【Voices from Japan】No.24: Public Women’s Centers: A Victory for the Feminist Movement?
2021/09/03
Publication Date: April 2010
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[Contents]
Public Women’s Centers: A Victory for the Feminist Movement?
“Women’s Centers” —– Reflecting the Contradictions of Women’s Administration in Japan
by Reiko Aoki and Hisako Motoyama
National Women’s Centre Faces Administrative Streamlining
Programs at Women’s Centers in A Downward Spiral?
Preliminary Analysis on the Effects of the Designated Management System in Women’s Centers
by Nozomi Mizushima, Noriko Seyama and Akiko Yamazaki
Deteriorating Working Conditions for Female Non-regular at the Heart of Centers for Gender Equality
by Hisako Motoyama
Towards the Future of the “Women’s Centers” by Shin Ki-young
Statement on Functions and Management of Gender
Equality Centers, and Treatment of Center Staff
Women’s News from Japan
“Kyabakura” Hostesses to Form Labor Union
Unmarried Mothers Challenge Discriminatory
Tax Exemption System
Despite Revival of Public Allowance,
Single Mothers are in Poverty
Citizens Appeal to Publishers to Restore
“Comfort Women” Topic in School Textbooks
Supreme Court Upheld the Landmark Ruling on Wage Discrimination Trial
CEDAW Criticizes Japan for Lack of Progress
toward Gender Equality
The 2009 Yayori Award Presented to Guatemalan Women Against Military Sexual Violence
Major Activities of AJWRC (October 2009-April 2010)