Japanese women in grassroots politics: building a gender-equal society from the bottom up

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Japanese women in grassroots politics: building a gender-equal society from the bottom up

The 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women highlights the importance of equal participation of women in public life. Since the early 1960s, women in Japan have voted in elections at significantly higher rates than men. However, Japanese women's equa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Takao, Yasuo
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge Taylor and Francis Group 2007
Subjects:	Political Science Japanese Women local elections. - - Discrimination grassroots politics Japanese women Gender gender equality gender politics Japan
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23711

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