Discrimination of women in the middle of the campaign

Tokyo - New Executive Director of one of the largest companies in the China headquarters for his desk surrounded by papers. Simply can not understand why in the company to more people than recorded. Assistant objašanjava him the next day, we calculated the women. "


Advocates of gender equality and the group for the protection of rights of women say that Japanese political world ignores the interests of half the population, their talents and rasipao economic "gold mine". Groups are convinced that the 30th general election August, may represent a unique and the greatest chance to overturn a system that is structurally and emotionally directed against women.

Even officials from the office of the government recognized that there is a need for many changes. According to international standards in Japan rates very bad. It occupies the 54th place in front of Tanzania and Moldova, when it comes to gender equality. "These are elections that have the potential changes in the status of women in Japan more than any in the past," says Ikuku Tanioka, President University Čukjo female and a member of the lower house of parlmenta. "Previous elections have concerned large companies and macroeconomics. It is about real life. "

Women's issues, which is traditionally in the Japanese parliament odbacivano as "women's work" has become the dominant issue of the election campaign. A significant number of women signed up for the upcoming elections. Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has 35 candidates from the 269 candidates for important constituency. "Parliament can not be long to be based on the logic of the old men", emphasizes Tanioka. On the other hand, for problems in the country some longevity curves of the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) in power, which dominated politics the past several decades if you exclude the last nine months. During this time, increased the many fundamental problems in the country.

The question is what will happen after the election. It is expected that the opposition DPJ to win a majority. This party promises of reform - of the changes in order to prevent the disaster to the demographic crisis in the rural sector and the health protection system.

All these issues, say advocates of Japanese gender equality, can be connected in a unique focus to ensure better engagement of women in the workplace and at home.

Mačiko Osavi, professor of economics at the Japanese women's university, said: "It is necessary to introduce equal pay for equal work, penzion reform and a better system of support for women mothers in the workplace. All of these things would be a fundamental difference to the economy. "



* One of the longest obtained cases of discrimination in Japan concerning the six highly educated women. Lasted the full 14 years. Namely, they were forced to work as a secretary, and watch the male colleagues, with the pretension to become managers, who were privileged in the company;

* Šintaro Išihara, Governor of Tokyo, told a women's magazine that women who are not able to bear children are ineffective for the society;

* The list of 225 major Japanese companies there is no women in rukovodećoj position;

* In one case of discrimination in the workplace in Japan found that women who worked 32 years in the same company earning the same as a man who served six years on the same working position;

* Only 9.4 percent of parliamentary seats held by women. Therefore, Japan is located on the 131st place on the scale of 189 countries;

* Total 2.5 percent profesorskih place in the Department of Science across national universities take women;