Japan’s Iron Lady Shatters Long-Standing Symbolic Barriers

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She was a drummer in a metal band and TV presenter. Now called the Japanese Iron Lady, which is Sanae Takaichi, the new Prime Minister of Japan who is to meet Donal Trump Jundi...

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Sanae Takaichi, an ultra-conservative policy in the antipodes of feminist movements, has made history by becoming this week the first woman to take over the government’s leadership baton in Japan. Her appointment as prime minister is a sign that something is moving in a society of deep-rooted patriarchal customs. But at the same time it shows how difficult and slow that change is going to be, especially in politics, in which the gender gap is pe…

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Tokyo, Japan. For the first time in its history, Japan has a woman at the head of government. However, the arrival of Sanae Takaichi in the position of prime minister is seen more as a symbolic victory than as a real change in social structures that limit women's participation in the country's politics.In interviews with the AFP, three local policies described the obstacles they face in an environment still dominated by men and marked by rigid g…