Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Support Program for the Developing Human Resource in Science and Technology
Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment(Female Leader Development Type)UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative#WeChange Annual Report 2022
Table of Contents(#WeChange Annual Report 2022 is only in Japanese)
Greetings
President, FUJII Teruo (Program Supervisor)
Executive Vice President, HAYASHI Kaori (Program Implementor)
1. General overview of the UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative #WeChange
1－1 Principles, Policies, and Plans at the University of Tokyo-from Diversity and Inclusion perspectives1－2 Goals and Action Plans of the program
2. Establishment of promotion and implementation systems of the UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative#WeChange program
2－1 Systems of promoting gender equality at the University of Tokyo
2－2

Implementation systems of the UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative #WeChange program

2－3 Advisory board meetings
3.

Efforts regarding the groundwork for Gender Equity Initiative – Awareness-raising among themajority of UTokyo members
3－1 Gender Justice Training for faculty and staff
3－1－1 Gender Equity Training
3－1－2 Unconscious Bias Check Sheet
3－1－3 Faculty development on unconscious bias
3－2

Gender justice education for students

3－2－1 Educational video for new students
3－2－2 Academic Frontier Lecture Series “Considering gender inequality” launched
3－3 Visualization of male and female research activity data
3－4 Support for the promotion of work-life balance
4. Efforts regarding seamless career development for female researchers from graduate to senior
management level
4－1 Support for the development of young female researchers’ skills

4－2 Career development programs for female researchers
4－3 Empowerment and awareness for female researchers
4－3－1 Faculty Development Seminar on career development for female researchers
4－3－2 Empowerment video for female students and researchers at the University of Tokyo
5．Effort regarding the realization of rapid increase in female faculty
5－1 Actual conditions and goals
5－2 Support measures to accelerate the growth in female human resources
5－2－1 Support for employment expenses for female professors and associate professors
5－2－2 Support for graduate schools with marked increase in number of female professor andassociate professors
5－2－3 Female faculty role model program
5－3 “Five-year plan to accelerate the increase in the number of female personnel in faculties andinstitutes” and meetings to exchange opinions on the five-year plan
6．Visiting and researching domestic and international research institutes and companies to gather
information
7．Information dissemination and awards
7－1 UTokyo International Symposium “UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative #WeChange”
7－2 #WeChange program video for public relations
https://wechange.adm.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/movie/
7－3 Bilingualization and expansion of the Office for Gender Equality website and related
documents
7－4 The University of Tokyo “#WeChange” Newsletter AY2022
7－5 Press releases and press coverage, lectures, awards
7－5－1 Press releases and press coverage
7－5－2 Lectures
7－5－3Awards

References
History of gender equality at the University of Tokyo

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Support Program for theDeveloping Human Resource in Science and Technology
Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment (Female Leader Development Type)UTokyo Gender Equity Initiative #WeChange Annual Report 2022
Edited by the Office for Gender equality at The University of Tokyo
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