Japan's First Female PM, but Takaichi Is Not a Feminist

Japan's first female PM, but Takaichi is not a feminist

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, but many of her positions are socially conservative in an often still deeply patriarchal nation. Takaichi, whose hero is Margaret Thatcher, became head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday and will likely take office later this month. She has promised to appoint a cabinet with “Nordic” levels of women, up from just two under outgoing premier Shigeru Ish…

Takaichi vows Nordic levels of women in cabinet. Can she deliver?

In her campaign to become Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi made a bold promise to narrow the country's wide gender gap in politics and lift the number of women in cabinet to a par with socially progressive Nordic countries. Now that she has shattered the glass ceiling to…

Japan’s Takaichi vows Nordic levels of women in Cabinet. Can she deliver?

Polls show Takaichi's broader conservative policies have damaged her support among some women. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan: Takaichi Pledges Gender Parity In Cabinet, Citing Nordic Example

While gender equality was not a top issue in the Liberal Democratic Party's election campaign that focused on tackling inflation and rule-breaking foreigners, Takaichi's promises to form a cabinet with women's representation "not particularly lower than Nordic countries" stood out. The post Japan: Takaichi Pledges Gender Parity In Cabinet, Citing Nordic Example appeared first on StratNews Global.