Commissioned Women's Class - Ishokufujingakkyu

Japanese: 委嘱婦人学級 - いしょくふじんがっきゅう
Commissioned Women's Class - Ishokufujingakkyu

...Social education for housewives was popular before World War II, but in the 1950s after the war, class-style women's education began under names such as women's classes, women's cultural courses, and life classes to improve women's social status and promote awareness of themselves as the bearers of new family life. In 1956, the Ministry of Education established a commissioned women's class system to promote the spread and development of women's classes, and provides subsidies for project costs to municipalities. Approximately 15,500 classes have been opened nationwide, with approximately 660,000 women participating (1992), but this is almost half the number compared to 1983. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Commissioned Women's Classes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…家庭婦人を対象とした社会教育は第2次大戦前から盛んであったが,戦後の昭和20年代に,女性の社会的地位の向上と新しい家庭生活の担い手としての自覚を促す学級形式の婦人教育が,婦人学級,婦人教養講座,生活学級などの名称で始められるようになった。また,文部省は1956年度から婦人学級の普及発達のために委嘱婦人学級の制度を設け,市町村に事業費補助を行っている。全国で約1万5500学級が開設され,約66万人の女性が参加しているが(1992),1983年時点と比較すると,ほぼ半減している。…

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