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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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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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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(2)×
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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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(2)
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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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Introduction
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Analysis
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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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