Progress and problems of gender equality in Japanese academics and geosciences
<p>In its gender equality status, Japan lags behind the European Union (EU) and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Only 16.7 % of academic staff in national universities are women. Although there has been a slow improvement during the last...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Advances in Geosciences |
| Online Access: | https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/53/195/2020/adgeo-53-195-2020.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>In its gender equality status, Japan lags behind the European Union (EU)
and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Only 16.7 % of academic staff in national
universities are women. Although there has been a slow improvement during
the last 45 years, the percentage of female staff remains particularly low
in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. In 2018, female stuff accounted for only 12.3 % in
agriculture, 8.7 % in science, and 6.2 % in engineering. The number of
female graduate students and the number of female members of the Japanese
geoscience societies have been steadily increasing since the 1998 campaign
that increased the total number of graduate school places. However, low
representation of females in academic job positions, as well as among the
recipients of academic awards, suggests that a strong unconscious bias
against women still exists in Japan. Continuing public attention to these
issues is essential for the improvement of the situation.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1680-7340 1680-7359 |