DR Helen Macnaughtan's Outputs (3)

Is Abe’s womenomics working? (2015)
Journal Article
Macnaughtan, H. (2015). Is Abe’s womenomics working?. East Asia Forum (Canberra, A.C.T.),

In September 2013 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to create a society in which ‘all women can shine’. Abe acknowledged that women had long been an underutilised resource in the Japanese economy. He promised to boost female labour participa... Read More about Is Abe’s womenomics working?.

Womenomics for Japan: is the Abe policy for gendered employment viable in an era of precarity? (2015)
Journal Article
Macnaughtan, H. (2015). Womenomics for Japan: is the Abe policy for gendered employment viable in an era of precarity?. Japan focus, 13(13), Article 4302

Womenomics is a theory that advocates the empowerment of women, arguing that enabling women to have access to equal participation in an economy and society will result in economic benefits and social progress. The need for Japan to implement womenomi... Read More about Womenomics for Japan: is the Abe policy for gendered employment viable in an era of precarity?.

Abe's Womenomics needs to include men too (2015)
Journal Article
Macnaughtan, H. (2015). Abe's Womenomics needs to include men too

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to enable more women to participate in the Japanese workforce. But his policy has largely amounted to rhetoric and there has been no discussion of the impact of these policies for male employment. In thi... Read More about Abe's Womenomics needs to include men too.