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DESCRIPTION:Professor Keiko Hirao on&nbsp\;The True Story of Gender Equalit
 y in Japan: Unexpected Consequences of Work and Family PoliciesKeiko Hirao
 \,&nbsp\;Sophia University\, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studi
 es&nbsp\;The Closing of the gender gap is finally making a serious politic
 al agenda in Japan as the government regards women as a vital source of ec
 onomic growth. More and more women are encouraged to join the workforce\, 
 remain in the workforce\, and advance higher on the career ladder. Hirao's
  talk will brief the historical background of this Womenomics\, the econom
 ic argument for gender equality\, and will examine the development and con
 sequences of work and family policies in the last 35 years. How did they c
 ontradict each other yet merged into the series of policy packages against
  population and fertility decline? It will elucidate what is happening to 
 the gender structure of the Japanese society.Professor Keiko Hirao teaches
  at the Sophia University\, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studie
 s. Her research interests include work and family\, gender and family\, ed
 ucation\, comparative family\, environment and sustainable lifestyle\, env
 ironmental sociology.&nbsp\;Open to the public.Sponsored\nby The East Aisa
  Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:EA presents: Professor Keiko Hirao
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Professor Keiko Hirao on&nbsp\;Th
 e True Story of Gender Equality in Japan: Unexpected Consequences of Work 
 and Family Policies</b></p><p><b>Keiko Hirao</b>\,&nbsp\;<i>Sophia Univers
 ity\, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies&nbsp\;</i></p><p>The
  Closing of the gender gap is finally making a serious political agenda in
  Japan as the government regards women as a vital source of economic growt
 h. More and more women are encouraged to join the workforce\, remain in th
 e workforce\, and advance higher on the career ladder. Hirao's talk will b
 rief the historical background of this Womenomics\, the economic argument 
 for gender equality\, and will examine the development and consequences of
  work and family policies in the last 35 years. How did they contradict ea
 ch other yet merged into the series of policy packages against population 
 and fertility decline? It will elucidate what is happening to the gender s
 tructure of the Japanese society.</p><p>Professor <b>Keiko Hirao</b> teach
 es at the Sophia University\, Graduate School of Global Environmental Stud
 ies. Her research interests include work and family\, gender and family\, 
 education\, comparative family\, environment and sustainable lifestyle\, e
 nvironmental sociology.&nbsp\;</p><p>Open to the public.</p><b><i>Sponsore
 d\nby The East Aisa Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</i
 ></b><p></p>
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