地方自治体における男女共同参画関連施策推進の実情に関する調査報告

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This paper has a purpose to clarify the result of questionnaires on equal participationin decision-making at city level. This survey was held on July 1999 just after the Basic Act designed to promote a Gender Equal Society had been executed. The rate of with drawal of the questionnaires was 69% among 691 cities including 23 wards inTokyo. It is the first survey to examine all the cities though prefectures and big cities whose population is over 1 million are often surveyed.
My hypothesis in this survey was the following. In local government level financialsupport to promote gender equal society is cut because of adminis trative reformation. So equal treatment between both sexes is not progressed and in stagnation.
But under the survey it can be found that there are few cities suffered from financialcut. The policy to promote gender equality is operated step by step. But different levelcan be seen in the field of gender equality among cities. For example declaration to promoteequal participation was presented at 21 cities, 1 ward and 2 towns till the end of March 1998. Rate of equal participation in these cities is better than other cities. And allof them made a basic plan to promote gender equality.
The government has a policy to appoint female members into more than 20% of allmembers at the councils till the end of March 2001 and 30% in next ten years. Theaverage percent is 17% which is less than the goal. But in Kanto district there are 13 cities which attain more than 30% and 52 cities which attain less than 30% and morethan 20%.
The number of female members is increasing at city assembly. According to the surveyby the Ministry of Home Affairs, female members occupied 7.6% of the seats of allthe local assemblies. Under this survey, average perecent is 8%. There are only 5 citiesin Kanto district which show more than 30%, and 48 cities which show less than 30% and less than 20%.
The administrative reformation does not effect the policy on gender equality becausebudget for this policy is only limited in average to 0.1%-0.05% of all the budge tarycosts. But there are many cities to situate gender equalty problem as important target ofthe policy. Hence they shall endeavour to promote gender equality to the target goal. For example, some prefectures and cities are making regulations on gender equality.