Fighting for equal rights

The mayor of Suginami is fighting Japan’s sexist attitudes (sexist means treating someone unfairly because of their sex). In 2022, Satoko Kishimoto won the election to become mayor by 187 votes, and she promised to challenge the country’s male-dominated politics. The country has never had a female prime minister and there are only two women in important government jobs. Kishimoto says that having so few women in politics is a “crisis” for the country. In a report about men and women having equal pay, Japan came 116th out of 146 countries. Kishimoto says, “The only way is up and ahead.”…

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