The World Economic Forum released its 2025 Gender Gap Report, which summarizes the state of gender inequality in the world, and Japan ranked 118th out of 148 countries.
As in 2024, Japan ranks last among the seven major countries.
In the area of politics, in particular, it was rated 125th, a low rating, which was due to the fact that there are few female members of parliament and there has not been a single female prime minister in the past 50 years.
I feel that in recent years, gender disparity has begun to be viewed as an issue, and, education and countermeasures have begun to be implemented.
As a result, the pay gap between men and women in general business and public service, and discrimination in position, will begin to be eliminated.
However, from a political perspective, I think that there is still a large gender gap.
In fact, when one watches government and parliamentary footage on television, there are clearly more men than women.
In order to raise Japan's gender gap index, it is important for the private sector to work, but more than that, the government itself needs to be proactive in addressing gender equality.
In Japan, we are seeing efforts to eliminate gender discrimination in childcare and housework. However, I don't think everyone is yet happy with this idea. I think we need to make more efforts to ensure that both men and women can actively participate in childcare and housework.
返信削除I think the government needs to do more.
返信削除I think companies and governments need to take measures to achieve gender equality.
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