process of women's empowerment through social network between women and men in rural regions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25870864
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Sociology Gender
Research Institution	Kinjo Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	HATAKEYAMA Masato 金城学院大学, 国際情報学部, 准教授 (50635240)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	農山村 / 中山間地域 / 農村女性 / 男女共同参画 / 社会ネットワーク / コミュニティ / 社会的ネットワーク / 地域住民組織 / 社会的合意形成
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research aims to figure out the emergence process and characteristics of social network between men and women in rural areas. The dynamic process of social networking has been analyzed based on documents and interviews on decision making in research areas. This result shows that the social network between women and men has been developed and then it enables rural women to join smoothly the decision-making process in the rural area. Moreover, It suggest that the organizational culture created in this network gradually spread in the whole rural society.