メニュー日本国政府を代表し、議長をはじめ、本会合の開催に向けて献身的な努力をされた全ての関係者に心から感謝と敬意を表します。
新型コロナウイルス感染症の拡大は、全ての人の生活を脅かしましたが、とりわけ、女性や子供、脆弱な状況にある人々がより多くの影響を受けました。大規模災害の発生時も同様です。災害時には、平常時における固定的な性別役割分担意識を反映し、増大する家事・育児・介護等の女性への集中や、配偶者等からの暴力や性暴力の被害が生じるなど、ジェンダー課題が拡大・強化されます。また、近年、世界中で気候変動による気象災害リスクが増加しており、今や気候変動という要素を防災に取り入れることが必然となっています。したがって、平常時からあらゆる施策の中に、男女共同参画の視点を含めることが不可欠です。
日本は、地理的な条件などから、地震や津波に加え、台風、豪雨等の自然災害が発生しやすい国土となっています。2011年には、東日本大震災が発生し、死者・行方不明者合わせて２万２千人を超える大きな被害がもたらされました。その際の教訓も踏まえ、我が国では災害リスク削減の政策において男女共同参画の視点に立った取組を進めており、2020年にジェンダー平等の実現に向けて策定した国内計画においても災害リスク削減を重要な柱の一つとしています。
具体的には、
- 地域の防災力向上のため、地方防災会議の委員への任命など、防災に関する政策・方針決定過程と防災の現場における女性の参画を拡大することや、
- 避難所運営等に若年層を含めた女性が参画し、女性と男性のニーズ等の違いに配慮した取組や、配偶者等からの暴力や性被害・性暴力の防止等安全・安心の確保を図ること
等を掲げています。
さらに、災害対応に当たって現場で大きな役割を担う地方公共団体の職員が、男女共同参画の視点からの取組を計画・実施する際に参照するためのガイドラインを作成しました。平常時からのあらゆる防災・復興施策に、男女共同参画の視点を取り入れることの重要性を示しています。
我が国は、防災先進国として、男女共同参画の視点に立った国際的な防災協力を実施するとともに、我が国の知見と教訓を国際社会と共有することが重要だと考えています。
2015年には東日本大震災の被災地で第3回国連防災世界会議が開催され、そこで採択された「仙台防災枠組」には、防災の推進における女性の参加や能力構築の重要性が明記されました。また、我が国が提案し、同年の国連総会で決議された「世界津波の日」を推進するための取組の一環として、2016年度よりUNITAR(ユニタール)を通じて、津波防災に関する女性のリーダーシップ研修を実施しています。
加えて、気候変動や災害の影響を特に受けやすい女性と女児に対する支援のため、UN Womenを通じて2.5百万ドルを拠出し、ウガンダ、ソマリア、モロッコにおける女性・女児の能力強化や啓発活動に活用されています。
ジェンダー平等は、日本国政府の重要かつ揺るぎない、確固たる方針です。女性と女児のために尽力されている全ての方々に心からの敬意を表しますとともに、皆さんとともにジェンダー平等の実現に向けて全力で取り組んでいくことをお誓い申し上げます。
御静聴ありがとうございました。
Statement by NODA Seiko
Minister in Charge of Womenʼs Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
delivered at the General discussion, The 66th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66)
16 March 2022, New York
On behalf of the Government of Japan, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and respect to the Chair and all those who have devoted themselves to the CSW66.
The spread of COVID-19 has threatened the lives of all people, but women, children, and socially vulnerable groups have been disproportionately affected. The same happens when a large-scale disaster occurs. When a disaster occurs, gender issues are magnified as women face the burden of increasing household chores, child rearing, caregiving, and are susceptible to domestic violence as well as sexual violence. These reflect the perception of gender roles during normal times. Meanwhile, in recent years, the risk of weather-related disasters caused by global climate change has been steadily increasing. Today, it is essential to incorporate climate change factors into disaster risk reduction, DRR measures. It is also imperative that a gender perspective be integrated into all policies and measures during normal times.
Due to geographic and other conditions, Japan is prone to natural disasters such as typhoons and torrential rains in addition to earthquakes and tsunami. The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 caused tremendous damage and left over 22,000 people dead or missing. Taking the lessons learned from that disaster into account, Japan is accelerating initiatives to incorporate a gender perspective into its DRR policies, and has positioned DRR as one of the key pillars of its national plan for a gender-equal society, which was formulated in 2020.
Specifically, the plan:
- encourages more women to participate in the decision-making process and on-site activities, including the appointment of women as members of Local Disaster Management Councils, in order to enhance disaster preparedness of local communities; and urges the youth and women to participate in the operation of shelters and other aspects of disaster response, to give due consideration to the different needs of men and women and to ensure the safety and security of the affected by taking measures such as preventing domestic violence and sexual violence.
Furthermore, the Japanese government has compiled a set of guidelines that local government officials who play a major role in disaster response in affected areas can refer to when planning and carrying out DRR measures from a gender perspective. These guidelines emphasize the importance of integrating a gender perspective in all DRR measures not only during times of disaster but also during normal times.
As a country advanced in DRR, Japan considers it important to promote international cooperation in DRR from the perspective of gender equality and share knowledge and lessons learned with the international community.
In 2015, the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, one of the cities affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the Sendai Framework adopted at the conference clearly states the importance of participation and capacity building of women in the promotion of DRR. In addition, as part of its initiatives to promote the World Tsunami Awareness Day, which was proposed by Japan and resolved by the UN General Assembly in the same year, Japan launched the Women’s Leadership in a-Tsunami based Disaster Risk Reduction training program through UNITAR, United Nations Institute for Training and Research since fiscal year 2016.
Moreover, through UN Women, Japan has contributed 250 million US dollars to support women and girls who are vulnerable to the effects of climate change and natural disasters. These funds have been utilized to empower women and girls in Uganda, Somalia, and Morocco.
Gender equality is important and solid policy for the Government of Japan. I would like to express my heartfelt respect to all of those who are devoting themselves to support women and girls, and pledge to work with all of you to make the utmost effort to realize gender equality.
Thank you.