～外国特派員協会での会見を生中継&アーカイブス～
"The Reality of Maternity Harassment in Japan"
Sayaka Osakabe, Representative of Matahara Net
Yumiko Akutsu & Kyoko Niimura, Lawyers,
The Tokyo Bar Association
Friday, October 24, 2014, 15:45 - 16:45
マタハラNet代表・小酒部さやか、
東京弁護士会・弁護士・圷由美子、新村響子
１０月２４日（金）１５：４５－１６：４５
For decades Japanese politicians have promised to support working women and their families. Have those promises been kept?
A physical therapist from Hiroshima found that after trying to request a less demanding position under Japanese law her employer subjected her to maternity harassment--or matahara. In the best tradition of victims of civil rights violations, she sued. A district court ruled against her. An appeals court ruled against her. Undaunted, she and her supporters took the issue to Japan's Supreme Court. And on October 23 Japan's highest court will render its decision.
On the day following the decision, Sayaka Osakabe, Representative of Matahara Net and Yumiko Akutsu and Kyoko Niimura, supporting lawyers of the 'Matahara Net' will come to the Club to discuss the court's ruling--whatever it is--and the future efforts of the recently-formed Matahara Net support group.
Matahara Net claims that 10% of pregnant women and working mothers leave their jobs because of maternity harassment. The issue is particularly timely in light of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to let women shine and the recent resignations of two female cabinet members.
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