# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号 - English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（協議会） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条（協議会） — (Councils) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27 **第一項** 当該地方公共団体の区域において女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する事務及び事業を行う国及び地方公共団体の機関（以下この条において「関係機関」という。）は、第二十二条第一項の規定により国が講ずる措置及び同条第二項の規定により地方公共団体が講ずる措置に係る事例その他の女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に有用な情報を活用することにより、当該区域において女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組が効果的かつ円滑に実施されるようにするため、関係機関により構成される協議会（以下「協議会」という。）を組織することができる。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-1 The national government and local government organizations that conduct administrative affairs and provide services related to the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life within the areas of those local governments (hereinafter referred to as the "relevant organizations" in this Article) may organize a council composed of the relevant organizations (hereinafter referred to as the "council") to ensure the effective and smooth implementation of initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life within those areas, by making use of the cases related to the measures taken by the national government pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) and the measures taken by a local government pursuant to that Article, paragraph (2), and other information useful for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 協議会を組織する関係機関は、当該地方公共団体の区域内において第二十二条第三項の規定による事務の委託がされている場合には、当該委託を受けた者を協議会の構成員として加えるものとする。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-2 If the administrative affairs under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) are entrusted to other persons within the areas of those local governments, the relevant organizations that organize the council are to add those entrusted persons as members of the council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 協議会を組織する関係機関は、必要があると認めるときは、協議会に次に掲げる者を構成員として加えることができる。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-3 The relevant organizations that organize the council may add the following persons to the council as members when found necessary: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一般事業主の団体又はその連合団体 art-27/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-3/item-1 general employer organizations or their allied organizations; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 学識経験者 art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-3/item-2 persons with relevant expertise; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他当該関係機関が必要と認める者 art-27/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-3/item-3 other persons deemed necessary by the relevant organizations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 協議会は、関係機関及び前二項の構成員（以下この項において「関係機関等」という。）が相互の連絡を図ることにより、女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に有用な情報を共有し、関係機関等の連携の緊密化を図るとともに、地域の実情に応じた女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組について協議を行うものとする。 art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-4 Through mutual communication between the relevant organizations and the members referred to in the preceding two paragraphs (hereinafter referred to as the "relevant organizations, etc." in this paragraph), the council is to share useful information for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life and work on the development of closer collaboration among the relevant organizations, as well as deliberate on initiatives concerning the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life based on the circumstances of each area. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 協議会が組織されたときは、当該地方公共団体は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を公表しなければならない。 art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-5 When the council has been organized, those relevant local governments must publicize to that effect pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1: この条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27 - art-27/par-1: 第二十二条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-1 - art-27/par-1: 同条第二項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-2 - art-27/par-2: 第二十二条第三項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-3 - art-27/par-4: 前二項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-2 - art-27/par-4: 前二項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-3 - art-27/par-4: この項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第四項 (Article 27, paragraph (4)), art-27/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第一項（協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-1 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第四項（協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-4 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十九条第一項（協議会の定める事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-29/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/427AC0000000064/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19