1. RENGO will achieve the targets of its third phase of the Action Plan to Promote Equal Participation by Women and Men (2006 – 2012) that aims at an increase in the number of female executives, which is the biggest issue of promoting equal participation of women and men in trade unions. Specifically, RENGO will implement the following unified targets at affiliates, enterprise-based unions and RENGO locals.
Target for action: Clearly mention the promotion of equal participation by women and men in action policies.
Numerical target: There must be at least one female executive.

2. Affiliates and RENGO locals will implement a gender audit to ascertain progress in equal participation by women and men.

3. RENGO will work proactively to have its opinions reflected in discussions at the Council for Gender Equality in the Cabinet Office toward the revision of the “2nd Basic Plan for Gender Equality.”

4. RENGO will call for revisions to the Civil Law, which focus on Family Law. To this end, the RENGO Headquarters will hold study sessions to facilitate understanding of the revisions and to disseminate the contents.

5. RENGO will ascertain and examine the current wage gap between women and men, and define and strive to realize specific measures toward rectification of the gap, while promoting the following efforts.

(1) Affiliates and RENGO locals will ascertain the current situation on wages for women and men at workplaces and examine cases of indirect discrimination that has caused pay differentials.

(2) RENGO will utilize the achievements of the “Committee on Changing Wage and Employment Systems and Wage Gap between Men and Women” of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to work for concrete correction of disparities in view of the current situation at workplaces.

(3) RENGO will examine the recommendations for redressing the wage gap between women and men issued by international institutions such as the ILO Expert Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, and utilize these for demanding the establishment of the relevant policies and systems.

6. RENGO will strive to disseminate the details of the revised Child-Care and Family-Care Leave Law.

7. RENGO will examine the revised Equal Employment Opportunities Law and promote its penetration with reference to specific cases in individual labor consultations.

8. RENGO will grasp changes that have taken place since the revision of the Part-time Labor Law in 2008 and strive for legislation on equal treatment.

9. RENGO will promote the above-mentioned efforts and seek to realize the “Equal Employment Opportunity Law” and the “Law for Supporting a Work-Life Balance,” recommended by RENGO.

10. RENGO will initiate a new applied course of “training seminars for female union leaders” together with the Institute of Labor Education and Culture.

11. RENGO will seek to add and improve information on its website for female union leaders and members. In addition, RENGO will enhance the equipment for providing information for efficient use at study sessions

12. RENGO will strengthen its cooperation with the Women’s Committees of the ITUC and the ITUC-AP.

13. RENGO will deepen exchanges with NGOs, NPOs and women’s groups, including the “International Women’s Year Liaison Group,” whose campaign purposes correspond with those of RENGO.