ジェンダー・キャリア開発

13:30 〜 13:45

[ZE_VRU11-06] Career Development of Women in Science and Higher Education: Changing Dynamics of the International and Japanese Science Communities

*Aysun Uyar Makibayashi¹ (1. Doshisha University (Japan))

キーワード：

Women、Science communities、Japan

Women's participation in research and higher education has long been a concern for advancing gender equality in research and education. International science communities have been developing and implementing new policies, roadmaps, and initiatives to attract and promote more women in science and technology. Most of the discussions in practice and research take place in STEM-related fields. Nevertheless, a more inclusive approach, covering all disciplines, is also necessary to research and introduce to the public and academic circles, generating more role models and encouragement for female students and women researchers to enter and remain in the fields of scientific research and higher education. Japan’s strong position in science and technology and related education, and the limited role of women in these fields, are also well known. Then, this study examines how international science communities have addressed the problem of limited representation of women in scientific research and higher education, and how Japanese academic and research-related environments have followed these international trends and promoted the participation of women within scientific and higher education-related communities.
The first part of the study examines recent developments within international organizations to promote greater participation of women in science and higher education. International science platforms, including science communities, associations, funders, and publishers, are examined in the second part in terms of their initiatives and programs to invite more women into academia, research in general, publishing, and projects. The last part examines how the “work and life balance” motto is endorsed in Japanese society, through government policies in recent years, initiatives by science communities, academic societies, and universities. Recent data and literature are scrutinized to present the impact of international and official governmental efforts to encourage more women to enter the workforce in science and higher education. The study concludes that there is a slow but incremental movement towards inclusion and encouragement of more women in science and higher education sectors in Japanese society and suggests further steps to be taken to have more women’s voices within our academia.