Back المرأة في اليابان Arabic জাপানৰ নাৰী Assamese Frauen in Japan German Mujeres en Japón Spanish زنان در ژاپن Persian Condition des femmes au Japon French Nők Japánban Hungarian Wanita di Jepang ID Condizione della donna in Giappone Italian 日本の女性史 Japanese
 A photograph of Japanese women from the book "Japan And Japanese" (1902) | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 5 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 10.2% (2018)[1] |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 80.0% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 64.6% employment rate (2015)[2] |
| Gender Inequality Index[3] | |
| Value | 0.083 (2021) |
| Rank | 22nd out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[4] | |
| Value | 0.650 (2022) |
| Rank | 116th out of 146 |
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Although women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II, economic conditions for women remain unbalanced.[5] Modern policy initiatives to encourage motherhood and workplace participation have had mixed results.[6]
Women in Japan obtained the right to vote in 1945.[7] While Japanese women's status has steadily improved in the decades since then, traditional expectations for married women and mothers are cited as a barrier to full economic equality.[8] The monarchy is strictly male-only and a princess has to resign her imperial title if she marries a commoner.
- ^ "Women in Parliaments: World Classification". www.ipu.org.
- ^ OECD. "LFS by sex and age - indicators". Stats.oecd.org. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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