| ID | 080462 |
| Title Proper | Policy response to declining Birth rate in Japan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Huen, Yuki W P |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Japanese women have been assigned to the private role of caretaker, but the Japanese government has made prominent efforts in constructing a "gender-equal" society during the past decade. This policy development has come under the context of falling birth rate. The Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society and the measures taken by the government so far still fall short from enforcing gender equality and do not affirm equality as a human right. Since the pursuit of gender equality is a means to boost the birth rate, when there is a contradiction between these two goals, the former will be conceded |
| `In' analytical Note | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol. 24, No.4; Winter 2007: p365-379 |
| Journal Source | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol. 24, No.4; Winter 2007: p365-379 |
| Key Words | Gender ; Japan - Policy - Women - Work |