International Workshop on“Women in Science and Technology”
Network in Asian, 30 September 2006

Activities for Gender Equal
Participation in Physics and S&T- Harvest of Internationaland Asian Networking Eiko Torikai
University of Yamanashi, Japan
Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
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5035. Summer School for High School Girls– for Scientists and Engineers of tomorrow• To attract girls into science and engineering, the JPS hasorganized the Girls Science Summer School in August 2005 incollaboration with the National Women Education Center and theEPMEWSE.
• Purpose: providing an opportunity to> interact with actual women scientists and engineers to know
how they are enjoying their jobs and lives as well
> support networking of girls who are interested in S&T• 56 girls have enjoyed 2 days camp; lectures by scientists andengineers, overnight discussions with each other and tutors ofwomen graduate as well as undergraduate students.
• 20 women graduate and undergraduate students assist theprogram.
42Lectures: Pleasant world of S&T

Challenge the Scientific Puzzles by women students

Networking of girls concerned on S&T

Interaction with scientists and students of S&T

52-nd Summer School for High School Girls- for Scientists and Engineers of tomorrow • In 2006, the 2-nd summer school is organized as a MEXT commissionedproject
joint organizer: MEXT, NWEC, SCJ- 111 high school girls enjoyed the program:lectures, experiments, discussions, scientific puzzles- 7 talks by scientists, engineers, technicians, and students- 7 experiments by academic societies- 29 booth of career counseling by academic societies- 30 women graduate and undergraduate students assist the program.
The small stone creates ripples in the society
MEXT is going to support more local events for encouraging middle high schooland high school girls into Science and Engineering : now competicion.
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Promotion of womenin science and technology
Supportfor
Women’
Women’sCareers

FY 2006 Budget¥666 Million（new）+

Supporting grants for universities etc.
(¥500million, new, SCF)
Information
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models(¥35million,(¥35million,new,new,MEXT)
MEXT)

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Researchers, engineers, etc.

Working
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Post-doctoral fellows

Graduate courses
Undergraduate students

Support forCompatibility

Universities, Colleges
Junior high school students
High school students

Support fellowship for comeback(¥130 million, new, JSPS)<By the courtesy of Ms. Noriko Shiomitsu>

7Conclusion• Evidence-Based (Scientific Data, PersonalExperience) Advocacy Changes the Policies.
• International as well Asian Networking ofWomen in Physics has triggered thesemovements.

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