Aged Society and Women

The Women’s Association for a Better

Aging Society

President

Keiko Higuchi

Source: “Trends in the Sciences” 2012.6 Yoriko Atomi

The Population in Japan (by Sex and Age Group)

Population (10,000 persons)

Age group

Female/Male Ratio (%)

Male

Female

Female/Male Ratio (%)

90 years and over

Relative Poverty Rates by Gender and Age Group (2007)

Age

(%)

Note: Created from a special estimation by Aya Abe, committee member of the “Investigative Commission on Men and Women Facing Living Difficulties” of the Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, based on the “Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions”, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(2007)

Female

Male

Three Slides in Women’s Career Life

20s ～ 30s

Graduation

Employment

Marriage

70 % of employed women leave their workplaces

(withdrawal from social security insurance)Birth of the first child

30s ～ 40s

40s ～ 50s

Working on a part-time basis

Wives leaving their jobs due to the job

transfers or career changes of their husbands

Divorce

Majority of women workers are

non-regular employees

Annually, 140,000 employees leave

their jobs to care for their parents

Retirement time even for part-time work

Care giving duty preventing regular

workers from sustaining their jobs

Fall into poverty (Aged 65 and over)

Male Female Male Female

Figures of Care Giver in Japan

The ratio of Care Giver (by Sex)

The ratio of employees who leave

their jobs to care for their family

(by Sex)

Source: Annual Report on the Aging Society 2012

� Pension benefits

Employees’ pension benefit 60% of men’s on average

Men below 1 million yen per year 28%

Women below 1 million yen per year 73%

� More women than men want to work to support their living.

But working opportunities are limited.

� Employment rates (age 65-69)

Men 50.1 %

Women 28.2 %

� Annual income of elderly single-person households below

1.2 million yen: (age 65 and over)

Men 21.5 % Women 37.6 %

Figures for Women to Fall into Poverty

The Number of People Certified for Long-Term Care(by Sex and Age Group)

Female/Male Ratio (%)

The number of people certifiedfor long-term care (10,000 persons)

Male

Female

Female/Male Ratio (%)

90 years and over Age group

Source: “Trends in the Sciences” 2012.6 Yoriko Atomi

Major Causes of Certified for Long-Term Care (by Sex)

strokecardiovascular

diseasesarthropathy dementia fracture

weakness due

to agingothers

Source: Annual Report on the Aging Society 2012

Annual National Convention at Hiroshima 2005.9

Capacity Audience at Hiroshima 2005.9

Annual Year-end Symposium of WABAS 1997.12

Battle Cry by WABAS Members 1997.12

WABAS representatives hand in the Petition to Minister Kan (Ministry of Health and Welfare) 1995.7

Hand in the Petition to Minister Masuzoe (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) 2007.9

WABAS was awarded Asahi Welfare Award (Asahi Shimbun) 2006.1

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