Multidirectional anaysis on Farmer's wives as human resorces for the rural care business.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12613
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80030:Gender studies-related
• Research Institution: Komazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Aneha Aki 駒澤大学, 経済学部, 教授 (40259221)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 農家女性 / ジェンダー / 高齢者介護 / スウェーデン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The JA helper training program was designed to provide care work as a part of so called "Gold Plan", and was not directly linked to socializing care work. At the same time, the class-specificity of farmer's wives became a barrier, and this did not lead to an end to intra-family care as a gender stereotype. On the other hand, the creating relationships and increased interest in social issues fostered through participation in the program led to the empowerment of them and the establishment of NPOs, which further confined women's involvement in the community to the unpaid work or the act as supporters.
It is necessary to socialize domestic caregiving. Domestic care work mostly rely on women hinders gender equality and independence of women, and to establish equal wages and an effective equal distribution system for both of gender.

Free Research Field

消費経済論・経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は農家女性の自立の問題を、経済理論と実地調査によって分析したものである。この分析を通じて、農家女性が「起業・就業支援」、「経営協定」締結など「農家女性」のエンパワーメント促進政策だけではジェンダー平等を獲得できないことを示し、スウェーデンとの共通点と相違点を峻別し日本と比較することで、これまで踏み込んで語られることのなかった課題を抽出し、農家女性のみならず、日本のジェンダー平等の障壁がどこにあるのかを、多面的考察を通して明らかにすることができた。また、現在進行中の農家の大規模集約的傾向がジェンダー平等の障害になりうることを示した点でもこれまでになかった分析視角を提供することができた。