UTokyo東京大学男女共同参画室ニュースレター
Newsletter of Office for Gender Equality

vol.

02AY2023Oct.

Gender Equity Training of
AY2023 Started
T a Gender Justice Training Working

he Ofﬁce for Gender Equality set up

Group (WG) to develop a training program forfaculty and administrative staff, which will
be implemented once a year. All faculty andadministrative staff members at UTokyo will
be required to complete the training by Oct
31st.
In order to realize the UTokyo’s goal of
becoming a university where anyone in theworld would want to join, it is necessary totransform the campus culture by reshaping
the mind-set of all constituent
members of the University.
This year, a gender equity training
program on the topic of ‘Understanding Our
Own Biases’ will be held. We would like toask each department to inform its faculty
and administrative staff members regarding
this.

Registration period

September 5（Tue）to October 27（ Fri）
September 6（Wed）to October 31（ Tue）

Implementation period

Eligibility All executive, faculty, and administrative staff members of theUniversity of Tokyo who have a UTokyo Account as of September 1, 2023
How to take the training
Please use the following URL to register youremail address. We will send an email containing the URL for the training
course within three business days following the application to the registeredemail address. Please access the training course from the URL in the email.

Have you checked the #WeChange web site?
he University of Tokyo

T has launched measures

Bias Check Sheet for

to nurture female leaders

related events, novelty goods

since 2022. The #WeChangewith logos and characterswebsite, which was released

from animationsin April, distributes animation

will appear.

Candidate Evaluations” etc. In

videos, report, “Unconscious1

NEWS!
Transportation expenses
for children〈The Office for Gender Equality Reporting Team Visiting
Graduate Schools and Institutes〉

Professor Hatsumi Mori, ResearchInstitute for Solid State Physics

UTokyo did not have a system where
research funds could be used to bringhe Ofﬁce for Gender Equality decided to cover thechildren along on a researcher’s business

T forefront of the efforts to nurture female leaders

trip, even if the foundations that provided theby various

external funds approved it. In response todepartments of therequests from on-campus researchers, onUniversity. We hope

August 31st, 2023, the university president

this information willruled that research funds can now be used

be helpful to other departments and universities. For ourfor accompanying children up to the sixth

ﬁrst interview, we spoke with Prof.

grade of elementary school if certain

Hatsumi Mori, a vice president ofconditions are met.

Creating an Environment Where
Opinions are Respected and People
can Demonstrate Their Abilities
Regardless of Their Attributes.

UTokyo and former director of theInstitute for Solid State Physics.

A Faculty Development Seminaron career support for female
researchers was held tocommemorate
International Women s Day.

She was the only woman in thefaculty meetings of ISSP,
which was established in1957.

UTokyo International Symposium

UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative#WeChange
he “UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative #WeChange”

T Symposium was held in the Ito Hall. A dialogue
between Yasuko Sasaki, President of Ochanomizun March 10, 2023, a Faculty

University, and Teruo Fujii, the President of UTokyoO Development Seminar on career

entitled “Toward Developing Global Leaders”, which

support for female researchers was heldwas moderated by Keiko Kojima (essayist and visitingto commemorate International Women’s

researcher at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information

Day. Lectures by Professor Mary C. Brinton,Studies, UTokyo) was held on March 1, 2023. A

Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanesepanel discussion on the “power of numbers” withStudies, Harvard University entitled “Achieving

undergraduate students, graduate students, and young

Gender Parity in Academia: A View from theresearchers

U.S.” and by Renée Adams, Professor ofalso took

Finance, Saïd Business School, University ofplace.

Oxford entitled “What’s good for women isgood for science” were given.

Female Ratio of Faculty Members

10.1(May 1st, 2023)(Not including project faculty members)
Change and targets for female faculty ratio
can be found here.

Professor

16.4
Associate
Professor

18.2
Lecturer/Asst Prof

18.9
Research Assoc/Asst Prof2

Activity Report
Visiting the Osaka University
Center for Diversity andInclusion
Member of the Ofﬁce for Gender Equality
visited the Osaka university on February
7, 2023. They exchanged views on current
initiatives and learned about the female
researcher development training, unconscious
bias training, formulation of SOGI basic policy
and the running of the Center for Diversity
and Inclusion, children’s room and temporary
childcare of Osaka University.

Activity Report of Office for Gender Equality
Visiting P&G and Google

Visiting Korea

In February 2023, faculty and staff members
from the Ofﬁce for Gender Equality visited theJapan ofﬁces of P&G and Google to hear about
their D&I initiatives. P&G’s training forleadership called MARC includes face-to-faceworkshops where you can experience “I am notin the majority side”, as well as LBGTQ Ally
training for all employees. At the Google Japanofﬁce, after observing the ofﬁce environment
with a coffee bar, MTG spaces, table tennis table,etc. arranged to encourage communication, weasked about the Women@Google’s activities in
an in-house NPO-like activity called ERG(Employee Resources Group).

Project Researcher Asuka Ando visited
Incheon National University, Soeul National
University and Yonsei University in Korea
between Feb. 13 and 16, 2023 to haveinterviews with gender-related ofﬁces andindividual researchers. She found thattrainings to enhance diversity on campus weredeveloped and being implemented, and that
Yonsei University offers mandatory trainings
to all members of the university.

Academic Frontier Lecture
Series: Think about Gender
Visiting Iwate University
On July 13, 2023, Project Assistant Professor
Madoka Nakano visited Iwate University.
She met with Iwate University President
Satoshi Ogawa, Vice President Keiko Kaizuma(in charge of diversity and environmental
management), and ofﬁcials from the Diversity
Promotion Ofﬁce. Both UTokyo and Iwate
University were selected for the “Initiative forRealization of a Diverse Research Environment(Female Leader Development Type)”, aAY2022 project subsidized by the HumanResources Development Fund for Science andTechnology. They exchanged information andcommon obstacles. At Iwate University, there
is an institute which is very proactive in theirefforts to recruit women-only candidates fortheir positions.

Summer School for UTokyo &Google Kids 2023
On August 25, 2023, the Summer Schoolfor UTokyo & Google Kids 2023 was held forchildren of Google staff and the University ofTokyo faculty, staff and students under thesponsorship of the Ofﬁce for Gender Equality.

The IARU
Gender Group Meeting
The International Alliance of ResearchUniversities (IARU) GenderGroup Meeting was held at the National
University of Singapore on July 3-5, 2023 witha total of 10 out of the 11 member universities
participating both online and in person.
Project Associate Professor Mariko Ogawa,the Deputy Director of the Ofﬁce of GenderEquality, represented the University of Tokyoand participated in the meeting online whereviews were exchanged on the current issues
and challenges regarding sexual harassment
and gender equality at each university.

We offered the Academic Frontier Lecture
Series: Think about Gender during theS-semester in AY2023 (Tuesday 2nd period).
In addition to faculty members from thehumanities and sciences at UTokyo, Prof.
Chizuko Ueno (Emeritus Professor, theUniversity of Tokyo) and Mr. Gon Matsunaka(NPO good aging yells) were invited as guest
lecturers. We received positive commentsfrom students such as “I enjoyed the lectureseven though I was not so interested in genderissues because this class offers a wide rangeof gender issues” and “I realized that myknowledge is shallow and that I need to learn
widely to get rid of my prejudices”.

Opinion exchange meetings for
the Five-year plan to accelerate
the increase in female
faculty members took place.
(April 17th and 20th, August 1st and 3rd, click herefor details)

The Ronald McDonald House,an on-campus accommodation
facility for sick children andtheir families, was visited.
(July 28)

Professor Changhoo Chun,
Chair of SNU Diversity Council
visited our office.
(August 30th)3Upcoming Events

Office for
Gender Equality
Structure

October 2

New obstetrics and gynecology service
will start at The University of Tokyo
Health Service Center

As of May 1, 2023
Executive Vice President

Kaori HAYASHI

2023 Diversity & Inclusion Awareness Seminar forfaculty and staff.

Vice President /Chair of Gender Justice Training Working Group

Takane ITO“Making Privilege Visible: Reflecting on

our dominant and subordinated identities”(Lecturer: Dr. Makiko Deguchi, a professor in the Department of English Studies,
Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University)

Mariko OGAWA

Deputy Director of Office for Gender Equality /Chair of the Work-Life Balance Committee /Chair of Women's Career Advancement
Support Working Group

with President of The University of Tokyo
October 30

UTokyo Women+ Student Network Planning
Gender Equality Office × Undergraduate Student
Lunch Meeting

OthersMadoka NAKANO

Understanding
Gender Gap through Data
From the “Survey on the Careers ofUniversity of Tokyo Graduates”(Yuki Honda, Graduate School of Education)

Figure: The results of responses to the question“Have you ever experienced or heard ofharassment or discrimination in the graduate
schools of the University of Tokyo?”by sex and field of study

WOMEN

■

Somewhat

31.7%

TOTAL

24.9%

HSS
MEN

Not much■A lot

■

26.7%
23.5%
24.9%

43.1%

Yukiko GOTOH

Project Assistant Professor (Full-time)

events to coincide with International Women’s Day.

19.5%

Akiko KUMADA

Chair of the Next Generation
Nurture Committee

Networking event for women thinking about
the future of universities (tentative)
We are currently arranging theHSS

Chair of Positive Action Committee

Chair for Encouragement of Women’s
Pursuit of Higher Education Committee“UTokyo Women Network Event” and otherSTEM

Keitaro TANOI

Sachiko ASAI

December 4■

Associate Managing Director

Deputy Director of Office for Gender Equality /Project Associate Professor (Full-time)

Event for female junior high andhigh school students

Not at all

Naoko YOSHIE

Shoichi MATSUIOctober 15■

Vice President /Director of Office for Gender Equality

N.A.
27.5%

28.9%

14.2%
26.2%

28.3%
18.0%

26.9%

1.9%

20.8%

1.1%

11.4% 0.6%

STEM

54.5%

26.1%

11.7% 5.8%

TOTAL

52.4%

26.3%

12.8%

1.9%

6.8% 1.7%

The ﬁgure shows the results ofresponses to the question “Have you
ever experienced or heard ofharassment (sexual or academicharassment) or discrimination in thegraduate schools of the University ofTokyo?” by gender and by the graduate
school of the Master’s program (divided
into “Humanities and Social Sciences:HSS” and “Sciences, Technologies,Engineering and Mathematics: STEM”)
for those who had enrolled in a Master’s
program at the University of Tokyo(including those who subsequently
entered a doctoral program) fromamong the respondents of the survey of
UTokyo graduates.
First, a comparison of the “total”
responses for both men and womenshows that about half of the female

Ofﬁce for Gender Equality , the University of Tokyo

Project Researcher (Full-time)

Asuka ANDO

(Administration)

Diversity Promotion Group,
Personnel Department

respondents answered “A lot” or“Somewhat”, while less than 20% of themale respondents answered the same,
indicating a large gap between the sexes
in the proportion of respondents whocame into contact with harassment in
graduate school.
Furthermore, among the women, 55%of those in the STEM reported having
experienced or heard of harassment ordiscrimination, compared to 42% of
those in the HSS. Conversely, amongmen, about 30% of those in the HSS
responded the same, more than thosein the STEM.
This suggests that women, especiallythose who majored in the STEM, tend to
be exposed to various types ofharassment in the graduate schools of
the University of Tokyo.

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Date of issue: Oct 1st, 2023

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