Gender distinction is created by differences in the social and cultural roles of men and women in the world. For example, have you ever thought unconsciously about the division of roles or the image that "Men work outside home and women do the housework”? We sometimes see boys carrying a black school bags and girls with red ones. However, in this way, there are many people around the world who suffer from discrimination and prejudice because of this assumption such as "Men should be like this" or "Women should be like that".
Even if you can't find them around you, if you look around a little bit, many women or girls in the world who cannot get an education just because they are girls, who are forced to get married or get pregnant as minors, or who have no choice but to focus on housework and childcare as adults.
Some of you might think that Japan has less gender discrimination. However, according to the Gender Gap Index, which measures the social and cultural disparities between men and women around the world, Japan ranks 121st out of 153 countries. It has been reported that Japanese women's participation is low in the political and economic fields. Even if they want to have more working opportunities, some of women must give up because of their housework or childcare. For example, which are familiar to you, you may find a gender gap in your family as well. In your family, who does the housework? How do you spend your time? If only one person has a lot of housework to do, discussing and dividing the housework among all family members would be an important step toward achieving the goals of the SDGs.
Even if you can't find them around you, if you look around a little bit, many women or girls in the world who cannot get an education just because they are girls, who are forced to get married or get pregnant as minors, or who have no choice but to focus on housework and childcare as adults.
Some of you might think that Japan has less gender discrimination. However, according to the Gender Gap Index, which measures the social and cultural disparities between men and women around the world, Japan ranks 121st out of 153 countries. It has been reported that Japanese women's participation is low in the political and economic fields. Even if they want to have more working opportunities, some of women must give up because of their housework or childcare. For example, which are familiar to you, you may find a gender gap in your family as well. In your family, who does the housework? How do you spend your time? If only one person has a lot of housework to do, discussing and dividing the housework among all family members would be an important step toward achieving the goals of the SDGs.