The 59th Session of the Human Rights Council, Item 3: ID with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Statement by Mr. TAKEUCHI Yasuaki (25 June 2025)
2025/6/26
The 59th Session of the Human Rights Council
Item 3: ID with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
Statement by Mr. TAKEUCHI Yasuaki, Human Rights Adviser
The Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva
25 June 2025
Item 3: ID with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
Statement by Mr. TAKEUCHI Yasuaki, Human Rights Adviser
The Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva
25 June 2025
Thank you, Mr. Vice-President.
Japan thanks the Working Group for its report and presentation.
The report refers to a need to engage men and boys in caregiving roles and foster shared responsibility for care within households. Japan promotes parental leave for men. Fathers can take two separate periods of parental leave of up to four weeks within eight weeks of the birth of their child, in addition to the regular childcare leave (which can be taken until the child reaches one year old). Furthermore, the Government requires businesses with over 300 employees to disclose men’s childcare leave uptake rates annually.
Japan also takes note of the Working Group’s concerns over destruction and lack of care and support infrastructure due to wars and armed conflicts. Japan provides mobile clinic services and mobile health teams through UNFPA in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan to offer integrated services supporting sexual and reproductive health and addressing gender-based violence from the perspective of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
Japan’s dedication to eradicating discrimination against women and girls remains unwavering. We will continue to contribute to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in Japan and throughout the international community.
I thank you.
The report refers to a need to engage men and boys in caregiving roles and foster shared responsibility for care within households. Japan promotes parental leave for men. Fathers can take two separate periods of parental leave of up to four weeks within eight weeks of the birth of their child, in addition to the regular childcare leave (which can be taken until the child reaches one year old). Furthermore, the Government requires businesses with over 300 employees to disclose men’s childcare leave uptake rates annually.
Japan also takes note of the Working Group’s concerns over destruction and lack of care and support infrastructure due to wars and armed conflicts. Japan provides mobile clinic services and mobile health teams through UNFPA in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan to offer integrated services supporting sexual and reproductive health and addressing gender-based violence from the perspective of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
Japan’s dedication to eradicating discrimination against women and girls remains unwavering. We will continue to contribute to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in Japan and throughout the international community.
I thank you.