Women Workplace and Childcare

1. The Women Workplace and
Childcare
Yuhei Yamazaki
Work or Child?

2. Situation
• The number of
women in Japan is
higher than men
• Women account for
70.2 % of the nation’s
part-time or non-
permanent workforce

3. Situation2
 Nearly 70% of
Women participate
in labor force.
 However, 62% of
them quit jobs
after giving a birth

4. Situation3
 45,315(Number of children on waiting
list)
 1,41(Current birth rate per a woman)

5. problems
 No good for nation’s economic
 Unequal (burden for women)
 Making it hard for women to get back

6. Responses
 Raise tax for childcare leave
allowance
 Built more places to look after child
and create human resources for
childcare
 Place childcare place beside

7. Evaluation
Pros Cons
Beneficial for moms Burdens for others
Pros Cons
Great for everyone Costs lots of money
Pros Cons
Mothers work efficiently Only wealthy companies

8. Discussion Question
 In Denmark, birth rate boosted 1.38 to
1.9. Choose a project that Danish
government did not carry out to raise
its birthrate. And describe why you
think so.
1. Create stable job market for women
2. Longer parenting leave: 8 weeks to 29 weeks
3. Offer baby sitters for free for 1 year

9. Referrences
 http://www.bbc.com/news/35888504
 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-
21880124
 http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/wo
men-labour-force-
japan#footnote4_kn37dtj
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/0
3/03/people/japanese-women-strive-
to-empower-themselves/#.V3K1is5A-
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