Japan: Report presented to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

July 27, 2009

ISRIA.com, 27th July 2009: Japan has presented it’s sixth periodic report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

In the area of violence against women,  penalties had been strengthened in 2004 for rape, forced indecency and other crimes while the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women had been marked with two weeks of awareness programmes.  READ MORE>>

Background:

A Western perspective on Japan’s Equal Employment Opportunity Law 1985

“Phase III” of the Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Act

One Response to “Japan: Report presented to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women”


  1. [...] Japan the sixth periodic report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women said that penalties had been strengthened in 2004 for rape, forced indecency and other crimes while the [...]


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