Hiroshima Gov. Mika Yokota has underlined the need for local communities to develop ¡°workplaces where women can fully demonstrate their abilities¡± to address the issue of a growing number of young women leaving the countryside for urban areas in recent years.
The growing rural-to-urban migration comes apparently because women cannot find jobs they want in regional areas or they feel dissatisfied with traditional notions about gender roles in local communities, such as the belief that ¡°men belong at work, and women belong at home.¡±
In an interview ahead of International Women¡¯s Day on Sunday, Yokota said: ¡°Stereotyped perceptions of gender roles take root early in life when people are raised hearing words like ¡¯feminine¡¯ or ¡¯masculine.¡¯ I hope local companies will change their mindset so that everyone can fully demonstrate their potential.¡±
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