The Present Conditions and Problems of Women's Part Time Work

Abstract

Part time jobs for women have been on the increase for several years. In this paper, I would like to make clear the following three issues: (1) the economic and social ground in 1960-1990. (2) the characteristics and problems of women's part time work. (3) the countermeasures of workingwomen's problems. Japanese women take most of the responsibility for the family. The changing of the sex roles is closely linked with the reconstruction of the social and economic system.