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일본 다카이치 내각, 여성 각료 2명뿐…'남성 중심' 비판 지속
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일본 다카이치 내각, 여성 각료 2명뿐…'남성 중심' 비판 지속

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일본 사상 최초의 여성 총리가 이끄는 다카이치 내각에 여성 각료가 총리를 제외하고 단 2명뿐이라는 사실이 드러나며 남성 중심 인사 비판이 이어지고 있다. 개각을 앞두고 있지만 하마평에서는 상황이 변하지 않을 것이라는 전망이 우세하며, 다카이치 총리는 '실력주의'와 '기회 평등'을 강조하며 여성 발탁에 신중한 태도를 보이고 있다.

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일본은 사상 최초로 여성 총리가 임명되었지만, 내각 내 여성 비율이 낮아 성별 균형에 대한 비판이 지속되어 왔다. 자민당 내 여성 의원의 비율도 중의원 10%, 참의원 20% 수준에 머물러 구조적 한계가 지적된다.

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개각서도 '남성 중심' 여전할 듯…총리, '실력주의·기회평등' 강조

(서울=연합뉴스) 김병규 기자 = 사상 최초의 여성 총리가 이끄는 일본 다카이치 내각에 여성 각료(장관)가 2명뿐이어서 지나치게 남성 중심이라는 비판이 나온다. 조만간 개각을 앞두고 있지만 하마평을 보면 '남성 독식' 상황에 변함이 없을 것이라는 예상이 많다.

14일 아사히신문에 따르면 다카이치 내각에서 각료를 맡고 있는 여성은 다카이치 사나에 총리를 제외하면 가타야마 사쓰키 재무상, 오노다 기미 경제안보담당상 등 2명이다.

아사히는 과거 여성 각료가 가장 많을 때 5명이었지만, 근래에는 2∼3명 수준이라며 "(조만간 있을 개각에서도) 여성 각료가 대폭 늘어나는 일은 없을 것"이라는 한 각료의 말을 전했다.

다카이치 총리는 여성을 적극적으로 기용할 필요가 있다면서도 '실력주의', '기회 평등'이라는 표현을 쓰며 여성을 발탁하는 데 신중한 모습을 보이고 있다.

그는 작년 10월 자민당 총재선거에서 "북유럽 나라들에 비해 부족하지 않을 정도로 여성이 들어와 있는 내각과 당 간부진"을 강조했지만, 정작 여성 발탁은 남성이 총리일 때와 별반 다르지 않았다.

그는 정권 발족 후에는 여성 기용이 적은 이유에 대해 "어디까지나 기회 평등을 중요하게 생각하고 있다"고 말했다.

다카이치 총리는 선거에서 후보자나 의석 중 일정 비율을 여성에게 할당하는 '쿼터제'에 대해 신중한 입장을 보이고 있다.

기하라 미노루 관방장관은 지난 10일 도쿄도 내에서 열린 강연회에서 "어떤 내각이든 일정 수의 여성 각료를 포함하려는 배려가 있었지만, (다카이치 총리는) 그런 것을 그다지 생각하지 않고 있다"며 성별이 아니라 '실력주의'로 인사를 할 것이라고 강조하기도 했다.

이처럼 첫 여성 총리이면서도 여성 기용에 소극적인 것에 대해 일본 정계에서 우려의 목소리가 흘러나온다.

한 여성 각료 경험자는 신문에 "모처럼 여성 총리가 탄생했는데도 (여성의) 기용이 적으면 '여성 활약'에 소극적으로 보일 수 있다"고 지적했다.

'기회 평등'을 강조하고 있지만 여성이 각료로 발탁될 기회를 얻기는 구조적으로 쉽지 않다.

자민당의 여성 의원은 중의원에서는 10%, 참의원에서는 20% 수준에 그치고 있으며, 여당 자민당은 선거에서 현직 의원을 후보로 내세우는 경우가 많다.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 향후 개각에서도 여성 각료 수가 크게 늘지 않을 것

    Likely · Within weeks

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  • 개각에서 여성 각료 수가 실제로 증가할지 여부
  • 다카이치 총리가 향후 쿼터제나 긍정적 조치를 도입할 의향이 있는지
  • 자민당 내 여성 정치인 육성 계획이 구체적으로 무엇인지

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