About the Program
Kobe University Gender Equality Office applied for the FY 2018 Program to Support the Development of Human Resources in Science and Technology; the Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment (Advanced type) and our initiative has been adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
- Program implementation period
FY 2018 to FY 2023 (subsidized period: FY 2018 to FY 2020)
Objectives
(1) Reach and maintain employment rate of over 30% with a final goal of 33% by the final fiscal year, 2022
- Aiming to reach over 30 % women employment rate by FY2020, the third year of the program; 33% by FY2022, the final year
(2) Improve career progression/promotion rate
- Strengthening international collaborative research through the PI system to improve the promotion rate of women faculty
(3) Expand support for the next generation of early-career researchers
- Training both women and men early-career researchers through overseas dispatch programs and the International Human Resource Exchange Program
- Setting a quota for women researchers in the Early-career Researcher Long-term Dispatch System
(4) Enhance the diversity environment and expand it beyond the university
- Establishing the structures and systems for continuous diversity promotion inside and outside the university
- Setting up a Diversity Fund to ensure the continuity of the program
Numerical Targets for the Program
| FY2020 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Women Faculty Hiring Rate | 30％（*） | 33％ |
| Women Faculty Retention Rate | 19％ | 22％ |
| Women Faculty Promotion Rate | - | 20％ |
| Women in the upper administration | 4 Persons | 5 Persons |
* General Employers Action Plan and the fifth Science and Technology Basic Plan