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Recent Initiativesfor Women’s Empowerment

JAPAN

~ Domestic Policies & International Cooperation ~

September, 2018

APEC Women and the Economy ForumHigh Level Policy Dialogue

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Women’s Empowerment and Leadership

(Politics, Private Companies)

Changing Men’s Awareness and Lifestyles

Domestic policies

International Cooperation Two Projects in APEC

SDGs Implementation Guiding Principles

WAW!（World Assembly for Women）

Finance Initiative for Education and HR Development（$ 200 million）

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Women in Politics

(Women in Parliament)

10.1% in the Lower House 20.7% in the Upper House

To set a goal to make the number of candidates of both genders as even as possible in the national and local elections.

May 2018“Act on Promotion of Gender Equality in the Political Field”

(Japan’s National Diet Building)

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Women Executives in Listed Companies

Training Program for Women Executive Candidates

2011 1.4%

2013 1.8%

2017 3.7%585 630 691 816 1142 1388 1510

4000

1.4 1.6 1.82.1

2,8 3.4 3.7

10.0

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

2011.7 2012.7 2013.7 2014.7 2015.7 2016.7 2017.7 2020

女性役員数 同比率

number of femaleboard members

the rate of female board members

%

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Graph1

2011.72011.7

2012.72012.7

2013.72013.7

2014.72014.7

2015.72015.7

2016.72016.7

2017.72017.7

20202020

女性役員数

同比率

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.1

2,8

3.4

3.7

585

1.4

630

1.6

691

1.8

816

2.1

1142

2.8

1388

3.4

1510

3.7

4000

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女性役員数 ジョセイヤクインスウ同比率 ドウヒリツ

2011.75851.4

2012.76301.6

2013.76911.8

2014.78162.1

2015.711422.8

2016.713883.4

2017.715103.7

2020400010.0

Visualization of Women’s Participation in Companies

CompanyName

ActionPlan Industry

Number of Employees

Percentageof Women Workers

Percentage of Women in Managerial Positions

Percentage of Women

Executives

A ○ Food 1001～5000 60.7% 7.0% 0.0%

B Finance, Insurance 301～500 81.0% 19.0% 33.3%

C ○ Agriculture, Forestry 501～1000 41.5% 22.0% 0.0%

D Construction 10～100 15.2% 0.0% 0.0%

E ○ Information and Communication 1001～5000 33.0% 4.5% 20.0%

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Women’s Empowerment Act ４

Male Champions for Women’s Empowerment

9 Male leaders announced ”the Declaration on Action” in June, 2014.

(1) Taking actions and sending messages ourselves

(2) Disrupting the status quo(3) Developing networking

General Meeting of March 2018

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Japan’s Two Projects in APEC

1. Individual Action Plan for the Enhancement of the Ratio of Women’s Representation in Leadership (IAP)

2. APEC TOP Management Forum on Diversity Management for Women’s Empowerment

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The SDGs Implementation Guiding Principles（provisional translation）

…… respect for human rights as a universally accepted value in the international community, as well as gender equality and mainstreaming a gender perspective, are indispensable as cross-sectorial values in attaining all goals. They should be included and reflected in all measures.

(1) Empowerment of All People

(2) Achievement of Good Health and Longevity

(3) Creating Growth Market, Revitalization of Rural Areas, and Promoting Technological Innovation

(4) Sustainable and Resilient Land Use, Promoting Quality Infrastructure

(5) Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy, Climate Change Countermeasures, and Sound Material-Cycle Society

(6) Conservation of Environment, including Biodiversity, Forests and Oceans

(7) Achieving Peaceful, Safe and Secure Societies

(8) Strengthening the Means and Frameworks of the Implementation of the SDGs

■Realization of Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens ■Promotion of Women’s Role in Society ■Measures against Child Poverty■ Assistance to People with disabilities for Social Participation and Self-reliance ■Promotion of Quality Education

【Eight Priority Areas and Policies】

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WAW! （World Assembly for Women） WAW! 2017 was held in Tokyo in November 1st to 3rd.

Next WAW! and W20 will be held together in Tokyo in March, 2019.

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Finance Initiative for Education and HR development

G7 Charlevoix Summit (June 2018)

• PM Abe announced to invest $200M in girls’ and women’s quality education and human resource development in developing countries.

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Thank you

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