女性国家公務員、最高の３９％　今春採用、前年度比０．５ポイント増

　内閣人事局は７日、今年４月１日付で採用した国家公務員に占める女性の割合が３９．２％だったと発表した。前年度から０．５ポイント増え、６年連続で過去最高を更新。女性採用を３５％以上とする政府目標を達成した。
　４月１日付で中央省庁に採用された国家公務員は８９９７人で、うち女性は３５２８人。幹部候補となる総合職の採用者に占める女性の割合は３５．７％だった。一方、一般職も含めた技術系区分（デジタル、工学など）で見ると、女性採用者の割合は２８．５％と進出が遅れている。（2024/06/07-15:04）

The share of females among Japanese national public servants hired as of the April 1 start of fiscal 2024 hit a record high for the sixth straight year, standing at 39.2 pct, the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs said Friday.
   The proportion rose 0.5 percentage point from the last fiscal year. The share hit the government's target figure of 35 pct or more for hires of female government workers.
   The total number of people who were hired for central government ministries and agencies as of April 1 was 8,997, and 3,528 of them were female.
   The share of females among those hired for job positions for research or drawing up new policies, viewed as career paths that can lead to executive posts, was 35.7 pct.
   For technical positions in fields such as digital and engineering, the figure stood at 28.5 pct including those in positions for work on policy follow-ups and enforcement.