Are Japanese women given equal rights?

These additions to the constitution were vital to women's rights in Japan. "Japanese women were historically treated like chattel; they were property to be bought and sold on a whim," Gordon said in 1999. There is no chivalry in Asia toward women. read more

While women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II, economic conditions for women remain unbalanced. Modern policy initiatives to encourage motherhood and workplace participation have had mixed results. read more

In western countries to make women’s privileges under government equal to men’s, women would have to give up the privileges that they have in employment, in courts, in the penal systems, and more. read more