Item | Female | Male |
Career interruption caused by marriage and childrearing and difficulties in re-entry to the workplace |
44.4% | 60.5% |
Relative discrimination towards woman at the time of employment |
34.5% | 28.5% |
Career growth limits in academia and work | 23.3% | 22.6% |
Item | Ratio |
Support for creating an environment for work-family balance; for example, preventing career interruption and re-entry to the workplace |
43.2% |
R&D activities and environmental support to develop and mature as independent female researchers |
31.7% |
Program support for ensuring the employment and career development of female scientists and engineers |
31.3% |
Division | Summary of Town Meeting Policy Issues |
Youth/Emerging Researchers |
Stabilization of research environment (guarantee of labor cost for graduate students), relaxation of standards for young people to enter society |
Career Interruption/Reentry | Support for flexible work patterns, professional training for scientists who have briefly paused their careers |
Work-family Integration | Flexible working hours, providing mandatory childrearing leave for men |
Mature as an independent researcher |
Encouragement of adventure research during the early stage in one’s career, provision of secure and stable research funding. |
Diverse career advancement |
Development of a career change acceptance culture, expansion of career policies for other careers in addition to researchers |