A Study on Empowerment Education for Young People in Japan:From their Attitude to the Choice of their Life Course
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The Declaration of Universal Human Rights was adopted in 1948, and on its 50th anniversary, its consciousness-raising characteristics regarding gender equality should be attracting more attention. The problems resulting from discrimination based on gender should be solved both globally and regionally. In Japan, feminist activists and researchers have emphasized the necessity of empowerment of adults and young people, and programs for this purpose have taken place both on and off campus since the 1970's. Under the influence of Women's Studies, Men's Studies programs were initiated in the 1990's.<BR>Since the International Women's Year, the Japanese Government has adopted policies for the elevation of the social status of women, and in 1996 the "Plan for Gender Equality 2000" was adopted. In the same year, the Ministry of Education announced a "Seminar for the Promotion of Gender Equality" aimed at young people. Such government policies are interesting in two ways. Firstly, young people's attitudes to wards the choices of their life course are linked to the policies dealing with population and the labour force. In this way, government policies relating to empowerment education for young people would be adopted to solve the problems of an aging society. Secondly, young people would be empowered by learning about the equality and identity of both sexes in their own right.<BR>I have conducted surveys on young people's attitudes towards their life course choices while promoting empowerment education. I subsequently conducted surveys on Hyogo prefecture civil servants which clearly show that the most desirable life course for young people is to pursue their work while raising children. However, young people show a tendency to resign themselves to existing social conditions. Nevertheless there were cases obsereved where Hyougo prefecture civil servants were capable of pursuing the young people's ideal life course, namely concurrently raising children without interrupting the course of their work. The attitude of Hyogo prefecture civil servants could be a role model for young people to follow. And yet, an apropriate social infrastructure would be necessary to support the efforts of these civil servants and young people for the future.
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