Resources

This chapter introduces infromation about national and international Gender Equality Programs/Projects and  publications related to the issue of Women in Science and Technology. 

1) Gender Equality Programs/Projects
2) Publications

1) Gender Equality Programs/Projects

• EPMEWSE, Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering
  「無意識のバイアス - Unconscious Bias - を知っていますか?」(Copyright c 2017 EPMEWSE All Rights Reserved.) (Japanese Only)
  大坪久子・小川温子・澤崎達也・松島綾美 (EPMEWSE)
  Machi Dilworth (OIST)


• Unconscious Bias Tool (OIST)
  Intervening to Minimize Bias in Faculty Recruitment


• Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
   Program to supporting research activities of female researchers
   
• Research Organization of Information and Systems
  Women Researchers of Japan
   
• Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office
  独立行政法人等における女性登用状況等「見える化」サイト (Japanese only)

• ADVANCE portal, US

http://www.portal.advance.vt.edu/

• Equality Challenge Unit: Athena SWAN, UK
  http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/
   
• Marie Sktodowska-Curie actions, EC
  http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/
   
• The World Economic Forum: Gender Parity
  https://www.weforum.org/agenda/archive/gender-parity
   
• UNESCO: For Women in Science Programme
  http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/priority-areas/gender-and-science/for-women-in-science-programme/
• Women in the Science Research Workforce

 http://www.womeninscienceresearch.org.au/index.html

 

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2) Publications

 Government Policy Statement |  Reports on General Issues | Journal and Newspaper Article | Books

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Government Policy Statement:

• "Basic Act for Gender Equal Society"
  Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office, Japan
  1999
  http://www.gender.go.jp/english_contents/about_danjo/lbp/index.html
   
• "Japan’s Science and Technology Basic Policy Report"
  Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
  December 24, 2010
  http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/basic/4th-BasicPolicy.pdf
   
• "閣議決定文書等における科学技術人材の育成に関する主な記述"(Japanese only)
  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
  June 14, 2014
  http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/gijyutu/gijyutu10/siryo/attach/1350737.htm
   
• The 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan [Provisional Translation]
  Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Japan
  January 22, 2016
  http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/kihonkeikaku/5honbun.pdf
   
• Tsukuba Communiqué (p.5 "2:Gender and Human Resource Development for STI" Toward Expanding Women’s Participation in STI and Preparing the Next Generation of Global Leaders)
  G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting in Tsukuba, Ibaraki
  May 15‐17, 2016
  http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/others/20160517communique.pdf

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Reports on General Issues in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields:

• 'Cost of Talent 2017' by Universum, 2017 (PDF)
   
• 'Gender in the Global Research Landscape' Article
   
• 'Why Women Aren't Where They are Needed in the Workplace: Putting the Pieces Together' by Patricia Rankin and Donna Caccamise1
  The paper forms part of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation Expert Reviews Series on Advancing Women's Empowerment. (PDF)
   
• 'Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineers'
  Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; Institute of Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering 
  2007 
  http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11741/beyond-bias-and-barriers-fulfilling-the-potential-of-women-in
   
• 'The 3rd Large-Scale Survey of Actual Conditions of Gender Equality in Scientific and Technological Professions'
  Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering(EPMEWSE), Japan
  2013
  http://www.djrenrakukai.org/doc_pdf/3rd_enq_report_en.pdf
   
• 'Women’s Participation in Education and the Workforce'
  Whitehouse Council of Economic Advisers, US
  October 2014
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/womens_slides_final.pdf
   
• FY2014「企業における女性の活用及び活躍促進の状況に関する調査」(Japanese only)
  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
  2014
  http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/jinzai/diversity/research.html
   
• 'Gender Transformation in the Academy'
  Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK
  2014
  http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/promo/pdf/gender_booklet.pdf
   
• 'Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering'
  US. National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, US
  2015
  http://nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/
   
• 'Women Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in S&E'
  National Science Foundation, US
  2015
  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/
   
• 'Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing'
  American Association of University Women,US
  2015
  http://www.aauw.org/research/solving-the-equation/
   
• 'The 4th Science and Technology Basic Plan (FY2011-FY2015)'
  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
  2011
  http://www.mext.go.jp/english/science_technology/1303788.htm
   
• 'White Paper on Gender Equality'
  - Promotion of  "Positive Action" - Aiming to attain the target of " 30% by 2020"-
  Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office, Japan
  http://www.gender.go.jp/english_contents/about_danjo/whitepaper/index.html
   
• 'Women in the Workplace 2015'
  http://womenintheworkplace.com/
   
• 'Women for Science: inclusion and Participation in Academies of Science'
  -A survey of the members of the Interacademy Partnership: The global Network of Science Academies
  2015
  http://www.assaf.org.za/ASSAf%20news/ASSAF_IAP%20Report%20Final.pdf
   
• 'Gender Summit 9 Europe Report' in Brussels 8-9 November 2016
  Report

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Journal and Newspaper Articles:

• 'The Power of Party: Advancing Women's Equality in  Asia  Pacific', McKinsey & Company, （2018） (PDF)
   
•  'Woman Matter, Time to accelerate, Ten years of insights into gender diversity' McKinsey & Company, (October 2017) (PDF)
   
• 'Women in Science', Nature News Specials (2013)
  http://www.nature.com/news/specials/women/index.html
   
•  Linda Hasunuma, 'Womenomics and Women’s Equality in Japan: Can Abe be the Women’s Prime Minister?'
  Challenges Facing Japan Perspectives from the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future pp53-62,
  The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, Washington DC (2014)
  http://mansfieldfdn.org/mfdn2011/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/NFF_revised_v1.pdf
   
•  'Women in Oceanographic Science: A decade later', Oceanography supplement (2014)
  http://www.tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-4_supplement.html
   
• Vivian Hunt, Dennis Layton, Sara Prince, 'Why diversity matters' McKinsey & Company (2015)
  http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters
   
• Boer Deng, 'Leading scientists favour women in tenure-track hiring test', Nature (2015)
  http://www.nature.com/news/leading-scientists-favour-women-in-tenure-track-hiring-test-1.17322
   
• Kristin A. Smith, 'Seven Actionable Strategies for Advancing Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine', Cell Stem Sell (2015)
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590915000685
   
•  'Facts and Figures: Economic Empowerment', UN Women (2015)
  http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/facts-and-figures
   
• Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, 'To Hold Women Back, Keep Treating Them Like Men', Harvard Business Review (2015)
  http://hbr.org/2015/07/to-hold-women-back-keep-treating-them-like-men
   
• Meg Urry, 'Science and gender: Scientists must work harder on equality', Nature (2015)
  http://www.nature.com/news/science-and-gender-scientists-must-work-harder-on-equality-1.19064
   

• ”This is how companies can close the gender pay gap”, Financial Times, 2018. (PDF)

• 'The abrasiveness trap: High-achieving men and women ae described differently in reviews'
  Fortune Magazine
  August 26, 2014
  http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance-review-gender-bias/

• 'Speaking While Female'
  New York Times
  January 12, 2015
  http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance-review-gender-bias/
   
• 'Gender equality in science: a better future for everyone'
  The Guardian
  March 17, 2015
  http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2015/mar/17/gender-equality-in-science-it-takes-a-village
   
• 'How to Attract Female Engineers'
  New York Times
  April 27, 2015
  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/opinion/how-to-attract-female-engineers.html?emc=eta1
   
• 'Japanese Women Face Tough Reality in Work and Marriage'
  nippon.com
  August 20, 2015
  http://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a04601/
• 'Gender Bias at Work Turns Up in Feedback'
  The Wall Street Journal
  September 30, 2015
  http://www.wsj.com/articles/gender-bias-at-work-turns-up-in-feedback-1443600759
   
• 'Still a man's world'
  The Economist
  March 5, 2016
  http://www.economist.com/news/business/21693952-our-index-climate-working-women-now-includes-paternity-leave-still-mans-world
   
• 'Shared parental leave: the fathers bringing up baby'
  The Financial Times
  March 13, 2016
  http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f3154b96-e0c5-11e5-8d9b-e88a2a889797.html#axzz42WgnZf

 

`Challenging a Culture of Inequality' by Síle Nic Chormaic

Optics & Photonics News ,OPN

Article (PDF), https://www.osa-opn.org/home/articles/volume_28/october_2017/departments/challenging_a_culture_of_inequality/

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Books:
 

"Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering"
Committee on Maximising the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, and institute of Medicine
2007
National Academies Press

 

 

"Why So Slow?: The Advancement of Women"
Virginia Valian
1997
The MIT Press, Cambridge MA

 

 

 

"Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women"
Abigail J. Stewart, Janet E. Malley, and Danielle LaVaque-Manty
2007
The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor M
 

 

 

 

"Success Strategies From Women in STEM, Second Edition: A Portable Mentor"
Pritchard, Peggy A. (EDT)   Grant, Christine (EDT)
2015
Academic PR

 

 

 

"Forward to Professorship in STEM: Inclusive Faculty Development Strategies That Work"
Rachelle S. Heller (Author), Catherine Mavriplis (Author), Paul S Sabila (Author)         
2015
Academic PR

 

 

 

"Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust Stem Workforce : Beyond Best Practices"
Dean, Donna J.   Koster, Janet Bandows         
2014
Academic PR

 

 

 

"Advancing Postdoc Women Guidebook"
Edited by Belinda Lee Huang      
2015
National Postdoctoral Association

 

 

 

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