男女共同参画関連施設の啓発事業を「教育化」する意義

Abstract

This paper describes the significances and possibilities of enlightenment provided by gender equality promotion centers after Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1979. Toward the ratification of CEDAW in 1985, Japanese government needed domestic law’s development. After Basic Act for Gender Equal Society in 1999, local facilities for women across the country were renamed into gender equality promotion center. In gender equality promotion network among those centers, National Women's Education Center of Japan (NWEC) has continually taken a leading part. NWEC is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), however, local gender equality promotion centers are under general administrative. Although their programs are regarded as enlightenment, local residents could experience those as discovering their new life and society. Those regarding work-lifebalanced in education sector shows those are based on three points; substantial balance between work and life, the importance of rooting on local life and developing local communities.