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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Calls for Discrimination Clause ~ ‘International Women’s Day Rally in Aichi’
Some 110 people gathered for the 2011 International Women’s Day Aichi Rally on March 8. “This is the day, when women across the world stood up 101 years ago for suffrage, protest against war and for food,” Masue Ando, director of Shin-Nihon Fujin Aichi headquarters and a committee of the rally. “We should work to improve the quality of life as well as winning our rights. Isoko Mizuno of a group of women in Aichi to protect Article 9 introduced a story of a woman secretary general who moved to Japan four months ago. “When my husband learned that I was coming to Japan for work, he decided to quick his job and we both came together,” she said. (By Toru Sakai)
差別撤廃など訴える~「国際女性デー愛知県集会」開かれる
国連が「国際女性デー」と定める3月8日に、名古屋市中区の女性会館では「2011国際女性デー愛知県集会」が開かれ、110人が集まった。集会実行委員長を務める新日本婦人の会愛知県本部の安藤満寿江会長は、「国際女性デーは101年前から、世界中の女性たちが、女性にも参政権を、戦争反対、パンをよこせと立ち上がってきた行動の日です。愛知の私たちも生活の向上、権利の向上のためにがんばりましょう」と開会のあいさつを行なった。また、「憲法9条と平和を守る愛知女性の会」の水野磯子共同代表は、4ヶ月前に日本に赴任してきたというスウェーデンの一等書記官の女性と話したエピソードを紹介。「自分が仕事で日本に行くことになったと言うと、夫が『僕が仕事を辞めるよ』と言ってくれて、2人で赴任してきたと彼女は言っていました。(酒井徹)
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