WILL JAPAN’S ‘WOMENOMICS’ WORK?

(Medill Reports Chicago) Nearly 70 percent of Japanese women feel gender inequality — compared with the world average of 40 percent

The latest annual glass-ceiling index, published last week by The Economist, gave Japan the second-lowest score for gender equality in the labor market among 29 developed countries. While employers are no longer allowed to discriminate based on gender, today’s Japanese women struggle to succeed professionally while fulfilling traditional family duties, experts said.

Abe’s agenda, known as “womenomics,” could potentially boost Japan’s GDP by 13 percent, according to a 2014 Goldman Sachs study.

Source: By Shen Lu and Rachel Newman, Medill Reports Chicago (March 15, 2017)

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