女性農業委員の就任経緯と就任後の活動における課題

抄録

　　　One of the key goals of the gender policy in Japanese agriculture is that women will become an agricultural committee member. In recent years, the number of the women agricultural committee members has a tendency to increase, but it seems that they are still being restricted in many aspects.
　　　This study analyzed three cases firstly as to the process for the women to become an agricultural committee member, and secondly as to the activities of the women that have become an agricultural committee member and their issues.
　　　The results are as follows. Firstly, it was clarified that the processes for the women to become an agricultural committee member are different from each other depending on the cases. Secondly, it was clarified that the difference of the processes to become an agricultural committee member exerts different influences on the term of office as an agricultural committee member and the assumption of the position in the agricultural committee. Thirdly, by the fact that women became an agricultural committee, new activities have been developed in the agricultural committee. One of the examples is the activities concerning gender equality.
　　　At the end, this study points out the future expected issues for the women to act as an agricultural committee member even after the revision of the Act on Agricultural Committee, etc. in 2016.