The Structure of Discrimination against Buraku Women and their Empowerment Process

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25570020
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Kinki University
• Principal Investigator: KUMAMOTO Risa 近畿大学, 人権問題研究所, 准教授 (80351576)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 部落問題 / 女性 / 差別 / ライフヒストリー / 主体性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The life histories of Buraku women who have experienced discrimination, as gathered through a series of interviews, are analyzed in this study in order to elucidate the conditions that determine the situation of Buraku women, the factors and processes that contribute to their discrimination, and the process of agency-formation leading to their liberation from discrimination.
The National Women’s Assembly of the Buraku Liberation League engages in discussions of the various problems confronting Buraku women and the policy responses they require, and this study looks into the role that this group has played in the agency-formation of Buraku women.

Free Research Field

被差別部落女性の主体性形成