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The health care system for female workers and its current status in Japan.
- Source :
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International archives of occupational and environmental health [Int Arch Occup Environ Health] 2000 Nov; Vol. 73 (8), pp. 581-6. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- In this paper we describe female workers' health care, the women's and maternal protection system within the Japanese legal system, the current status of female workers in Japan, and problems regarding methods of advancing health care and the women's or maternal protection system. Motherhood is respected in the workplace in Japan, and in order to provide an environment in which women can work and still bear and rear children with a sense of security, laws concerning maternal protection of female workers, and revisions in terms of the system have been made, and a new system has been in effect since the fiscal year of 1998. Nevertheless, gender discrimination against women and the disparagement of women, rooted in gender role stereotypes concerning the division of labor, remain firmly planted in the social environment and in long-established custom.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Female
Forecasting
Gender Identity
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Women's Health
Delivery of Health Care legislation & jurisprudence
Maternal Welfare legislation & jurisprudence
Occupational Health legislation & jurisprudence
Parental Leave legislation & jurisprudence
Women, Working legislation & jurisprudence
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0340-0131
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International archives of occupational and environmental health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11100954
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s004200000184