HIROSHIMA – After a garbage collection company in this west Japan city made efforts to improve its working conditions and go beyond a male-oriented atmosphere, women, including many with children, now represent around 40% of its workforce.
HIROSHIMA – After a garbage collection company in this west Japan city made efforts to improve its working conditions and go beyond a male-oriented atmosphere, women, including many with children, now represent around 40% of its workforce.
This is a good story and a company that seems to be doing the right kind of things but this quote is eye-popping:
…it’s still Japan and they have a long way to go when it comes to gender equality, I’m afraid. I mean, case in point: Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women to cook, clean and give husbands massages.