2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reproductive rights and the problem of a decrease in the number of children due to a lower birthrate.
| Project/Area Number |
19710225
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Gender
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| Research Institution | Osaka International University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANIGUCHI Mayumi Osaka International University, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (90388653)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2011
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| Keywords | リプロダクティブ・ライツ / リプロダクティブ・ヘルス / リプロダクティブ・セキュリティ / 少子化問題 / 人間の安全保障 / 産む自由 / 産めない事情 / ジェンダー |
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| Research Abstract |
One of the major factors causing continuous fall in the national birth rate is the lack of social infrastructures to secure women's reproductive rights in Japan. To reverse this worsening trend, we need to apply the concept of "Reproductive Security" to discussion. In recent years, women choose not to have a child for various reasons. Some just choose to have a life without children based on their own will, others are reluctant to give birth to and raise children due to insecure social support system although they desire to have a child. In this paper, from the point of view of reproductive rights and reproductive security, I analyze the current situation where women have to give up to have children and argue what measures are necessary so that women can have children and raise them without anxiety.
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