Reviewing Social Policies from the Perspective of Vertical Gender Segregation : Possibilities for Achieving Partnerships among Actors, Considering Environmental Conditions, and Deal with Vertical Gender Equality

Abstract

A social policy based on the environmental conditions in which eligible persons live is necessary for contemporary Japan. However, such a social policy can result in vertical segregation of gender inequality, as the occupations are divided along gender lines. On other hand, if social policy ignores the existing gender inequality, the formation of partnerships between social policy actors can be hindered. For this reason, there is strong need to construct a social policy oriented to correcting gender inequality as well as fully considering environmental conditions.