![]() ![]() ![]() Less than stellar labor market outcome for Japanese women may be due to the possibility “that work other than full-time and regular employment is a better fit for the circumstances and preferences of some working women” and that they choose jobs which enable them to “balance employment with non-work obligations” (2017). although the number of working women has increased, most are not engaged in career-track jobs the number of women in executive or managerial positions, as well as high level government jobs, lags far behind that of other industrialized nations (Shim, 2018). Although Japanese women are highly educated and in good health, this representsĪn all-time low for Japan and might be seen as a setback. more In the Global Gender Gap 2020 Report, which tracks gender parity in education, health, politics, and economic participation, Japanese women were ranked 121st out of 153 (World Economic Forum, 2019), lagging far behind other Asian countries such as the Philippines, which came in at 16, Singapore, which ranked 54th, and Thailand in 75th place. In the Global Gender Gap 2020 Report, which tracks gender parity in education, health, politics. ![]()
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